Archive for June, 2008

Mazda Leads Japan Auto Sales Drop on Lower Spending (Update1) - Bloomberg


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Mazda Leads Japan Auto Sales Drop on Lower Spending (Update1)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Kiyori Ueno July 1 (Bloomberg) — Mazda Motor Corp. a third owned by Ford Motor Co., led a drop in domestic auto sales in June, as rising costs for gasoline and food lowered demand for new cars.
Tokyo land prices rise 17.5 pct, nationwide 10 pct Reuters
Japan's Toyota to make, sell Camry hybrid in China in 2010 - report Forbes
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Stocks: A First Half from Hell - BusinessWeek


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Stocks: A First Half from Hell
BusinessWeek - 54 minutes ago
Indexes rose slightly Monday, ending the worst month for the S&P 500 since 2002. It was the worst June showing for the Dow since 1930 by Ben Steverman Monday's trading session ended one the most disappointing six-month periods in Wall Street's recent
M&T, Bank of New York May Boost Dividends, Avoid Subprime Mess Bloomberg
General Motors's stock skids to 1950s level AFP
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Cnet buy puts CBS in top 10 Web properties - San Francisco Chronicle

Cnet buy puts CBS in top 10 Web properties
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
CBS Corp. completed its $1.8 billion purchase of San Francisco's Cnet Networks Inc. on Monday in a deal that makes CBS one of the top 10 largest Web properties.
CBS completes acquisition of CNet Networks Forbes
CBS Interactive absorbs CNET Variety
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Georgia Court Orders Greenhouse-Gas Limits - Wall Street Journal

Georgia Court Orders Greenhouse-Gas Limits
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
In a decision with potentially significant ramifications for power companies and the national debate over global warming, a state court in Georgia ruled Monday that a proposed coal-burning power plant can't proceed unless its carbon-dioxide emissions
Georgia Judge Cites Carbon Dioxide in Denying Coal Plant Permit New York Times
Georgia Judge Overturns Power Plant Permit On CO2 Emissions CNNMoney.com
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Teva Pharmaceutical Begins to Ship - Wall Street Journal

Teva Pharmaceutical Begins to Ship
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its generic version of schizophrenia treatment Risperdal, developed by Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
UPDATE 1-Teva wins US approval for generic Risperdal Reuters
Teva receives FDA approval for generic Risperdal BusinessWeek
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Ex-Airbus CEO Humbert Detained in France - Wall Street Journal


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Ex-Airbus CEO Humbert Detained in France
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By DANIEL MICHAELS French financial police Monday detained Gustav Humbert, former chief executive of Airbus, said an official at the French prosecutor's office.
UPDATE 1-Ex-Airbus boss Humbert held in trading probe Reuters
Another EADS Executive Taken Into Custody New York Times
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Deal Is Struck in Montana to Preserve Forest Areas - New York Times


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Deal Is Struck in Montana to Preserve Forest Areas
New York Times - 1 hour ago
Plum Creek Timber, which owns the Montana lands above, is selling hundreds of square miles to two conservation groups. By KIRK JOHNSON DENVER - A huge patchwork of privately owned forest in northwest Montana - much of it abutting wilderness,
Rocky Mountain conservation deal tops $500 million The Associated Press
Conservationists to Buy 500 Square Miles of Montana Timberlands Environment News Service
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My $650100 Lunch with Warren Buffett - TIME


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My $650100 Lunch with Warren Buffett
TIME - 1 hour ago
What would you pay to have lunch with the richest man in the world? For me and Mohnish Pabrai - a friend who, like me, runs a US-based investment fund - the answer is $650100.
Fund manager bids 1 million pounds for Buffett lunch Reuters
Bill for Buffett lunch hits $2m BBC News
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Inflation worry limits Fed flexibility - Financial Times


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Inflation worry limits Fed flexibility
Financial Times - 2 hours ago
By Krishna Guha in Washington The past few days of trading have seen financial markets rocked by a realisation of just how fraught with dangers the US macroeconomic outlook still is - and the limitations on the power of the Federal Reserve to dispel
Risk-free rewards are pretty small these days USA Today
Election could delay Fed rate rise to December Reuters
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Alzheimer's Failure For Myriad Genetics - Forbes


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Alzheimer's Failure For Myriad Genetics
Forbes - 1 hour ago
Myriad Genetics struck out with an experimental Alzheimer's treatment, but at least its expenses will go down. On Monday, biotechnology company Myriad Genetics (nasdaq: MYGN - news - people ) announced that it will end the development of Flurizan,
Myriad Genetics Stops Work on Alzheimer’s Drug New York Times
Lundbeck, Myriad Shares Fall on Alzheimer's Setback (Update1) Bloomberg
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