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Another Mega-Merger, Deutsche Boerse to Acquire NYSE

Another Mega-Merger, Deutsche Boerse to Acquire NYSE

Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG, the company that owns and runs Frankfurt stock exchange, could soon take over the American’s New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Euronext Inc., which also operates exchanges in Europe, said it is in "advanced discussions" about a possible merger with Deutsche Boerse. The me [...]
Relax Najib, Stop Worrying About Egypt Uprising

Relax Najib, Stop Worrying About Egypt Uprising

Conservative Muslims and Christians, young and old, yuppies and the unemployed formed the tens of thousands of protesters who have thrown Egypt’s 30-year-old regime headed by President Hosni Mubarak into turbulence. The uproars immediately saw its effect globally from the price of crude oil to shi [...]
No More Nanny Schmidt for Google’s Page & Brin

No More Nanny Schmidt for Google’s Page & Brin

In a surprise move, Google announced that Larry Page, one of its founders, will replace Eric Schmidt as the company’s CEO in April. The news came on the same week Apple announced that Steve Jobs, the man instrumental in iPod, iPhone and iPad, would be on medical leave without much more details. Wa [...]
Apple’s Blowout Earnings & Steve Job’s Medical Leave

Apple’s Blowout Earnings & Steve Job’s Medical Leave

News that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence spooked investors so much so that many speculators predicted the stock price would tumble at least by 10% even before the opening bell on Tuesday. As expected, the stock price plunged but by a smaller 6 percentage points only. [...]
Verizon iPhone Is Here And The Winner Is - Apple

Verizon iPhone Is Here And The Winner Is – Apple

Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. wireless carrier, will start selling Apple Inc.’s (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) iPhone 4 early next month, ending AT&T Inc's (NYSE: T, stock) exclusive 4-year hold over the blockbuster smartphone and sending millions into long queues around the world for the gadget. [...]
Facebook IPO, from $50 Billion to $124 Billion Valuation

Facebook IPO, from $50 Billion to $124 Billion Valuation

Facebook is the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. Founder Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook” (thefacebook.com) on Feb 2004 before rename it as just “Facebook” after secured the domain facebook.com in 2005 for $200,000. Facebook actually started as Facemash, a [...]
Ready for $100 Oil and $1,500 Gold for 2011?

Ready for $100 Oil and $1,500 Gold for 2011?

Commodity prices had performed superbly 2010 and experts believe the bullish momentum would continue this year, 2011. Oil prices rose 15% and gold gained 30% in 2010. According to survey, investment strategists from Goldman Sachs, Jefferies & Co., Wells Fargo and other investment houses are pred [...]
Corruption Can Become Day-Light Robbery If …

Corruption Can Become Day-Light Robbery If …

Singapore economy was reportedly to have expanded by a whopping 14.7% against Ministry of Trade and Industry’s (MTI) growth forecast of 15%, making the country the fastest-growing economy in the world after Qatar, according to IMF (International Monetary Fund). While Singapore is enjoying vibrant [...]
New Year 2011 Celebrations Kick Off

New Year 2011 Celebrations Kick Off

New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland was the first major city that welcomes the New Year 2011. Two hours later, Australia’s Sydney celebrated the new year with an estimated 1.5 million people gathered to watch the 12-minute $5 million fireworks display over the city’s iconic Harbour Bridge. Sy [...]
Strong Sales Show Kindle, iPad, iPhone Can Co-Exist

Strong Sales Show Kindle, iPad, iPhone Can Co-Exist

When the Apple iPad was announced, many predicted the gadget would kill Amazon Kindle. With the hype over such gadget by Apple, it was natural to predict that Kindle would end up in the graveyard and who can blame them? But Kindle and iPad was not in the same league so it was not an apple-to-apple c [...]


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