Year: <span>2007</span>
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A Federal judge has told Qualcomm (QCOM) that it can no longer make chips based on three patents held by rival Broadcom (BRCM). According to The Wall Street Journal "the chips are used in two...
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2007 was one volatile year and for now it appears that will be the norm for at least the start of 2008. Everyone’s favorite market pundit or least liked pundit is obviously Jim...
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Press reports are saying that Merrill Lynch (MER) may have to raise more capital to offset huge Q4 losses. Merrill Lynch & Co. is in talks with Chinese and Middle Eastern sovereign-wealth funds...
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Markets in Europe were mixed at 7.20 AM New York time The FTSE fell .5% to 6,444. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.1% to 501. BHP Billiton (BHP) was down 1.1% to 1544. The CAC 40 fell .4% to 5,603....
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Over in the world of baseball where steroid-built great apes hit 60 home runs a season, there is still a place for what is known as "small ball". That approach to the game is based on...
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The FT writes "according to data from Dealogic, commercial and investment banks raised equity worth $83bn in the final six months of 2007 – an increase of more than 20 per cent on the same...
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The Nikkei 225 will end the year down about 11%. The FTSE 100 will be slightly better than flat. The Swiss market will be down 3% and a number of other indices in Europe will close the year in the...
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The Nintendo DS is three years old. By the standards of video game consoles, that is a life time. But, according to The New York Times in the US "the hand-held DS outsold the Wii in November...
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Markets wrapped up the final full trading week of the year on a minor note as the credit crunch of 2007 continued to play out. Major financial institutions began to look at covering credit-related...
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According to Reuters, Singapore says that it has no interest in controlling UBS (UBS) in which it has made a large investment Reuters writes that IBM (IBM) is in talks to buy Israeli start-up XIV...
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Most markets in Asia were closed. The Hang Seng rose 1.6% to 27,813. China Mobile (CHL) rose 2.2% to 137.9. CNOOC rose 3.1% to 13.28. Data from Reuters Douglas A. McIntyre The Easy Way To Retire...
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The final month of 2007 looks pretty bad for car sales, and going into next year, things could get worse. According to MSNBC "December sales are expected to fall around 4 percent, which would...
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We compiled a list of many companies that just haven’t been able to turn themselves around. On some we offered a road out and on others we feel sorry for the management because getting...
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Some of these stocks hit 52-week lows and recovered off of lows so they won’t have a low close. But these did all touch or breach the 52-week lows. At the end we also broke out...
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In a slowing retail environment, Macy’s (NYSE: M) has decided it’s time to close some stores. This may not sound like a great ‘growth strategy’ for a retailer, but some...
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