Today’s Best Market Rumors (March 24, 2010)

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By Jon C. Ogg Updated Published

Updated throughout the trading day….

This was out yesterday throughout the day but there have been rumors that Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) may ditch the WebOS for Android.  Hardly seems fathomable, problems at Palm or not… (Wired)

More rumors keep coming about the Nintendo (NTDOY) 3DS launch after the company’s own announcement.

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is rumored to have the release date for its Nexus One launch next week.

Rumor or research from yesterday and today… Lexmark International (NYSE: LXK) is touted as a potential takeover target via an LBO according to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch.  You have to decide that one for yourself.

PAI Partners (French private equity) is considering an IPO of Danish food ingredients company Chr. Hansen. (Dow Jones)

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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.

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