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Daily Archives: August 12, 2008

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Breaking Up Whole Foods (WFMI)

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 5:33 am

Now that courts have let the FTC have another bite at the Whole Foods (WFMI) merger with Wild Oats, it plans to examine the deal within an inch of its ...
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Citigroup (C) And Bank Of America (BAC) Score A Victory In Parmalat Case — At Expense Of Ripped Off Shareholders

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 5:18 am

Back in January, the Supreme Court placed stringent limitations on scheme liability -- the notion that investment banks and accounting firms that inadvertently helped companies commit accounting fraud could face ...
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The Apple (AAPL) iPhone Is Broken

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 5:07 am

Reports have been increasing that the new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone is having trouble connecting to 3G networks and is plagued by dropped calls. Since a number of consumers waiting ...
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Oil Prices: The Trend Is Still Up

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 4:47 am

With the price of crude down from over $145 to about $115, all of the talk is that the rising price of oil has been contained by falling demand and ...
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In UBS (UBS) Break-Up, A Lesson For Merrill Lynch (MER) and Citigroup (C)

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 4:28 am

No one has really worked out how to wall-off significant risk in one division of a financial services giant from divisions which are "safe" and operating smoothly.UBS (UBS) skinned its ...
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News Digest 8/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 2:52 am

According to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM) lost $1.5 billion in July.Reuters writes the UBS (UBS) posted a huge loss and will split itself into a wealth management operation and an ...
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Asia Markets 8/12/2008 (HMC)(CHL)(SNP)

Posted: August 12, 2008 at 2:23 am

Markets is Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei fell 1% to 13,304. Dentsu rose 3.4% to 2200500. Honda (HMC) rose 2.8% to 4740.The Hang Seng rose .2% to 21,929. China ...
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