Business Highlights - Boston Globe

Business Highlights - Boston Globe
NEW YORK— Oil futures surged to a new record over $120 a barrel Monday, raising concerns about higher prices for gasoline and goods and services throughout the economy. Retail gas prices fell more than a cent over the weekend, but oil's advance
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OUTLOOK UK smaller company results for two weeks to May 16 - Life Style Extra
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The following is a compilation of UK smaller company results due out in the two weeks to May 16. TUESDAY MAY 6 Teleset Networks Plc. is in expansion mode. In March, it raised 5 million pounds via a share placing and is
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Divestco Reports 18th Consecutive Profitable Quarter - Market Wire
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - May 5, 2008) - Divestco Inc. (TSX:DVT) (Divestco or the Company) is pleased to announce its operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2008. Divestco generated revenue of $30.1 million for the first quarter
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NYSE to Wield Sharp Ax With Amex: Report - Street.Com
NYSE Euronext NYX could lay off three quarters of the American Stock Exchange when the exchanges complete their merger later this year, according to The Wall Street Journal . The $260 million, all-stock deal, reached in January , is expected to be
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For Teachers: Stock Market Lessons From Spring 2008 - Street.Com
The Stock Market Game (SMG), is a curriculum-based teaching tool that allows students to invest a hypothetical $100,000 online stock portfolio to learn about long-term saving and investing. The following is a recap of highlight lessons from the SMG
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Pressure's now on Yahoo CEO - San Francisco Gate
(05-04) 17:57 PDT SUNNYVALE -- Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang is under intense pressure now that Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its megamerger proposal for the Sunnyvale Web portal. Shareholders who supported the takeover no doubt want his
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Chinese stake in Adelaide company - News.com.au
CHINESE company Western Mining will take a 10 per cent stake in Adelaide iron ore developer FerrAus for up to $18.2 million. The Adelaide company said WMC - a $9 billion company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange - would take a placement of shares
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Google Ends Microsoft’s Yahoo Search - Times Daily
Microsoft and Yahoo were pushed to the brink of a multibillion-dollar marriage and then to a sudden breakup this weekend by the same player. It was Google, in the odd dual role of both unwitting matchmaker and self-interested spoiler. Google’s
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