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BusinessWeek
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As recession looms, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Slide are taking a go-easy approach before selling shares to the public
During the Web's heyday, a profitable Internet company nearing $100 million in annual sales while luring a million new customers a month..
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CNN
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Shares in troubled mortgage lender Northern Rock rose on the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday, following the British government's vow to guarantee all its savings deposits. However, worried people were still queuing up at banks in the UK before opening ti..
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CNN
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Bayer AG said Wednesday it plans to delist its American Depositary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange to lower its costs.
The German drug maker said it anticipates annual savings of about 15 million ($20.4 million) from the delisting, which is Bay..
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ABC News
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Shares of Microsoft Corp. soared nearly 4 percent Friday, after the company posted a 65 percent jump in third-quarter profit, boosted by sales of its new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007, and by upgrade coupons issued over the holidays.
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Bloomberg
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Apple Computer Inc. shares had the biggest drop in almost six months after a legal newspaper said federal prosecutors are examining whether company officials falsified documents to inflate the value of options grants...
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Market Watch
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Apple Computer Inc. shares touched an all-time high Monday, before falling amid a broad market sell-off, as the company's line of iPod music players remained the most popular electronic gadget sold over the Internet during the key holiday weekend...
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BusinessWeek
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Shares have slipped well below Microsoft's buyout price, and that presents a great opportunity for investors
The Street has turned against Yahoo (YHOO) since Microsoft's May 4 announcement that it would walk away from its proposal to buy the Internet g..
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BBC News
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Yahoo's German-listed shares plunged 17% after software giant Microsoft dropped its three-month-old bid to buy the internet firm.
Analysts expect Yahoo's US shares to fall by a similar margin when Wall Street begins trading later.
The deal collapsed..
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CNN
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Shares of Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest airline, plunged to a record low Monday after the company dropped its annual profit forecast due to rising fuel costs and tough competition. Virgin Blue shares closed down 21.62 percent, or 2..
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BBC News
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France's stock market regulator said it has uncovered evidence of insider trading and market abuse at Airbus parent firm EADS.
The findings follow an 18-month AMF probe into whether managers at the firm were aware of problems affecting its A380 planes..
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BusinessWeek
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Are investors just in denial, or do the people bidding up Bear Stearns' stock know something?
The building alone, they say, is worth $8 a share. Maybe all the copiers, BlackBerrys, and laptops could command a few bucks. Rip out the pipes, faucets, and..
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BusinessWeek
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Bear Stearns Chairman Cayne, CEO Schwartz, and former Co-President Spector reaped megamillions as part of their compensation packages
Just 11 months ago, Bear Stearns (BSC) Chairman Jimmy Cayne was almost a billionaire. The value of his nearly 6 millio..
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BBC News
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Societe Generale has said that its plan to raise 5.5bn euros ($8.5bn; �4.2bn) by selling reduced-price shares to existing investors has been a success.
Shares were priced at a 40% discount of 47.50 euros each, and the French firm said investors appli..
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MSNBC
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Bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc said on Friday it sold $1.5 billion of shares and convertibles, protecting the company from ratings cuts but not satisfying some analysts who wanted the company to raise more.
Ambac said it sold $1.25 billion of c..
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BusinessWeek
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Shares sank after CEO Daniel Hesse candidly admitted the telecom's troubles were far from over
Daniel Hesse's coming-out party was anything but festive.
Two months into his new job as chief executive of the troubled wireless operator Sprint Nextel (..
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BusinessWeek
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Shares of the car-rental outfit plunged Monday after it slashed its profit forecast, underscoring the tough conditions in the industry
The problems of the car rental business are deepening. On Feb. 4, Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group (DTG) shares plunge..
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BBC News
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Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company Yahoo for $44.6bn (�22.4bn) in cash and shares.
The offer, contained in a letter to Yahoo's board, is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price on Thursday.
Yahoo cut its revenue forecasts earlier..
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BusinessWeek
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S&P likes the telecom giant's rising market share in broadband and wireless, and rates the shares strong buy
AT&T Inc. (T; recent price, $38) will be hosting an analyst day in New York on Dec. 11, and we expect a positive message will be shared, includ..
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BusinessWeek
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Lower forecasts for corporate earnings -- and an analyst downgrade of investment banking shares --weighed on the market Tuesday
The market may be awaiting two big events in the coming days -- Friday's release of the November jobs report and the Federal..
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Yahoo News
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Shares in E*Trade Financial Corp sank 59 percent to a five-year low on Monday after an analyst said mounting credit losses may prompt customers to yank deposits and could put the online brokerage at risk of bankruptcy.
The company told customers it cou..
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