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Daily Archives: June 18, 2008

Trouble At Morgan Stanley (MS) With Net Losses Of $436 Million In Mortgage Proprietary Trading

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 7:12 am

Wall St. is selling off Morgan Stanley (MS) before the open on weak earnings. Shares are down over 3%MS reported income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended May ...
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Hewlett-Packard & VMware Expand Virtualization Pacts (HPQ, VMW)

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 6:59 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is expanding its strategic collaboration in virtualization with VMware (NYSE: VMW) to introduce new integrated software offerings.  The aim here is to more easily assist customers to seamlessly ...
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ASMI, BWA, CCL, RCL, EMC, SSP, MWA, NSM, NST, SCG, WBMD)

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 6:37 am

These are ten of the analyst calls we are focusing on early this Wednesday morning in pre-market trading:ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) raised to Buy at Jefferies.BorgWarner (NYSE: BWA) Raised ...
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The 24/7 Wall St. Ten Worst Managed Companies In America (JAVA)(SHLD)(BSX)(SBUX)(S)(CC)(MOT)(AMD)(AIG)(PFE)

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 5:51 am

With the trading year almost half over and results from the first quarter out, 24/7 Wall St. has created the latest installment of its Ten Worst Managed Companies In America ...
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Apple (AAPL) iPhone Sales May Double, As Mac Cruises

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 5:02 am

Apple's (AAPL) stock price may just keep going up. New evidence indicates that, while iPod sales growth is slowing, Mac and iPhone sales could more than make up for that ...
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Steven Spielberg And YouTube: Video In The 21st Century

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 4:45 am

Steven Spielberg and his friends at movie studio Dreamworks are in the process of raising $500 million to $600 million from India's Reliance ADA Group. Dreamworks is now part of ...
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The Hummer In Tiananmen Square: World Energy Crisis In A Tea Cup

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 4:24 am

SUV sales are at record levels in China. Driving one of the beasts is considered a status symbol, the way it used to be in the US. With gas at ...
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Media Digest 6/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 2:56 am

According to Reuters, Staple (SPLS) has received EU approval for a takeover of Corporate Express.Reuters writes that DreamWorks is in conversations with India's Reliance. The deal would allow top management ...
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Asia Market 6/18/2008 (TM)(LFC)(SNP)

Posted: June 18, 2008 at 2:32 am

Markets in Asia were mostly higher.The Nikkei rose .7% to 14,453. Olympus rose 3.3% to 3750. Toyota (TM) rose 1.3% to 5670.The Hang Seng rose 1.5% to 23,397. China Life ...
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