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What’s Important in the Financial World (8/27/2012)

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 6:31 am

Hurricane Isaac Poised to Strike U.S. Economy Isaac, now a Category 1 hurricane that could become a Category 2, will have some effect on the U.S. economy even if it does not ...
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Media Digest (8/27/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 27, 2012 at 6:08 am

Hurricane Isaac causes several companies, including BP PLC (NYSE: BP), to shut down drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. (Reuters) Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HTZ) will buy Dollar Thrifty ...
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Nokia to Launch Windows Phone — Finally

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 7:28 am

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will release a Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Mobile powered phone on the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) network before the end of the year, according ...
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Media Digest (6/15/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: June 15, 2012 at 6:33 am

A number of central banks say they will act in concert if the EU financial situation worsens. (Reuters) The UK government and Bank of England could inject as much as ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/8/2012) Buffett’s Newspapers, Facebook Road Show

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:42 am

For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most ...
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What About That Nokia Merger with RIM?

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 6:53 am

A merger between Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will never happen. RIM's BlackBerry runs its own operating system. Nokia has an alliance with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to run ...
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Samsung Passes Nokia as Handset Leader, Its Earnings Rocket

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 6:34 am

Samsung passed longtime global handset leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Global handset shipments reached 368 million units for the period, and the South ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (4/6/2012) Samsung Profits, JCPenney Layoffs

Posted: April 6, 2012 at 6:10 am

JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) will cut 900 jobs at its headquarters, which is about 13% of the total. New CEO Ron Johnson, formerly of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), claims this will turn ...
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Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:14 am

Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy ...
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Samsung Ahead of Apple in Smartphones, but at What Cost?

Posted: October 28, 2011 at 6:23 am

Samsung boasted that it sold more smartphones than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the third quarter, but it may not have made much money in the process. Volume is nearly useless ...
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The Smartphone Business Loses Its Luster

Posted: October 19, 2011 at 6:35 am

The smartphone business was among the most attractive in the tech world until recently. That was before Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) forced several makers of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based phones to ...
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