Monthly Archives: June 2007

The iPhone: What the Critics Say

Boston Globe
Hiawatha Bray writes that he couldn’t trash the iPhone if he wanted to. The Globe sees the iPhone as unprecedented and says it leads the way for the newest cell phone technology: “For it’s not just cool; this phone is important, in the same way that Apple’s first Macintosh computer was important. The [...]

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The Last Stand of Internet Radio?

This past Tuesday, thousands of Internet radio stations found the perfect way to make their point about a recent decision to raise the royalty rates they pay — they simply shut down as part of what they called the “Day of Silence” protest. If the new rules go into effect as planned on July 15, [...]

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Wall Street drops on credit concerns

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday as banks and brokers retreated on concerns about the impact of tightening credit on takeovers and the subprime mortgage industry.

Early gains evaporated as oil rose to $71 a barrel and investors booked profits before the quarter’s end and the July 4th holiday week. That [...]

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The Whisky Rebellion

For Vijay Mallya, taking over foreign companies is routine stuff. By building and buying everything from airlines to agrochemicals, he has created a $2 billion conglomerate. But he could be forgiven for taking a little added satisfaction in the recent $1.18 billion acquisition of scotch-whisky producer Whyte & Mackay by his [...]

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A Fast-Growth Internet-Technology Company:MPWE.OB, Big Gains Coming Soon!

BUSINESS SUMMARY
M Power Entertainment, Inc. engages in the development of an Internet lifestyle information/entertainment portal, Doorways, which is designed to offer a form of interactivity and support for visually-oriented Web surfing community. Doorways would also serve as a central forum for new media e-commerce business-to-consumer product marketing, customer support, and distribution. In [...]

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