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REFILE-Nokia CEO to favour profit over sales targets - FT

HELSINKI, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Nokia (
NOK1V.HE
) will focus on
profit development amid a falling cellphone market in which many
competitors are cutting prices, Chief Executive Olli-Pekka
Kallasvuo told the Financial Times.
"We will continue to combine market share and margins in the
right way in order to maximise the bottom line," Kallasvuo was
quoted as saying in an interview. This in stark contrast to some
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October 31, 2008 | favour, Nokia, over, profit, REFILE, sales, targets
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Nikkei pressured by Asian stock falls, exporters weak

TOKYO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average extended its
fall to 1.6 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by a slide in Asian
shares and worries about a weakening global economy that battered
exporters such as Sony Corp (6758.T:
,
,
,
).
Bank shares slipped further on growing worries about the
financial sector in the wake of massive job cuts announced by
Citigroup Inc (C.N:
,
,
,
), with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (8316.T:
,
Read the rest of this entry »

October 31, 2008 | Asian, exporters, Falls, Nikkei, pressured, stock, weak
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Global Technologies Launches Connectivity e-Commerce Site

Global Technologies, a worldwide provider of network connectivity products and a leader in manufacturing custom cable assemblies, recently launched a new e-commerce web site. The site features a wide variety of fiber cables, PC cables, UPS products and accessories for the corporate, desktop, educational, government, value-added reseller, and consumer markets.
Spring Lake, MI (
) November 17, 2008 -- Global Technologies, a worldwide provider of Read the rest of this entry »

October 31, 2008 | Commerce, Connectivity, Global, launches, site, technologies
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Treasury Sued By FOX Business Network Over Rescue Plan Info

-(Dow Jones)- FOX Business Network said Thursday it has filed a
lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department for being slow to provide
information on the
financial rescue plan.
The television network, a unit of
News Corp.
(NWSA), said in a release that
Treasury has not responded to two Freedom of Information Act requests, one on
Nov. 25
Dec. 1
, regarding the use of funds for
Citigroup Inc.
(C),
American International Group Inc.
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October 31, 2008 | Business, Info, Network, over, plan, rescue, Sued, Treasury
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Holiday E-Commerce Season Sales Finally Match Last Year as Two …

(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080115/COMSCORELOGO)

2008 Holiday Season To Date vs. Corresponding Days* in 2007
Non-Travel (Retail) Spending
Excludes Auctions and Large Corporate Purchases
Total U.S. - Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore, Inc.

Millions ($)
Pct
Holiday Read the rest of this entry »

October 31, 2008 | Commerce, finally, Holiday, Last, Match, sales, Season, Year
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TRAP Systems Changes Name to HOPS and Introduces New Software-as-a …

)
is a leading provider of data analytic tools and products, utilizing its
unique data analysis engine to quickly get clients to places they have
never been before. HOPS, which stands for Heuristic Optimized Processing
System, is the fastest and most flexible on-demand analysis solution
available for large sets of data. In a recent test, HOPS did an
all-column scan of over 70,000,000 rows in only 13 Read the rest of this entry »

October 30, 2008 | changes, HOPS, Introduces, Name, software, Systems, TRAP
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Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for November 18, 2008 - SUWG, NHPR …

Stockguru.com: Stocks to Watch for November 18, 2008 - SUWG, NHPR, HOMS, XFMY, QMCI, and VTEX
Nov 18, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) --
-- Our Stocks to Watch today include : Sunway Global Inc. (OTCBB: SUWG), National Health Partners, Inc. (OTCBB: NHPR), Homeland Security Capital Corporation (OTCBB: HOMS), XFormity Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XFMY), QuoteMedia, Inc. (OTCBB: QMCI), and Vortex Resources Corp. (OTCBB: VTEX)
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October 30, 2008 | 2008, NHPR, November, Stockguru, stocks, SUWG, Watch
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Business Briefing | Earnings JC Penney Reports Lower Profit and …

said its third-quarter profit fell by more than half. The company also said mall traffic in general has been weak so far this month and issued a fourth-quarter forecast that was well below analysts’ expectations. The company said profit for the three months that ended Nov. 1 fell 52 percent to $124 million, or 56 cents a share, from $261 million, or $1.17 a share, last year. Revenue slid 9 percent to $4.32 billion from $4.73 billion last year. Read the rest of this entry »

October 30, 2008 | Briefing, Business, Earnings, Lower, Penney, profit, reports
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Stock Market Recovers

By Goddy Egene, 11.17.2008
Some relief came the way of investors last week after eight months of losses, pains and anxiety following the persistent fall in share prices in the Nigerian stock market.
The bear run had depressed the stock market by 41 per cent (or N5.2 trillion) from a peak of N12.6 trillion between March 5 and November 5, 2008.
However, stability crept into the market on November 6. And at the close of trading last Friday, the Read the rest of this entry »

October 30, 2008 | Market, Recovers, stock
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New Web site, Ozark Mountain Marketplace, will offer largest …

Ozark Mountain Marketplace -- the largest single online business and service directory featuring every business in Carroll County -- will be launched in January, Carroll County Newspapers publisher Bob Moore announced today.
The Web site will be a one-stop source of information on every business in the county, from banks to restaurants, from antiques to home furnishings, and everything else in between, Moore said, and it will also include complete Read the rest of this entry »

October 30, 2008 | Largest, Marketplace, Mountain, offer, Ozark, site, will
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