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Daily Archives: May 5, 2008

Europe Markets 5/5/2008 (SI)(ALU)

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 5:57 am

London was closed for a holiday and other market in Europe were mixed.The DAXX was down .1% to 7,039. Siemens (SI) was down 1% to 76.30. VW was down .9% ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Down Over 20% In Europe Trading

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 5:08 am

Yahoo!'s (YHOO) shares are off over 20% in trading in Germany after the portal company rejected an offer from Microsoft.According to Bloomberg."Citigroup Inc. and ThinkPanmure LLC analysts cut their ratings ...
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Microsoft (MSFT): A Buy-Out Baidu (BIDU)

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 5:02 am

Google (GOOG) rules the search world in all but one important country. China not only has the largest population in the world, it has the largest number of people online ...
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Airlines Next Stop: Their Bankers’ Offices (UAUA)(AMR)

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 4:40 am

With the huge amount of debt on airline balance sheets and rising fuel costs, the big carriers may have trouble meeting their debt service or loan covenants. United (UAUA) has ...
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Yahoo! (YHOO) Legal Exposure: $6 Billion

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 4:26 am

Pegging Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) potential financial exposure from shareholder lawsuits after it turned down an offer of about $33 from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is hard. It starts with the difference ...
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This week on Stockhouse April 28–May 2

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 4:07 am

Mixed week for stocks as dollar rises, oil falls, Fed cuts Wall Street started the week down, as investors chewed on the Mars acquisition of Wrigley, and closed lower again ...
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Media Digest 5/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 2:58 am

According to Reuters. Warren Buffett says that US is in a recession and large banks will face more pain.Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) may face lawsuits after rejecting an offer ...
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Asia Markets 5/5/2008 (SNP)

Posted: May 5, 2008 at 2:29 am

Tokyo was closed. Other markets in Asia were mixedThe Hang Seng fell .2% to 26,180. CNOOC was up 2..4% to 13.68. China Petroleum (SNP) was off 1.5% to 8.56.The Shanghai ...
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