Infobusiness

[video] News You Need: Google, Microsoft (at TheStreet.com)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
Companies making headlines this weekend include Google and Microsoft.
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DSG sought bid from Media Markt, but rebuffed: report (Reuters)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
Germany's Media Markt, Europe's biggest electrical goods retailer, has rejected a request from DSG International Plc to consider a bid for its closest rival, the Financial Times said on its Web site.
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Report: Nomura considering stake in Lehman (AP)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's largest brokerage group, is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday.
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Too Many Shorts (Portfolio.com)

River City Bank names new CEO (at bizjournals.com)

Talk of financial crisis sparks unease in S. Korea (AP)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
Headlines warn of a "September crisis." The currency falls to a four-year low and the stock market tumbles. Rumors swirl that foreign investors will pull out their money.
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The One Buffett Biography Worth Reading (at Seeking Alpha)

U.S. to take control of Fannie and Freddie: reports (Reuters)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
The U.S. government plans to put government sponsored mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under federal control, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers reported late Friday, in what could be the largest financial bailout in the nation's history.
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CTI Receives NASDAQ Letter (PR Newswire)

Saturday, 06 September 2008
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced that today, the Company received a letter from the Listing Qualifications Staff of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the $50,000,000 minimum market value of listed securities requirement set forth in NASDAQ...
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