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Monthly Archives: July 2009

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Drug Firms Look For Big Profits In Swine Flu Treatments

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 5:06 am

The swine flue is apparently more dangerous that the garden variety of flu that has been part of the world health picture for several decades. It is more likely to ...
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VW’s Push To Become The World’s Largest Car Company

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 4:48 am

VW's plans to take over Porsche got a boost as the sports car company's CEO was pushed out by his board. Wendelin Wiedeking leaves Porsche with a severance package worth ...
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Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7: Locked And Ready To Go

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 4:28 am

Microsoft (MSFT) said yesterday that the code for the next version of its immensely successful operating system is done. Windows 7 will replace Vista as the company's flagship operating system ...
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The Apple (AAPL) iPod On Fire: 800 Pages Of Evidence

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 4:07 am

Apple (AAPL) iPods that catch on fire have become a sort of urban legend. There are stories from time to time about spontaneous combustion of the multimedia players, but Apple ...
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Can GM Survive Without The US Market?

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 3:52 am

GM recently made a number of optimistic comments about its future. These centered on its success in emerging markets such as China and its belief that it can keep 18% ...
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Media Digest 7/23/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 2:57 am

Reuters:   Obama says healthcare reform is essential to the recovery. Reuters:   CIT (CIT) bond advisers will push for Chapter 11. Reuters:   Democrats will fight with banks on consumer agency. Reuters:   ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open 7/23/2009

Posted: July 23, 2009 at 2:25 am

Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei rose .7% to 9,793. Sony (SNE) jumped higher. The Hang Seng moved up 2.7% to 19,783. The Shanghai Composite was up 1% to ...
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Buffett Dumps Moody’s (MCO, BRK-A)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 5:09 pm

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) just got a rather interesting insider selling shares, none other than Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A).  The listed entities were Berkshire itself, National Indemnity, ...
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$2 Billion IPO Filing: JBS USA Holdings (JBS)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 4:49 pm

JBS USA Holdings, Inc. has just filed for an initial public offering of common stock an an amount of up to $2,000,000,000.00. This consists of an international offering in the ...
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SanDisk Made Money… Can It Be? (SNDK)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Flash memory giant SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) posted a surprise profit.  Earnings were $52.5 million, or $0.23 EPS, but its non-GAAP earnings were $0.36 EPS.  That compares to a loss ...
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E*TRADE Looks A Tad Brighter (ETFC)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 4:05 pm

E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) posted some fairly poor earnings considering the improvements seen elsewhere. The good news is that these earnings are actually better or less-bad than estimates.  Its ...
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VMWare Slows, Yet Stock Soars (VMW)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 3:52 pm

VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) is showing that the limitless growth of virtualization either does have some limits or that the recession put a real cap on its growth.  The virtualization ...
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Amazon Becomes Shoe Deity, Takes Over Zappos (AMZN)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm

This will seem like a no-brainer when you consider it.  Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is acquiring online shoe leader Zappos.com in a deal said to be worth some $807 million ...
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Ebay (EBAY) Earnings: PayPal Saves The Day

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 3:25 pm

Ebay (EBAY) rallied into the close and ended up 2.75% to $19.45. It would be greedy for shareholders to complain. The shares are up almost 15% in the last three ...
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ASP’s Hit QUALCOMM (QCOM)

Posted: July 22, 2009 at 3:18 pm

QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) has just posted $0.54 non-GAAP EPS on $2,75 billion in revenues versus the Thomson Reuters targets of $0.52 EPS  and $2.73 billion in revenues.  Unfortunately, the ...
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