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Daily Archives: July 31, 2008

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Starbucks (SBUX) Chases The Economy Towards Its Bottom

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 4:35 am

Starbucks (SBUX) posted its first loss as a public company but gave investors something to hang on to. It reaffirmed that it will do better in fiscal 2009. To do ...
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T. Boone Pickens For President

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 4:00 am

T. Boone Pickens is a Whirling Dervish of a man. At 84, he spins from Congressional appearances to CNN and then stages his own town hall meetings on alternative ...
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Hasbro (HAS) Would Be Nuts Not To Fight “Scrabulous”

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 3:31 am

Hasbro Inc. (HAS) is getting quite a bit of flack from every corner of the Internet for waging a legal battle against the popular Facebook knock-off of Scrabble called "Scrabulous." ...
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Media Digest 7/31/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 2:50 am

According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy.Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a ...
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Asia Market 7/31/2008 (NTT)(CN)(SNP)

Posted: July 31, 2008 at 2:24 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei was up .1% to 13,377. NEC was up 2.4% to 593. NTT (NTT) was up 4% to 553000. The Hang Seng was up .3% ...
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