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Daily Archives: July 10, 2008

Dow Chemical (DOW) Buy Rolm and Hass (ROH) For $78 A Share

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 6:11 am

Dow Chemcial (DOW) will buy Rolm and Hass (ROH) for $78 a share or $18.8 billion. Reuters writes that Dow will make the purchase to broaden its product offerings in ...
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Toyota (TM) To Up Its Prius Production, Go For The Kill (GM)(F)

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 5:34 am

Toyota (TM) is planing to sharply cut its SUV and pick-up production in the US. It can see the writing on the wall as well as anyone. Don't build what ...
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Yahoo!’s (YHOO) New Search Tools And The Conflict With Google (GOOG): The Enemy Of My Friend

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 5:21 am

The enemy of my friend is my enemy. Or, the enemy of my friend is my friend. Or, the enemy of my enemy is my enemy.Yahoo! (YHOO) is finding out ...
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Apple (AAPL): The iPhone’s Grandiose Plans

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 5:02 am

Steve Jobs sees that smartphones, especially the Apple (AAPL) iPhone are the future of computing.  Who needs a PC when a handset will do?To get to Mr. Jobs goals, Apple ...
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China’s Export Machine Gets It Ears Boxed

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 4:44 am

"Strong wind does not last all morning; strong rain does not continue all day"--Lao Tsu, Tai Te ChingChina's mighty export machine, the envy of the 21st century economic world, is ...
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Media Digest 7/10/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 2:57 am

According to Reuters, Robert Steel was named the new CEO of Wachovia (WB) and the bank said it would have a quarter loss of $2.6 to $2.8 billion.Reuters writes that ...
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Asia Markets 7/10/2008 (LFC)(CHL)(TM)(SNE)

Posted: July 10, 2008 at 2:31 am

Markets in Asia were mixedThe Nikkei rose .1% to 13,067. Sony (SNE) rose 1.2% to 4400. Toyota (TM) rose 1% to 4980.The Hang Seng fell .2% to 21,759. China Life ...
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