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Samsung Elec Q2 net disappoints, outlook grim

Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:24 pm
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, posted lower-than-expected quarterly profit and faces a tough second half with a sluggish chip market and lower margins in flat screens and mobile phones.

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JP Morgan, NAB discuss breakup of UK's HBOS: report
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:24 pm - Reuters
Reuters - U.S. investment bank JP Morgan and National Australia Bank have held talks about forming a consortium to break up British bank HBOS , the UK's Telegraph newspaper reported on its Web site.

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Samsung Elec second-quarter net profit boosted by LCD, phones
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 8:24 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), the world's top maker of memory chips, posted a 51 percent rise in second-quarter profit as strong earnings in flat screens and handsets made up for sluggish chip results.

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Wachovia CFO Wurtz to leave
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 6:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Wachovia Corp , which posted a record $8.86 billion second-quarter loss Tuesday, said Chief Financial Officer Thomas Wurtz will resign from the fourth-largest U.S. bank after a successor is named.

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Morgan Stanley aggressively recruiting brokers
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it is poaching brokers from Merrill Lynch and other rivals, accelerating the expansion of its global wealth management business during a period of turbulence on Wall Street.

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Clear Channel shareholders ok $17.9 billion buyout
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 5:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc shareholders on Thursday approved its $17.9 billion takeover by private equity funds Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital.

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Jobless claims jump as housing market gets weaker
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 4:23 pm - AP
AP - Two cornerstones of the economy — jobs and housing — sank to new depths Thursday, with unemployment claims bolting higher and home prices recording one of their steepest drops on record.

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Ford posts $8.7 billion second-quarter loss on truck slump
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 3:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Ford Motor Co posted a record $8.7 billion quarterly loss on Thursday as it wrote down the value of slumping truck and SUV operations and revamped plans in a bid to break its reliance on the gas-guzzlers that have been its franchise vehicles for a decade.

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Wall Street ends sharply lower on economic worry, oil
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 3:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Thursday after a report showing yet another drop in U.S. home sales prompted investors to take profits in financial shares, which had rallied sharply over the past week.

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Bristol comes out swinging at Lilly clot drug
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co , which sells leading blood clot preventer Plavix, on Thursday dismissed Eli Lilly and Co's rival Effient drug as a "niche" product that has harmed or failed to help three groups of patients in a big study.

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New York State sues UBS, alleges auction-rate fraud
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against UBS AG , accusing the Swiss bank of deceptively steering customers into auction-rate securities that this year became impossible to sell amid the credit crunch.

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New York sues UBS, alleges auction-rate fraud
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 12:23 pm - Reuters
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against UBS AG , accusing the Swiss bank of deceptively steering customers into auction-rate securities that this year became impossible to cash out of amid the credit crunch.

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Economic data, earnings, oil weigh on Wall St
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 11:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Stocks slid on Thursday as major earnings disappointed, oil prices halted their decline and data showing weakness in the economy added to concerns about the profit outlook.

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Dow Chemical quarterly profit hurt by costs
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 11:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Dow Chemical Co posted second-quarter earnings that fell short of market expectations as its price increases did not completely offset a sharp spike in energy and raw material costs.

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CFTC charges Optiver with oil-market manipulation
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 11:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Thursday charged global trading fund Optiver Holding BV with manipulating the NYMEX oil market in March 2007.

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How To Deal With an Old 401(k)
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 10:22 am - The Motley Fool
The Motley Fool - Those are the primary paths taken by the average Joe or Jane Investor when they leave a job and need to decide what to do with money from a former work retirement plan (their 401(k) or 403(b) dough).

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FCC has pact to approve Sirius-XM deal: source
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - A majority of members of the Federal Communications Commission have reached an agreement to conditionally approve Sirius Satellite Radio Inc's purchase of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc , a source familiar with the agency review said on Thursday.

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Wall Street extends drops after housing data
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Stock extended losses on Thursday following a report that showed a steeper-than-expected drop in existing-home sales in June, heightening concern about the impact of the housing slump on economic growth.

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Dow Chemical second-quarter profit hurt by costs
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Dow Chemical Co posted second-quarter earnings that fell short of market expectations as its price increases did not completely offset a sharp spike in energy and raw material costs.

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Ford posts $8.7 billion loss on truck slump
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Ford Motor Co posted a $8.7 billion quarterly loss on Thursday as it wrote down the value of truck and SUV operations and cautioned that it did not expect to see a U.S. economic turnaround until 2010.

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New layoff filings jump as companies retrench
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 8:22 am - AP
AP - The number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work forces to cope with a slowing economy.

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Wall Street set for flat open, techs may gain
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 8:22 am - Reuters
Reuters - Stocks headed for a flat open on Thursday as investors fretted about disappointing earnings from Dow Chemical and Ford Motor Co , but Nasdaq was set to open higher on strong profit at Amazon.com Inc.

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