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Dow Chemical reports decline in 2Q profitAP - Dow Chemical Co. said Thursday that despite record sales and two double-digit price increases unveiled in the second quarter, its profit for the period fell 27 percent, in large part because of sharply higher costs for energy and raw materials.
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SEC looks at short-selling rules
US regulators are preparing rules to outlaw abusive short-selling across the market, beyond the select group of financial firms currently covered under emergency measures
Financial Times – 22 hours, 28 minutes ago ¦ comment?
US regulators are preparing rules to outlaw abusive short-selling across the market, beyond the select group of financial firms currently covered under emergency measures
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US financial stocks in worst fall since 2000
US financial stocks suffered their worst one-day decline since 2000, as investors' recent optimism was dented by renewed fears over the health of Washington Mutual and weak US housing data
Financial Times – 22 hours, 29 minutes ago ¦ comment?
US financial stocks suffered their worst one-day decline since 2000, as investors' recent optimism was dented by renewed fears over the health of Washington Mutual and weak US housing data
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Microsoft agrees alliance with Facebook
Microsoft predicted continued heavy costs from its attempt to go head-to-head with Google and announced an online search alliance with Facebook
Financial Times – 23 hours, 20 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Microsoft predicted continued heavy costs from its attempt to go head-to-head with Google and announced an online search alliance with Facebook
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Wal-Mart in pay deals with Chinese unions
Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities
Financial Times – 23 hours, 26 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Wal-Mart, the US retail giant known for fending off organised labour in its home market, has completed collective bargaining agreements with unions in two Chinese cities
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Nat City falls to loss of $1.76bn
Peter Raskind, chief executive, says that the Cleveland-based bank has ample capital and will not need to raise any new funds in the near future
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Peter Raskind, chief executive, says that the Cleveland-based bank has ample capital and will not need to raise any new funds in the near future
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Rising costs hit Dow income
The price of energy and feedstock, which comprises the oil-based raw materials used to make Dow's chemicals and plastics, were up 42 per cent compared with a year earlier
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The price of energy and feedstock, which comprises the oil-based raw materials used to make Dow's chemicals and plastics, were up 42 per cent compared with a year earlier
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Earnings A Shot In The Arm For Company That Keeps Hearts Beating
Investor's Business Daily - Almost everyone has watched that dramatic scene on television, where the doctor, paddles in hand, yells out "Clear!" and shocks the patient back to life.
Yahoo! – Jul 24, 2008 10:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Investor's Business Daily - Almost everyone has watched that dramatic scene on television, where the doctor, paddles in hand, yells out "Clear!" and shocks the patient back to life.
Yahoo! – Jul 24, 2008 10:06 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Korea pension fund eyes foreign bank stakes
South Korea's National Pension Service, the world's fifth-largest pension fund with $200bn in assets, is in talks with a number of foreign financial institutions to buy a stake in them as part of overseas expansion plans
Financial Times – Jul 24, 2008 9:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
South Korea's National Pension Service, the world's fifth-largest pension fund with $200bn in assets, is in talks with a number of foreign financial institutions to buy a stake in them as part of overseas expansion plans
Financial Times – Jul 24, 2008 9:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Wachovia CEO's Whopping $16 Million Buy
Robert Steel bought one million shares of the beaten-down bank.
Barron's Online – Jul 24, 2008 9:57 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Robert Steel bought one million shares of the beaten-down bank.
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