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Silver Lake Closer To Buy Yahoo! (YHOO)–WSJ

Apple tops best global brands rankings. Again.

Dog bites man.

Fever chart: Apple’s 5-day march to $230

One day at a time.

Toyota’s Toy Car

Toyota (TM) has told the Financial Times that it is working on a series of processes to build cars at…

FACEBOOK IPO FILED!!!

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Today’s Employment Report

From Ticker Sense As usual, we highlight prior non-farm payroll reports and the coinciding daily change in the stock and…

CNBC Says Merrill (MER) Will Cut 25% Of Fixed Income Staff

CNBC is reporting that Merrill Lynch (MER) may cut 25% of its fixed income staff. Total employees in equity operations…

Italy Bond Yield at High 6.3% — CNBC

CNBC reports that “The yield on Italy’s bonds hit a new euro lifetime high in an auction on Monday when…

Citigroup (C) Sells EMI For $4.1 Billion-Rumor

Vivendi Universal Group has bought EMI’s record group for $1.9 billion. The EMI publshing operations will be sold for $2.2…