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In light of the raft of acquisitions lately, it seems that the dealmakers at Google (GOOG) haven’t had much sleep lately. Of course, the targets have been mostly social type companies. For the most part, Google needs to protect its advertising franchise — especially from Facebook.

The latest deal for Google is SocialDeck — the price tag wasn’t disclosed. Based in Canada, the startup has been successful with a variety of Facebook, BlackBerry and iPhone games. Of course, these games involve multi-layer environments, and can even span devices. Titles include “Color Connect” and “Pet Hero MD.”

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Wall Street Whispers: The Guts To State ‘Sell’ - Inside Fidelity
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - A prominent analyst called the case for buying Citigroup ( Symbol : C ) shares a “‘trust me’ story” this week, the first time in a while anyone has seriously questioned a big bank’s ability to

Citigroup spent $1.47 million lobbying in 2nd qtr on Wall Street reform, banking - Baltimore Sun
NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup Inc. spent $1.47 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on various aspects of the financial regulatory overhaul and other issues, according to a disclosure

Why Wall Street is deserting Obama - Economic Times
NEW YORK: Daniel S. Loeb, the hedge fund manager, was one of Barack Obama’s biggest backers in the 2008 presidential campaign. A registered Democrat, Loeb has given and raised hundreds of thousands of

UPDATE 1-Harbin Electric Q2 profit beats Wall Street estimates - Reuters
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Harbin Electric Inc ( HRBN.O ), a Chinese maker of electric motors, posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by higher sales at its Xi’an Tech Full Simo unit. For the second

Wonkbook: More jobs bills; Wall Street turns on Obama; the calorie information cometh - Washington Post
Thought the wars over job-creation bills were over? Apparently not. In a speech in the Rose Garden yesterday, President Obama announced his administration was working on new legislative measures to spur job growth to be

Choppy Trading Persists On Wall Street In The Mid-Afternoon - U.S. Commentary - RTT News
(RTTNews) - Steel, railroad and gold stocks are also down, further contributing to the choppy movement by the major averages. Other Markets Overseas, stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region closed mostly lower on Monday

Wall Street investors brace for another hideous September - Philadelphia Daily News
CHICAGO - The economy is weakening, home sales are plunging and stocks are on a long slide. Now comes something even scarier for investors: September, traditionally the market’s worst month of the year

Asian stock markets fall after lackluster Wall Street finish; Nikkei dragged by strong yen - Minneapolis Star Tribune
TOKYO - Asian stocks markets retreated Tuesday led by Japan as the yen climbed and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week. The region’s markets have spent most of August in

Indexes on Wall Street Begin the Week Lower - New York Times
Shares on Wall Street opened lower on Monday as markets cautiously began a week that will culminate Friday with Washington’s report on the August job market. Major European indexes were down after shares in Asia closed

US STOCKS-Wall Street climbs as bears lock in gains - Reuters
* Bernanke: Recovery weaker but Fed prepared to take steps * Q2 GDP revised downward, but less than expected * Intel warns of revenue shortfall but shares rise * Indexes up 1.4 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news

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Filed under: Google (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), Bank of America (BAC)

Personal income and spending failed to enthuse an already-cautious market. Friday’s strong day turned out to be just a head-fake as the return of caution came all over again. Bond prices rose and stocks fell along with oil. Gold was directionless.

Here were today’s unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 10,009.73 -140.92 (-1.39%)
S&P 500 1,048.92 -15.67 (-1.47%)
Nasdaq 2,119.97 -33.66 (-1.56%)

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Filed under: Deals, Competitive Strategy, Google (GOOG)

Google (GOOG) has gone ga-ga over social-networking acquisitions, with deals for Slide, Like.com, Metaweb and Jambool. Desperately trying to go beyond its advertising business, the company sees big-time growth opportunities in the sector. However, Google is late to the game — and its home-grown efforts have been lackluster, such as Buzz, Google Wave and Orkut.

Well, the latest social networking deal for Google is a tiny startup, Angstro. Actually, it’s not a social network. Instead, the company has a system to pull information from various sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and so on. With this, Angstro can do things like improve Caller ID, as well as create a real-time social address book.

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Asian shares blended after slim Wall Street gains - Yahoo Finance
TOKYO (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed in early trading Thursday after a seesaw day on Wall Street that ended in trim gains. Benchmarks around the region fluctuated in a tight range, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock

Michael Douglas Ex Wants 40 Percent Of His ‘Wall Street” Motion picture Profits - Greedy? - Post Chronicle
Michael Douglas’ Ex Diandra Douglas Gets Blasted Over ‘Wall Street’ Demands? Michael Douglas’ ex-wife was blasted in court yesterday (24.08.10). The actor’s lawyers hit out at Diandra Douglas - who divorced

VeriFone shares jump after 3rd-quarter earnings trump Wall Street expectations - Washington Examiner
NEW YORK — Shares of VeriFone Systems Inc. surged Wednesday after the company’s fiscal third-quarter results topped expectations. THE SPARK: VeriFone, which provides electronic payments technology, stated Tuesday that it

Dollar Financial Q4 operating profit beats Wall Street - Inside Fidelity
Analysts on average were anticipating the company to post 2011 operating earnings of $2.01 a share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. The payday lender and pawnshop operator, posted a narrower fourth-quarter loss of $5

US STOCKS-Wall Street climbs as bears lock in gains - Reuters
* Bernanke: Recovery weaker but Fed prepared to take steps * Q2 GDP revised downward, but less than expected * Intel warns of revenue shortfall but shares rise * Indexes up 1.4 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news

Asian stock markets fall after lackluster Wall Street finish; Nikkei dragged by strong yen - Minneapolis Star Tribune
TOKYO - Asian stocks markets retreated Tuesday led by Japan as the yen climbed and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week. The region’s markets have spent most of August in

A Sell-Off of Bonds Despite Assurances From Bernanke - The Ledger
Stocks rose Friday after the Federal Reserve chairman pledged to help the economy and a revision in second-quarter growth came in slightly superior than expected. But the market still posted its fourth

Wall Street slips  - ONE News
US stocks slipped in one of the lightest volume sessions of the year on Tuesday as investors took refuge in defensive shares after the latest corporate M&A failed to soothe concerns the recovery is stalling. Technology

US STOCKS-Growing economic fears drive Wall Street lower - Reuters
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell to their lowest level in seven weeks on Tuesday as an unexpectedly large drop in home sales ratcheted up concerns that the economic recovery is even weaker than

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Filed under: Competitive Strategy, Google (GOOG), eBay (EBAY)

Google (GOOG) has a new service, as reported in Reuters. Starting now, you can make free calls in the U.S. and Canada from you Gmail account. Calls to other countries will be as cheap as two cents per minute. Google’s stock was up $3.22 Wednesday to $454.62.

The process is real easy. Just click on the “call line” option on the chat buddy list in Gmail and type in the number. You can also enter a contact person.

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Shanghai stocks up; HK down as China Life hits 13-mth low - FOXBusiness
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Stocks in Shanghai rebounded on bargain-hunting after the previous session’s sharp slide, with resources counters such as coal and other materials finding favour among

Energy stocks flatten after weekly jobless claims - Marketwatch
The NYSE Arca Oil Index (NYSE:XOI) dipped 0.2% to 928. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index (NYSE:XNG) advanced 0.3%, and the Philadelphia Oil Service Index (NASDAQ:OSX) gained 0.3%. Fresh oil and gas prospects are

Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (JGBO) CEO to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell - Earthtimes
What: Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [JGBO] will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square. In honor of the occasion, Jin Linxian Wubo, CEO of Jiangbo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. [JGBO] will preside

Stocks blended even as claims for unemployment benefits fall more than expected - Republic
NEW YORK — Major stock indexes turned blended Thursday as a drop in new claims for unemployment benefits wasn’t enough to resolve worries about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 7 points in

Miners Lead European Markets Higher - Wall Street Journal
European stocks rose Thursday on upbeat corporate results and some long-awaited good news on the U.S. jobs front. The euro gained against the dollar, while oil prices rose and gold was tiny changed. The Stoxx Europe

Stocks are mixed as caution about recovery remains - Forbes
Major stock indexes turned mixed Thursday as a drop in new claims for unemployment benefits wasn’t enough to resolve worries about the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 9 points in midday trading

US STOCKS-Markets tick higher after jobless claims dip - Reuters
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose slightly on Thursday as an unexpected fall in jobless claims helped boost sentiment on the labor market, considered the economy’s biggest obstacle to a strong

US Stocks Reverse Gains After Kansas Area Manufacturing Stalls - Wall Street Journal
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–U.S. stocks erased most of their modest climb Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in the Kansas City region stalled in August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average wiped out

Stocks rise on US bounce, Woolies results - Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian market opened higher this morning, with a late surge on Wall Street ending in a positive finish to the day’s trade after earlier losses. Woolworths shares jumped at the open, rising $1.91, or 7.4 per cent

World stocks rise but weak data tempers gains - Daily Oklahoman
TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets mostly rose Thursday, snapping a lengthy losing streak as investors scooped up beaten down stocks despite more evidence of a slowing U.S. economy. In New York Wednesday, the Dow Jones

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For investors, Dell, Inc.’s (DELL) latest moves have been somewhat puzzling. Of course, it looks like the company will engage in a bidding war for 3Par (PAR), which is a high-end storage provider. Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) offered $1.6 billion for the company, which was well north of Dell’s $1.15 billion offer. If Dell makes a higher bid, it would certainly be a drain on resources. After all, the company’s market cap is only $22 billion whereas HP’s is $89 billion.

But in the midst of the dealmaking, Dell still has to run its business. Unfortunately, things have not been so great. For example, it is only now that Dell has released a smartphone in the U.S. market.

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Intel Hitting New Lows On Concerns The Chip Cycle Is Over (INTC) - TMCnet
(Benzinga Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Shares of Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) are at a 52 week low and continuing to act weak after the semiconductor company announced earnings a few weeks ago. Late last

PVSP & TKOI Small Cap Stock News Alerts - TMCnet
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Boston, MA — Pervasip Corp. (OTCBB: PVSP); Telkonet, Inc. (OTCBB: TKOI) AssociatesFortune.com is part of Stock Profiler.US, LLC’s News Division. Stock Profiler

Bank of Nevada parent company raises $50 million in stock sale - Las Vegas Review Journal
Western Alliance Bancorporation, the holding company for Bank of Nevada, said Tuesday that it raised more than $50 million through the sale of 8 million shares of common stock. That includes a 1 million over-allotment by

US STOCKS-S&P, Dow fall two weeks in a row on recovery woes - FOXBusiness
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped Friday and the S&P 500 and Dow fell for a second straight week on persistent concerns the recovery has tapered off. Even so, major indexes came off Friday’s lows as

European Stocks Drop on U.S. Economic Data; Tullow Shares Fall - San Francisco Gate
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — European stocks declined for a second day, extending a five-week low, after lower-than-forecast U.S. durable-goods orders and new-home sales added to mounting concern about the strength

N - NEW YORK - US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St dips further after home sale data - Inside Fidelity
NEW YORK, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks briefly extended losses on Wednesday after data showed single-family home sales fell in July to set their slowest pace on record, while prices were the lowest in more than 6-1/2

European stocks end lower after U.S. durable-goods data - Marketwatch
The U.S. Commerce Department said durable-goods orders rose an anemic 0.3% in July — well below the 2.7% increase expected by economists. Also, a report showed that sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly

European Stock-Index Futures Decline; BHP, Heineken May Move on Earnings - Bloomberg
European stock-index futures fell, indicating the Stoxx Europe 600 Index will extend a one-month low, amid continuing concern about the state of the U.S. economy. Asian shares retreated and U.S. futures

Townhall News A look at economic developments around the globe - Town Hall
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Wednesday: TOKYO _ Facing a surging yen and mounting calls for action, Japan might finally decide that it can’t afford to let

Asia stocks fall while yen slips - msnbc.com
By Kevin Plumberg TAIPEI (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei at a 16-month low, as investors sold riskier assets after a spate of worrying U.S. economic data, while the yen slipped from a 15

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Housing Stats Send Wall Street Tumbling - RTT News
Disappointing data on U.S. home sales sent the stock market into a tailspin on Tuesday, as sales in July declined by twice as much as predicted. Elsewhere, Dell mulled a new offer for 3Par, another executive left Borders

Avago third quarter beats Wall Street - Inside Fidelity
Aug 24 (Reuters) - Chipmaker Avago Technologies reported quarterly results that came above Wall Street estimates, driven by a strong performance at its industrial and automotive segment. The Singapore-based designer of

Michael Douglas, ex clashing over ‘Wall Street’ cash - USA Today
NEW YORK — Michael Douglas ‘ return to his Academy Award-winning Wall Street role also spawned a legal sequel to his decade-old divorce. Lawyers representing the actor and ex-wife Diandra Douglas tangled in

Analysts still puzzled by Wall Street’s Might 6 ‘flash crash’ - St. Petersburg Times
It sounds like Wall Street meets The X-Files. The stock market mysteriously plunges 600 points on May 6 — and then, more mysteriously, recovers within minutes. Over the next few weeks, analysts at Nanex, an obscure

Wall Street Slides After Weak Housing Data - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slumped on Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 on track for a fourth day of declines as an unexpectedly huge drop in home sales last month ratcheted up concerns about the economic

Greed Is Good - Michael Douglas’ Ex Wants Profits From Upcoming “Wall Street - TheWrap
“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” might not come out until Sept. 24, but the sequel has already begun for star Michael Douglas … in a New York court. Lawyers for his ex-wife Diandra Douglas (pictured left with her

Michael Douglas, ex-wife clash over ‘Wall Street’ cash - Palladium-Item
Lawyers for the Academy Award-winning actor and for ex-wife Diandra Douglas argued Tuesday in a New York court over her claim that she’s entitled to half his earnings from “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Wall Street Whispers: Cheap Money Ain’t Working - Yahoo Finance
WASHINGTON ( TheStreet ) — The Federal Reserve’s policy statement this week, along with a report from Freddie Mac , provide ample evidence that cheap money is doing little good for the U.S. economy. The reason is simple

Economic growth fears shake Wall Street - Financial Times
US stocks sunk in early trading on Tuesday as investors across the world fled risky assets and Wall Street feared that upcoming economic data releases could be weaker than previously expected. Less than an

Wall Street still sour on BP; shares give up 15 percent in past 12 trading days - Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK (AP) — BP ’s beleaguered investors can’t catch a break. Weeks after the British oil giant vanquished its busted well, the company’s stock continues to fall. Shares slid $1.20, or 3.3 percent, to $34

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