Archive for March 4th, 2008

Stocks drop with banks; Cisco cushions Nasdaq

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 fell on Tuesday as bank stocks slid on a broker warning about more losses at Citigroup and the Federal Reserve chairman has said mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures were likely to rise.

Apple plans no dividend or purchaseback

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

CUPERTINO, California - Apple Inc has no plans to declare a dividend or purchase back its stock, Chief Executive Steve Jobs told the annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday, adding that iPhone sales were on track.

Apple plans no dividend or purchaseback

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

CUPERTINO, California - Apple Inc has no plans to declare a dividend or purchase back its stock, Chief Executive Steve Jobs told the annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday, adding that iPhone sales were on track.

Ambac unlikely to announce deal Tuesday: source

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

NEW YORK - Bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc is unlikely to announce a capital raising deal on Tuesday, a person briefed on the matter has said.

Banks should accept mortgage principal cuts: Bernanke

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

ORLANDO, Florida - Banks may have to swallow reductions in the principal of a few troubled home loans to ward off greater losses that could result from outright default, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said on Tuesday.

Boeing demands tanker answers as lawmakers vow battle

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

WASHINGTON - Boeing Co demanded on Tuesday immediate answers on why it lost a $35 billion contract for refueling tankers to Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner EADS , as Boeing backers in Congress threatened to hold up funding for the deal.

Google falls through 52-wk low for first time

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

NEW YORK - Google Inc. shares fell 4.2 percent on Tuesday and slid below a 52-week low for the first time since going public in August 2004.

Nielsen says mobile ads growing, consumers respond

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

NEW YORK - About 23 percent of United States mobile phone users have seen advertising on their cell phones in the last 30 days and about half of them responded to the ads, according to a report from The Nielsen Co released on Tuesday.