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Daily Archives: July 14, 2008

BUD Board Does The Right Thing, Yahoo! (YHOO) Doesn’t

The board at Anheuser-Busch (BUD) did the right thing. It got a offer well above market to sell the company. It fought for more money. When it got the better ...
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With Extraordinary Start, Apple (AAPL) Moves To Dominate Smartphone Market

Apple (AAPL) probably sold over 425,000 3G iPhones in the first three days it was on the market. That would put it on track to hit forecasts from Piper Jaffray ...
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Media Digest 7/14/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

According to Reuters, the govenment will bail-out Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) through a combination of stock purchases and loans.Reuters reports that InBev will buy Anheuser-Busch (BUD) for ...
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Asia Markets 7/14/2008 (CHL)(SNP)

Markets in Asia were mostly lowerThe Nikkei fell .2% to 13,010. Kobe Steel rose 3.1% to 296. Nikon rose 3.4% to 3330.The Hang Seng fell .8% to 22,045. China Mobile ...
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