Monthly Archives: January 2008

Developer Gemdale: To Set Up 50-50 China Property JV With UBS

By Daniel | January 31, 2008

Developer Gemdale: To Set Up 50-50 China Property JV With UBS
Last Update: 1/31/2008 7:41:46 PM
HONG KONG (Dow Jones)–Chinese property firm Gemdale Corp. (600383.SH) said
Friday it plans to set up a 50-50 joint venture with UBS AG (UBS) to develop
property projects in China.
Gemdale said in a statement the joint venture, which will be registered overseas,
will have [...]

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Financials look to end January flat after Thursday rally

By Daniel | January 31, 2008

Financials look to end January flat after Thursday rally
By Greg Morcroft, MarketWatch
Last Update: 3:42 PM ET Jan 31, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Financial stocks rounded out a wild January on
Thursday, closing higher for the day but after fighting off early session losses,
but the the broad measure of large financial shares clsoed flat for the month.
The [...]

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Resilient airlines end higher on hopes for lower fuel costs

By Daniel | January 31, 2008

Oil’s pullback, Wall Street recovery lift airlines
By Christopher Hinton, MarketWatch
Last Update: 5:41 PM ET Jan 31, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Airline stocks posted strong gains Thursday, emerging
from a choppy open as investors gradually shrugged off fears of weaker consumer
spending to focus instead on easing fuel costs.
The Amex Airline index (XAL) rose 3.3% to finish at [...]

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Optimism Still Rules on E*Trade Financial

By Daniel | January 31, 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Optimism Still Rules on E*Trade Financial
1/31/2008 12:42 PM
Keywords: ETFC
E*Trade Financial (ETFC: sentiment, chart, options) shares have jumped more than 6% as we head into the afternoon, with the stock apparently bolstered by a wave of company directors snapping up the shares. The trend has been going on all week, as insiders apparently [...]

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2nd UPDATE: FCC’s Martin Sings Praises Of Airwaves Auction

By Daniel | January 31, 2008

2nd UPDATE: FCC’s Martin Sings Praises Of Airwaves Auction
Last Update: 1/31/2008 5:28:30 PM
(Updates with results of 21st round of auction.)
By Corey Boles
  Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin
lauded the success of the agency’s auction of prized communications spectrum
Thursday as the “open access conditions” on the largest section of airwaves were
triggered.
A [...]

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