Financials Still Calling the Market’s Sickly Tune

In a bear market, rallies die quickly - but this is ridiculous. After trading as high as 11,399 before noon Monday, the Dow then swooned to as low as 11,120 before recovering some ground (and dignity) in the final hour, closing down 0.5

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Budweiser: The flag pin of beers?

Presidential candidate Barack Obama found himself in the midst of the increasingly politicized Anheuser-Busch takeover battle on Monday, become the latest politician to weigh in against InBev’s $46.3 billion bid during a news conference in the Budweiser brewer’s home town of St. Louis, Missouri.
“I do think it would be a shame if Bud is foreign-owned,” […]

Really, Last Call For iPhone Apps, Apple Tells Developers

From Silicon Alley Insider, July 7, 2008:Already fortunate enough to be included in Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone/iPod touch developer program? Want your apps to launch with the store this Friday? Better get them in by 3 p.m. ET today, according to an alleged App

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Major Yahoo Investor Leans Toward Backing Carl Icahn Too

From All Things Digital, July 7, 2008:Microsoft’s not the only one possibly backing billionaire investor Carl Icahn in his quest to unseat Yahoo’s leadership and board–major Yahoo investor Gordon Crawford told Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang in a f

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Google’s Board Facing Loss of Intellectual Bandwidth

Is Google too powerful for its own good? That’s the premise of “Google’s Inner Conflict,” a Portfolio.com story which details how the search giant’s inroads into other areas is causing conflicts - and potential conflicts - on its board of direct

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AOL: Will Internet’s Old Maid Be Belle of Sun Valley Ball?

With Microsoft conditionally re-reviving its interest in buying Yahoo, the already high stakes just got raise for this week’s big media summit in Sun Valley, Idaho. …

Who Killed the Economy? Greenspan Leads Portfolio.com’s Blame Game

“Who Killed the Economy?” That’s the question readers can answer in Portfolio.com’s interactive NCAA tournament-style “blame game” bracket. All the “usual suspects” are here - Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Anthony Mozilo, OPE

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MSFT to YHOO Shareholders: Fire Board, We’ll Buy Company

From Silicon Alley Insider, July 7, 2008: It’s been a few days since Microsoft’s latest schizophrenic lurch on Yahoo, so it’s time for another one: Microsoft and Carl Icahn have teamed up to agree on the following:

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