Background
The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System) is an American stock exchange. It is the largest electronic screen-based equity securities trading market in the United States. With approximately 3,200 companies, it lists more companies and has more trading volume per day than any other stock exchange in the world.
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...expected to be down 23 percent year over year. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) now expects revenue of approximately $8.2 billion. The Santa Clara-based company in November lowered its forecast to $9 billion, plus or minus $300 million, compared with previous expectation...
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San Francisco Business Times
...and broad therapeutic expertise, to meet our customers' clinical development challenges. Kendle was recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the 100 fastest-growing companies in the United States for 2008. The company also has been recognized as "Top CRO...
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...Tetra Tech (Nasdaq: TTEK), KBR Inc. (NYSE: KBR), Fluor (NYSE: FLR), Aecom Technology (NYSE: ACM), and Jacobs Engineering (NYSE: JEC), among several others. All paid and trial subscribers to BullMarket.com can now receive immediate access to the newsletter's...
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and
manufacturing, today announced that its DesignWare(R) digital controller and
PHY IP for the PCI
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PR Newswire
CHICAGO, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Morningstar, Inc.
(Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent investment research, today
named Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as its 2008 CEO of the Year.
Morningstar's annual award recognizes
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PR Newswire
...ventures) as on Sep 30, 2008 1991: Debuts on Bombay Stock Exchage with an IPO oversubscribed 17 times 1999: Satyam Infoway (Sify) becomes the first Indian Internet company listed on Nasdaq; presence established in 30 countries 2001: Listed on the New York...
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In Homer's The Odyssey, Odysseus plugged his crew's ears with wax to tune out the Sirens' song. He left his own ears unplugged, but he
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Motley Fool
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Petroleum Development Corporation (Nasdaq: PETD) today announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Richard W. McCullough, will present at the BMO Capital Markets 2009 North American
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Street Insider
...NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, video, and Internet connectivity applications, today announced the availability of its fiscal year...
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Street Insider
Last Week - About NASDAQ
...2.5 million shares from earlier plans of 2 million. Owens-Illinois shares were also flat after trading 11.4 million shares. Wachovia Corp. (WB: , , ) led NYSE volume movers with 19.8 million shares trading hands and a nearly 3% rise. The banking company...
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MarketWatch
Equities enjoyed a lift on the last trading day of 2008, but the rise was not nearly sufficient to counter the year's anguish. From the start to the finish of this turbulent year, the Dow fell 33.8%, the Standard & Poor's 500 lost 38.5% and the NASDAQ
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Dismal Scientist
...income-producing minerals. The company holds interests in developed and undeveloped oil and gas properties in France, Hungary, Romania and Turkey. More information about Toreador may be found at the company's web site, www.toreador.net. Safe-Harbor Statement...
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Street Insider
...out, clearing the 28.36 buy point of a handle. But volume was running only about average, raising questions about the move. Cerner (CERN), a maker of medical software, rose 1%. The stock retook its 10-week moving average during the week of Dec. 12. Since then,...
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Investor's Business Daily
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008 in New York. Wall Street rose modestly in light holiday trading Wednesday after the government released downbeat, but unsurprising, readings on U.S. joblessness and
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Miami Herald
What was the biggest business news story of 2008?
Stocks were on a roller coaster in 2008 as investors tried to keep up with bailouts, bankruptcies, a credit crisis and a long recession.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rallied Wednesday, as
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KTVU
...a pharmaceutical and over-the-counter manufacturing, marketing, and distribution company; China Architectural Engineering (NASDAQ: CAEI) engages in the design, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of structural glass and light structure building;...
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Street Insider
...The Dow Jones fell 19 percent, the S&P 23 percent, while the Nasdaq shed 25 percent on the quarter. For the year, the Dow Jones suffered its worst annual decline since 1931, down nearly 34 percent. The S&P 500 shed 38.5 percent, its worst annual decline since...
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All Headline News
...it was a horrible year for investors with every indication 2009 will bring more of the same. Melissa Lee, the moderator of the CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show, asked the trading panel to look into the crystal ball for their forecasts for next year. Guy Adami was...
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The Street
...with London's FTSE sliding 31.33 percent, the Paris CAC 40 down 40.37 percent, Japan's Nikkei losing 42.12 percent, and Frankfurt's DAX 40.37 percent. In the only economic news of the day, the Labour Department said new US jobless claims fell by 94,000 in...
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Channel News Asia
Last Month - About NASDAQ
...from Nasdaq because the company's market value fell below the minimum $35 million requirement. Sunnyvale-based Silicon Graphics (NASDAQ:SGIC) said it was also notified that it didn't meet an alternative Nasdaq requirement that a company have either minimum...
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San Jose Business Journal
...2008-12-08 21:05:02 - Watson Wyatt (NYSE, NASDAQ: WW) is the trusted business partner to the world"s leading organizations on people and financial issues. The firm"s global services include: managing the cost and effectiveness of employee benefit...
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PR-Inside.com
...Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a rerepurchase of up to $15 million of the Company’s common stock. Kopin CEO said, "We believe our stock is currently undervalued." Receive full access to all new and archived...
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Street Insider
...good ol' days when we told jokes about not being able to swing a dead cat without banging it into yet another Starbucks (Nasdaq:SBUX) franchise? Everything was going the company's way: people were lining up for a $5 cup, Mom & Pops were being crushed, and...
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Investopedia
...President-elect Barack Obama's pledge of massive infrastructure investment and possible federal help for the auto industry. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU: , , ) climbed 298.76 points, or 3.5%, to 8,934.18, its highest close since Nov. 7. The S&P...
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MarketWatch
...11% range. Really, the closest you'll come to finding AV-like margins in the large contractor sphere are United Tech (NYSE: UTX) and Textron -- and even Textron is flagging fast. And speaking of flagging fast, AV could be in for some rough comps in the current...
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Motley Fool
...a 13.8% net profit margin, which is better than the trailing-12-month profit margin for rivals Rofin-Sinar (Nasdaq: RSTI), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Coherent (Nasdaq: COHR), or Rohm & Haas (NYSE: ROH). (Better, too, than R&H's new owner, Dow Chemical (NYSE:...
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Motley Fool
...Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) today announced that it will initiate a workforce reduction of approximately 450 employees in North America, approximately 8 percent of its total employee base. The reduction will take place before the end of December 2008 and will result...
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Street Insider
...3 Communications Inc. said Monday it will cut 450 jobs across North America, reducing its work force by 8 percent. The Broomfield company (NASDAQ: LVLT) said the job cuts will come before the end of December. Level 3 will incur charges of $12 million to $15...
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Denver Business Journal
...electronics for portable power or configured as stand alone modules for large scale terrestrial deployment. Ascent Solar is located in Littleton, Colorado. For more information about Ascent Solar, please visit www.ascentsolar.com. Forward-Looking Statements...
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PR-Inside.com