Asia: Time for Spring Cleaning

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

After the recent rally in Asian markets, it appears to be time for investors to rebalance their portfolios.

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Microsoft Abandons Its Yahoo Bid After Disagreement on Price of Takeover

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer walked away from his bid for Yahoo! Inc.

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Microsoft Withdraws Yahoo! Offer

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

The software giant says it’s walking away after Yahoo! rejects a sweetened bid.

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Persian Gulf Shares Rise After Rate Cuts; Emaar, Barwa Real Estate Advance

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

Persian Gulf shares advanced after the region’s central banks cut interest rates, increasing earnings prospects and boosting the attractiveness of stocks.

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GlobalTrans places 29% of its securities on LSE at USD 13.25.

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

Russian railroad transportation concern GlobalTrans has set the placement price for its securities in an IPO.

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Livestock Judging Camp slated for June

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

The third Badger Livestock Judging Camp will be held on Thursday, June 26, at the Stock Pavilion on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The camp is for youth who have completed third grade …

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Protecting Comcast’s DTA

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

After Comcast Corp. revealed some details about its plans to deploy a simple digital-to-analog adapter on Thursday, I dug into some notes I took several weeks back when Zoltan Costin, the business development …

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Energy Funds Lose Ground Along With Oil

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

A rebound in the dollar helps fuel the sector’s retreat in recent trading.

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Redrow and Bellway in merger speculation

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

CONSTRUCTION firms Bellway and Redrow were today the subject of speculation about a 1.3 billion merger to create one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders.

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Buffett Warns of Smaller Returns for Berkshire Hathaway

May 4th, 2008 by Stock Investment News

The investing guru says his company is so big that its performance in coming years won’t match that of previous decades.

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