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'Auction Rates' Clip Tech Firms' Profits
http://online.wsj.com/ article/ SB120666247023070263.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us_bu...
Tech firms, which traditionally shunned debt, are seeing earnings dented by auction-rate securities.
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Deals of the Day: Clear Channel Deal May Not Close
http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2008/03/28/deals-of-the-day-clear...Deals of the Day includes all the major news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions and financing. For breaking deal news, turn to the WSJs Deals & Deal Makers page, or click here to automatically sign up for Deals Alert emails. Today in
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Auction-Rate Problems Hit Corporate America Harder
http://www.247wallst.com/2008/03/auction-rate-pr.htmlIt is only a matter of time before some big American companies sue the banks and brokerages that ran the auction-rate markets. Their case will be that, in a market which has operated since 1985. the financial firms presented the paper as
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Auction-rate securities hurt tech company results, lawsuits ahead?
http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/03/28/auction-rate-securi...Auction-rate securities hurt tech company results, lawsuits ahead? Posted Mar 28th 2008 3:35PM by Douglas McIntyre Filed under: Earnings reports, Bad news, Monster Worldwide (MNST), Palm Inc (PALM) Auction-rate securities were supposed to be cash
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Monster, Earthlink, Palm Blow It Again, Buy Millions in Auction-Rate Securities
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/3/monster_earthlink_palm_bl...How do you compound the misery of having a crappy business and a collapsing stock price? Stick your company's precious rainy-day fund in "cash-like" auction-rate securities. Auction-rate securities, for those who haven't been following the
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