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Daily Archives: May 20, 2008

GE (GE)’s Asia Play Moves Off Track

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 5:20 am

Part of the long-term thinking at GE (GE) has been that, as the US economy slowed, emerging markets in Asia would drive double-digit returns. GE's international business would more than ...
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Netflix (NFLX): On More Box For The Top Of The TV

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 5:08 am

In many homes, the TV is topped by a cable box, a DVR, a satellite box, a PC, a Slingbox, and an Unbox from Amazon (AMZN). Netflix (NFLX) thinks that ...
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Banks: Brother Turns Against Brother (C)(WB)

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 4:59 am

Banks are supposed to be one another's friends. The all have the same problems now. They are all lobbying for the same relief. They often share customers. When they compete, ...
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New Survey: Airline Passengers Hate Airlines

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 4:46 am

Sometimes surveys are unnecessary. The results are foregone and obvious. Saying that airline passengers hate the carriers that take them around for business and pleasure is plain to anyone who ...
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US Government Low-Balls Food Inflation Numbers

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 4:40 am

The US government now says that food prices will rise 5.5% this year. The previous forecast was 4.5%. According to The Wall Street Journal "The forecast released Monday by the ...
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Eating Yahoo! (YHOO) Piece By Piece

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 4:30 am

Microsoft (MSFT) could not buy Yahoo! (YHOO), so now it is proposing to purchase just a piece. It wants to get the portal company's search engine business and leave Yahoo! ...
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A Sale Of Lehman (LEH)? More Jobs Lost On Wall St.

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 4:20 am

What is for sale on Wall St.? It depends on who one wants to believe. Some rumors are false and may be planted for nefarious reasons. Others are true, but ...
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Media Digest 5/20/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 2:56 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) is proposing to buy Yahoo!'s (YHOO) search business.Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) is looking at a possible bid for Lehman (LEH). Reuters reports that customer ...
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Asia Market 5/20/2008 (DCM)(CHL)(SNP)

Posted: May 20, 2008 at 2:28 am

Markets in Asia were mostly down The Nikkei fell .8% to 14,160. Kobe Stell was up 7% to 368. Docomo (DCM) was down 2.5% to 156000.The Hang Seng was off ...
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