The media, especially around-the-clock cable television, can fill their news budgets for week-after-week with news from the latest primary contest.
For a moment, it appeared as if Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) Germany Chief Executive Hannes Schwaderer broke the strict code of silence enforced by Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) this week when he seemingly let it slip to a German-language publication that the computer and gadget maker would be using a version of Intel's Atom processor in an upcoming version of its iPhone.
Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HPQ - news - people ) this week introduced new technology in its inkjet printers that could mean cheaper and higher-quality prints and might alter the economics of the printer market.
The largest independent firm, LaBranche (nyse: LAB - news - people ) warned last week that it would miss first-quarter expectations, blaming low volatility and a higher percentage of program trading activity.
The last place Thain had reason to look for salvation was Archipelago Holdings (amex: AX - news - people ), until this week the anti-New York Stock Exchange.
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Finally, Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) said last week it would drop HD DVD and sell only Blu-ray players and discs.
With a lack of market-moving fundamental news this week, precious metals market watchers are focusing on the outside markets.
FORBES: Comex Gold Weaker on Mildly Bearish Outside Markets; Summer Doldrums Continue
With a lack of major, market-moving fundamental news this week, precious metals market watchers are focusing more on the outside markets.
FORBES: Gold Weaker amid Firmer U.S. Dollar Index; Trading Remains Lackluster
With the lack of fresh, market-moving fundamental news this week, precious metals market watchers are focusing more on the outside markets.
FORBES: Gold Ends Firmer amid Summertime Doldrums; Prices Trapped in Trading Range
In notable economic news this week, private-sector employers stepped up hiring in December, offering further evidence of underlying strength in the economy.
And that's exactly what happened to Bear Stearns (nyse: BSC - news - people ) the week of March 10.
Even Dell Computer (nyse: DELL - news - people ) last week said it would focus on building a business for commodity services.
Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) last week released a switch known as the DCX platform, built by San Jose, Calif.
One low-volatility stock is Fortune Brands (nyse: FO - news - people ), which has a 52-week beta of 0.52 and a Barra Risk Factor of only 5.
That isn't the only green car news that broke this week -- with the Geneva Motor Show fast approaching, we've been keeping an ear to the ground for the latest from Switzerland.
Ofcom also proposed that the changing nature of TV would mean that ITV1 should be allowed to phase out an hour-and-a-half of non-news regional programming a week in 2005, with some of those responsibilities passing to the BBC.
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green.
Capellas, who may be named the new chief of bankrupt telecom WorldCom (nasdaq: WCOEQ - news - people ) as early as this week, was largely responsible for day-to-day operations.
The week-to-week claims, look, are a heartening bit of good news, and we certainly -- our hope is that it will certainly continue.
Options on Alcoa (nyse: AA - news - people ) saw heavy two-way trading this week in what may be bets that volatility may soon subside.
Reflecting his value orientation, he also recommends buying beaten down shares of Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ), which traded near a 52-week low, as well as Federated.
In overnight news, the Euro currency hit a fresh six-week low against the U.S. dollar on fresh disappointing European Union economic news.
FORBES: A.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Near Unchanged as Bulls Try to Stabilize Market
Now, since this has been in the news a little bit this week -- (laughter) -- let me say a little something about health care.
WHITEHOUSE: "White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH
So all week, the news-starved, food-starved media have been crashing the Party s parties, grabbing sound bites and bites of dinner at the same time.
It followed news earlier this week that US-based medical products company Daktari Diagnostics is to locate its manufacturing base to Inverness, creating up to 126 posts.
On Monday, the sports news was a flurry of week-long victories for Italians in winter sports and the fifth consecutive victory for favorite son, Giorgio Rocca.
Shares in Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) were carefully positioned late this week to captivate investor interest in the run-up to the release of its celebrated iPhone.
In the wake of a recent Maryland law aimed at forcing the company to increase its health benefits for employees, Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ) announced last week that it would cover more workers.
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