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Europe Markets 2/7/2008 (BHP)(BT)(ALU)(FTE)
Markets in Europe were off about 1% at 7 AM New York time. The FTSE was off .8% to 5,828. BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) was off 2.9% to 14.76. BT (NYSE: BT)…
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Media Digest 2/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
Accorrding to Reuters, GM (NYSE: GM) will have half of its cars running on ethanol by 2012. Reuters writes that Cisco (NASD: CSCO) gave a weak forecast, moving tech shares down. Reuters…
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Media Digest 2/6/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, BHP BIlliton (NYSE: BHP) raised its bid for Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP). Reuters writes that Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) may raise its bid for Yahoo! (NASD: YHOO). Reuters reports that…
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BHP Billiton (BHP) Raises Rio Tinto (RTP) Bid
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) is doing the one thing good bargainers never do. It is negotiating against itself. Today, it raised its bid for fellow metals company Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) from…
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Media Digest 2/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) would borrow some of the money for a purchase of Yahoo! (YHOO). Reuters writes that Toyota’s (TM) net grew 7.5% on emerging market growth. Reuters writes that…
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Commodities & Metals
BHP Investors Braced For Earnings (BHP, RTP, AA)
On Tuesday (actually late Monday night in the U.S.), we’ll get to see earnings out of BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP). The estimates from First Call for the metal and mining giant…
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Rio Tinto (RTP): A Mad Bid For Questionable Assets (BHP)(AA)
Most on Wall St. believed that Alcoa (AA) was the odd man out in the metals industry. It missed out on buying Alcan. It has been nowhere to be seen in the…
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Media Digest 2/1/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Chinese mining group Chinalco and Alcoa (AA) have bought 12% of Rio Tinto (RTP) setting up a potential bid against BHP Billiton (BHP). Reuters writes that Motorola (MOT) is…
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Rio Tinto (RTP) Jumps On Rumor Of Better Bid
Reuters is reporting that BHP Billiton (BHP) will improve its offer for Rio Tinto (RTP) and that the smaller company will open its books for review. Nice run for RTP shares. Douglas…
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Europe Markets 1/29/2008 (BHP)(SI)(FTE)
Markets in Europe were higher at 6.30 AM New York time. The FTSE was trading up 1.5% to 5,874. BHP Billiton (BHP) was up 3.1% to 1437. Imperial Tobacco was down 2.2%…
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Europe Markets 1/28/2008 (BP)(BHP)(SI)
Market in Europe were off sharply at 6.30 AM New York time. The FTSE sold down 2.1% to 5,749. BP (BP) was off 3.4% to 519.5. BHP Billiton (BHP) was down 3.6%…
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Europe Markets 1/25/2008 (BHP)(VOD)(ALU)
Markets in Europe were higher at 6.25 AM New York time. The FTSE rose 1.3% to 5,937. BHP Billiton (BHP) rose 4% to 1441. Vodafone (VOD) rose 4% to 178. The DAXX…
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Europe Markets 1/24/2008
Markets in Europe were up sharply at 6.30 AM. The FTSE is up 4.7% to 5,854. BHP Billiton (BHP) is up 6.5% to 1352. BP (BP) is rising 5.9% to 533. The…
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Europe Starts To Hold The Line, Markets Recover (BP)(DT)
Markets in Europe have gained back most of their sell-offs at 5.40 AM Eastern time. The FTSE is off .1% at 5,571. BHP Billiton (BHP) is up 1.9% to 1259. BP (BP)…
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Media Digest 1/21/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, S&P futures are down 5.3%. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) plans to cut several hundred jobs. Reuters reports that GM (GM) has unveiled a China-made hybrid. Reuters writes that…