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Sprinting Away, Beating Bad Loans

2008-05-12 08:02:10

Sprint has a worse-than-expected quarter as customers defect en masse. HSBC has a good quarter despite some bad home loans. And in Paris, you can hock a bottle of wine, instead of drinking it, if you hit hard times. ...Read full article

AIG's Losing Hand, Oil's Royal Flush

2008-05-09 07:57:12

AIG loses $7.8 billion as bets on complex financial instruments sour. Oil hits a new high, and analysts try to explain why. And Switzerland works to avoid a mild potato famine. ...Read full article

Buying in Europe, Not Selling in America

2008-05-08 07:59:46

Best Buy buys a stake in Britain's Carphone Warehouse, and thus a stake in Europe. Toyota reports a drop in profits, due largely to a drop in U.S. sales. And Microsoft is on the rebound. ...Read full article

WiMax's New Life, Cisco's Cautious Optimism

2008-05-07 12:21:50

Sprint and Clearwire forge a new WiMax agreement, with $3.2 billion in help from some friends. Cisco shows that it's holding up pretty well in the corporate spending lull. And Hollywood faces the prospect of another strike. ...Read full article

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