Archive for: friday

Laugh out Loud: My Blackberry is not working!

Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this fruity sketch from The One Ronnie, poking fun at technology in a way that only dry British humor is capable of doing....

Read Full Story »

 

Where have investors been placing their bets over the past year?

Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.While the global financial crisis that reared its ugly head in mid-2007...

Read Full Story »

 

CME Refinances Debt, Prepays $421M – Analyst Blog

In the latest of its debt restructuring initiatives, yesterday CME Group Inc. (CME) announced a loan prepayment of $420.5 million under the three-year credit and...

Read Full Story »

 

Tetra Tech Buys Fransen – Analyst Blog

Tetra Tech Inc is set to acquire substantially all of the assets of Fransen Engineering of Richmond, British Columbia. See more here: Tetra Tech Buys Fransen –...

Read Full Story »

 

Medvedev and the "Rebirth" of Russia

Barring some remarkable turn of events, in about 14 months the first Medvedev presidency will come to an unremarkable conclusion.  Perhaps sensing the ticking...

Read Full Story »

 

Shaw Communications Beats in 1Q – Analyst Blog

Shaw Communications has declared the financial results of its first quarter of fiscal 2011, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company has also raised...

Read Full Story »

 

Vincent McCrudden: Threatens to Kill 47 Regulators

A New York money manager with a long history of legal battles with the government has been charged with threatening to kill 47 U.S. officials, including the nation’s...

Read Full Story »

 

LAN Traffic Surges – Analyst Blog

LAN posted a 13.7% increase in total passenger traffic for December 2010 compared to December 2009. See the original post: LAN Traffic Surges – Analyst Blog

Read Full Story »

 

Strong Q4 for Health Care REIT – Analyst Blog

Health Care REIT has recently announced gross investments of $1.6 billion in fourth quarter 2010, partially offset by $77 million of asset sales and loan payoffs...

Read Full Story »

 

China MediaExpress (CCME) Inks Three Long-term Agreements, Expanding Advertising Network

China MediaExpress Holdings Inc. (“CME”), the largest television advertising operator on inter-city and airport express buses in China, yesterday announced...

Read Full Story »

 

PC Sales Grow in 4Q – Analyst Blog

Personal computer (PC) shipments for the fourth quarter were disappointing, missing IDC estimates, although growing 2.7% during the quarter. See the original post...

Read Full Story »

 

Will Airbus Deal Affect Boeing? – Analyst Blog

The Boeing Company’s plans to provide a new engine for its most successful airplane variant 737 has taken a backseat after the mega deal signed by its rival...

Read Full Story »