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January 28, 2008
Microsoft said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analysts’ expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed by rising sales of Windows-based personal computers.
For the quarter ended Dec. 31, profit increased to $4.71 billion, or 50 cents per share, from $2.63 billion, or 26 cents per share in the same period last year.
Analysts polled by Thomson […]
January 25, 2008
Barclays (BARC.L: Quote, Profile, Research) sees tougher market conditions in the next year as an opportunity for its investment banking arm to grow and invest, particularly in the United States, the bank’s president said.
Barclays Capital has seen spectacular growth over the past decade, but Britain’s third-largest bank has yet to match its strong European […]
January 8, 2008
A co-defendant in the $25 million mortgage and loan fraud scheme involving F. Jeffrey Miller pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money-laundering charges Tuesday in federal court in Kansas.
Judy Brumble, 58, of Lee’s Summit, admitted to prosecutors that she had worked with Miller and real estate agent Todd Earnshaw and other defendants to fleece mortgage […]