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Daily Archives: December 2, 2009

Google (GOOG) Backs Down In Fight With Publishers

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 5:44 am

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) will allow online publishers to limit the number of stories that Google News runs from them each day, a victory for some publishers who think that giving away free ...
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Amazon (AMZN) Extends Its Lead As Top Holiday Commerce Site

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 5:11 am

Measurements from online research site Experian Hitwise show that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has been the most visited e-commerce site during the holiday shopping season since 2006. It is in the process of extending ...
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Cisco (CSCO) Faces Down Tandberg Shareholders

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 4:58 am

Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) claims that 84% of the shareholders of its takeover target Tandberg have voted for the sales of the company. Cisco has said that if it does not have 90% ...
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Whitacre’s Appointment Will Damage GM

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 4:40 am

There are a number of reasons that current GM Chairman and former AT&T (NYSE:T) chief Ed Whitacre is an extremely poor choice to run the car company. The most obvious ...
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Media Digest 12/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 3:54 am

Reuters:   The GM board pushed out CEO Henderson. Reuters:   Bernanke will defend the Fed's record and his before Congress. Reuters:   China will let foreigners set up limited partnerships. Reuters:   Manufacturing ...
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Asia Markets And Europe Open

Posted: December 2, 2009 at 3:18 am

Market is Asia were higher. The Nikkie rose .3% to 9,609. The Hang Seng was up .7% to 22,267. Geely Auto hit an all-time high. The Shanghai Composite was up ...
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