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Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Happiest Countries In The World

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 6:36 am

What makes people happy? The question, which has been debated by philosophers for centuries, now is being tackled by international bureaucrats and the results are interesting, to say the ...
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A Break-Up Of Nokia

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 6:32 am

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) looks quite a lot like the old Motorola did five years ago. Motorola's cellphone business was nearly ruined as the company failed to replace its RAZR with ...
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A China Slowdown Just When It’s Needed

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 6:26 am

China's PMI growth dropped to the lowest level in three quarters. The government's Purchasing Managers Index fell to 52 compared from 52.9 in April, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.  ...
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Chances For A Sprint Deal For T-Mobile Resurrected

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 6:22 am

Deutsche Telekom has a problem. It has effectively sold T-Mobile to AT&T (NYSE: T) for $39 billion. T-Mobile management has almost certainly begun to work on a transition which will ...
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Media Digest (6/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 1, 2011 at 6:17 am

The House defeated a bill to raise the national debt limit. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unsuccessfully tried to form a venture with Facebook. (Reuters) SAC is under investigation for its ...
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