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Internet search giant Yahoo (Nasdaq : www.yahoo.com, quote)announced a management overhaul and an aggressive company restructuring with the appointment of chief financial officer Susan Decker in charge of ad sales but it wasn’t enough to satisfy investors when the stock price took a dive of 2.1% yesterday, 6-Dec-2006. Finally, Yahoo recognizes the need for change […]
... written on Dec 07 2006Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has introduced the HomeDock Pro and HomeDock Deluxe, which lets custom installers easily add the functionality of the popular Apple iPod (Nasdaq : AAPL, quote) into any home integration network leveraging on the industry standard connectivity (RS-232) and an easy to use graphical interface. The DLO HomeDock Pro is designed specifically […]
... written on Dec 06 2006I used to dream of having a plane toy when I was a kid simply because of the huge size of this monster. The only toy then was the 747 with the Boeing logo sticker staring at me proudly. Boeing used to be the only player who monopolize the aerospace industry till the Airbus came […]
... written on Dec 06 2006On Dec. 5, New York City’s Board of Health voted to ban the use of artery-clogging trans fats at all city restaurants, from local pizzerias to national chains to high-end hot spots. Restaurants will have to stop using frying oils with trans fats by July, 2007, and eliminate trans fats from all foods by July, […]
... written on Dec 06 2006After closing today, Bursa Malaysia (KLCI) Composite Index recorded another high with volume above 1.5 billion. It makes one wonder if this trend will ever stop for a while to catch some breathesI haven’t seen any major correction except on the 1 day negative reaction in response to the U.S. major indexes retreats. Some of […]
... written on Dec 05 2006I watch with great interest the way Farm’s Best Bhd (FARMBES : stock-code 9776) and its’ daughter stock Warrant (FARMBES-WA : stock-code 9776W) perform right after 4 pm (1 hour left before closing bell) today. While the mother share up almost 12% to close at RM 1.22, the daughter share closed 55% up at RM […]
... written on Dec 05 2006How can I tell when I will be assigned? You can never tell when you will be assigned. Once you sell an option (put or call), you have the potential for being assigned to fulfill your obligation to receive (and pay for) or deliver (and get paid for) shares of stock on any business day. […]
... written on Dec 05 2006What is “automatic exercise” of an option? The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) has provisions for the automatic exercise of certain in-the-money options at expiration, a procedure also referred to as “exercise by exception.” Generally, OCC will automatically exercise any expiring equity call or put in a customer account that is $0.25 or more in-the-money, and […]
... written on Dec 05 2006What was your childhood’s dream? To become a doctor, lawyer, engineer, teacher or a journalist? But you didn’t like to study and you came out second from the bottom, most of the time. You hate science, mathematics, arts and most of the subjects taught in school but you love to hang around with a bunch […]
... written on Dec 05 2006Latest financial breaking news from AP reported that Bank of New York Co. (NYSE : BK, quote) has agreed to take over Mellon Financial Corp. (NYSE : MEL, quote) in a $16.5 billion all-stock deal that will create the world’s largest securities servicing company and one of the biggest asset managers. The new company, which […]
... written on Dec 04 2006
