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VMware ESX is the Industry’s First Hypervisor to be Validated by Microsoft, Offers Customers Expanded Support Options for Microsoft Applications VMware Lays Foundation for Broader Market Penetration by Giving Customers Access to Support for Software For All Major Microsoft Applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, SharePoint Server and others across Virtualized Environments PALO ALTO, Calif., Sep 03, 2008 (BUSINESS […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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Canada Hot Stocks: Maple Leaf Foods, Forsys Metals Last Update: 8/21/2008 2:00:00 PM Among the companies whose shares are making notable moves in Thursday’s session are Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (MFI.T) and Forsys Metals Corp. (FSY.T). Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (MFI.T, C$10.15, -C$0.44, -4.2%) expanded a recall of packaged meats and temporarily shut a Toronto plant in connection with an outbreak […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Hong Kong’s purchasing managers index remained below the breakeven threshold of 50 for a second straight month in August, as output in the private sector fell at its fastest pace in more than five years, according to data released Monday by index compiler Markit Group Ltd. The index fell to 48.5 […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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We don’t need many numbers, but it seems like we’ve thousands of them bouncing around the media in order to justify one statement or another, or for the traders to have the capability to push the price of the common up, down, up, down, and up, down at will. It’s funny how Paulson went […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is putting the short-term future of renewable energy companies in jeopardy even as the presidential candidates and most lawmakers hail windmills, solar panels and biofuels as long-term solutions to high gasoline prices and global warming. Some $500 million in investment and production tax credits will expire Dec. 31 unless Congress renews them. […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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Weekly initial jobless claims fall to 425,000 By Ruth Mantell, MarketWatch Last Update: 8/28/2008 9:51:00 AM WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The number of new claims filed for say unemployment benefits fell last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday, as government data also showed the upward trend in continuing claims reaching the highest level seen since 2003. First-time applications for unemployment benefits fell 10,000 […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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MBIA rallies on reinsurance deal Bond, mortgage insurers gain early; investors mull Fannie shakeup By John Spence, MarketWatch Last Update: 8/28/2008 1:11:00 PM BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Shares of mortgage and bond insurers rallied Thursday on news that MBIA Inc. is in a deal to reinsure billions of dollars in municipal bonds, showing the embattled bond insurer is able to attract new […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–”OK Computer”: It’s the name of a notable 1997 Radiohead album, and would also be an apt title for quantitative hedge funds’ performance since their near-collapse last August. While quants are outperforming the overall stock market year to date, their returns are in the red. Still, compared to early last August, when margin calls forced many big-name […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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US HOT STOCKS: Amtech, Asyst, Borders Group -2- Last Update: 8/14/2008 2:21:16 PM Among the companies whose shares are actively trading in Thursday’s session are PMI Group Inc., Power Medical Intervention Inc. and LSI Industries Inc. PMI (PMI, $4.78, $1.99, 71.33%) concurred to sell its Australian mortgage-insurance subsidiary and related holding company to QBE Insurance Group Ltd. (QBE.AU), the continent’s largest […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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AIG Announces Investment in MicroCred Nanchong AIG to Own 18% of MicroCred Nanchong and To Be Exclusive Provider of Micro Insurance to MNC’s Clients for Two Years BEIJING & NEW YORK, Aug 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today announced that it has acquired 18 percent of MicroCred Nanchong, China (MNC) and the exclusive right to […] For more visit Source:www.investment-blog.net

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