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Financeen-usFri, 4 Jul 2008 07:24:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/fi/pr/40197.gifhttp://finance.yahoo.com14417http://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080704/ukf001.html?.v=14Based on Nokia's 2003 and 2005 employee stock option plans, 136 030 shares of Nokia Corporation were subscribed for between June 2, 2008 and June 30, 2008 and between May 8, 2008 and May 30, 2008 136 825 shares as previously announced.yahoo_finance/4036744333Fri, 4 Jul 2008 07:24:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080703/h_r_block_executive_compensation.html?.v=2Mark Ernst, who stepped down as chief executive officer and chairman of H&R Block Inc. in November, received compensation valued at $5.2 million in fiscal 2008, a 70 percent increase over the previous year, a securities filing Thursday showed.yahoo_finance/2816193093Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:42:18 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080703/lath519.html?.v=15PrivateBancorp, Inc. today announced that on July 1, 2008, in connection with and pursuant to its previously announced Transformation Equity Award Program, four of its recently hired managing directors received inducement equity awards.yahoo_finance/3743649144Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:30:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080703/vnus_saxton_insider_transactions.html?.v=1The vice president of U.S. sales for medical device maker Vnus Medical Technologies Inc. exercised options for 1,000 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.yahoo_finance/1728574868Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:26:16 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080703/20080703005104.html?.v=1SANTA MONICA, Calif.----Activision, Inc. today announced Guitar Hero®: On Tour has sold in excess of 300,000 units in North America in the first seven days since its launch, making it the largest North American launch for the Nintendo DS™ in the company's history by more than a factor of eight.yahoo_finance/1423830291Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:05:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080702/law519.html?.v=16WD-40 Company today reported net sales for the third quarter ended May 31, 2008 of $82.1 million, an increase of 5.8% over the third quarter last year. Year-to-date net sales were $240.2 million, up 5.0% over the same period last year.yahoo_finance/2456290773Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/bill_barrett_reinecke_insider_transactions.html?.v=1A senior vice president of natural gas and oil company Bill Barrett Corp. exercised options for 1,752 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.yahoo_finance/1299248198Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:25:33 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/mexco_energy_insider_transactions_ladd.html?.v=1A director of oil and gas company Mexco Energy Corp. exercised options for 10,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.yahoo_finance/3262024016Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:14:31 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/power_integrations_insider_transactions.html?.v=1The vice president of operations at Power Integrations Inc., which makes high-voltage analog integrated circuits, exercised options for 2,500 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.yahoo_finance/3564579810Wed, 2 Jul 2008 19:10:47 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/mexco_energy_insider_transactions.html?.v=1A vice president of oil and gas company Mexco Energy Corp. exercised options for 5,250 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.yahoo_finance/1052279590Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:22:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/autodesk_insider_transactions.html?.v=1The senior vice president and chief financial officer of design software maker Autodesk Inc. exercised options for 10,000 shares of common stock, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday.yahoo_finance/1397426177Wed, 2 Jul 2008 18:20:21 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/qualcomm_insider_transactions.html?.v=1The president of the Internet services business of cell phone chip maker Qualcomm Inc. exercised options for 3,700 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.yahoo_finance/2799221304Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:44:43 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080702/20080702005225.html?.v=1SANTA MONICA, Calif.----Gamers and music fans alike are now free to unleash their inner-rockstar as the groundbreaking video game partnership uniting one of 2007's best selling video games and ‘America's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band’--Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer--shred store shelves nationwide with Activision, Inc.’s Guitar Hero®: Aerosmith®.yahoo_finance/978471493Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:30:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080702/unitedhealth.html?.v=1UnitedHealth Group on Wednesday cut its full-year earnings outlook because of tough competition in the health benefits business.yahoo_finance/493868046Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:09:51 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080702/unitedhealth_settlement.html?.v=1UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Wednesday it will pay $895 million to settle a class action lawsuit with the California Public Employees Retirement System and Alaska Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Pension Trust.yahoo_finance/3541188469Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:50:14 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080702/20080702005210.html?.v=1MINNEAPOLIS----UnitedHealth Group announced today a revision in its outlook for 2008, following an assessment of preliminary second quarter 2008 results and recent business trends. The Company now expects full year 2008 adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.95 to $3.051 on revenues in the $81 billion range, with adjusted earnings from operations of approximately $6.5 billion1 and cash flows from operations approaching $5 billion1, prior to consideration of cash payments for litigation settlements, for which the timing for a portion of the payment is uncertain.yahoo_finance/3054569917Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:03:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080702/20080702005218.html?.v=1MINNETONKA, Minn.----UnitedHealth Group today announced it has reached an agreement in principle with lead plaintiff California Public Employees’ Retirement System and plaintiff class representative Alaska Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry Pension Trust, on behalf of themselves and members of the class, to settle the federal securities class action lawsuit arising from the consolidated amended complaint filed on December 8, 2006, in the U.S.yahoo_finance/481665125Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:00:00 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/microtune_sec.html?.v=1The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it has charged cable-chip company Microtune Inc. and two former executives with perpetrating a "fraudulent and deceptive stock option backdating scheme."yahoo_finance/120779705Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:37:37 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/hess_insider_transactions.html?.v=1An executive vice president of oil and gas company Hess Corp. exercised options for 42,000 shares of common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Monday.yahoo_finance/462543645Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:28:56 Etc/GMThttp://us.rd.yahoo.com/finance/news/rss/story/*http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080701/costco_wholesale_insider_transactions.html?.v=1A director of warehouse club operator Costco Wholesale Corp. exercised options for 16,000 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday.yahoo_finance/1778643516Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:36:01 Etc/GMT