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Morgan Stanley Loses $2.37 Billion
December 17, 2008 01:30 PM
Morgan Stanley (GS) said Wednesday it lost $2.37 billion during its fiscal fourth quarter as it took a range of losses on assets amid one of the roughest quarters for investment banks. Morgan lost $2.34 per share for the quarter ended Nov. 30. It lost $3.61 billion, or $3.61 per share, during the year-ago period when it took a $9.4 billion write-down on mortgage-related assets as the housing crisis began to spiral downward. Analysts on average, forecasted a loss of... continued...
General Mills 2Q Beats Estimates
December 17, 2008 01:20 PM
General Mills Inc. (GIS) said Wednesday its second-quarter profit fell 3%, but adjusted results beat expectations. The company said earnings in the quarter ending Nov. 23 fell to $378.2 million, or $1.09 per share, from $390.5 million, or $1.14 per share, last year. But excluding charges on commodity positions and a gain on the sale of its Pop Secret microwave popcorn business, profit totaled $1.36 per share. Revenue rose 8 percent to $4.01 billion from $3.7 billion last year. The... continued...
Anheuser-Busch to Cut 6% of Staff
December 8, 2008 03:13 PM
Anheuser-Busch InBev announced it would cut about 1,400 U.S. jobs -- or 6% of its U.S. work force -- to help save the world's largest brewer at least $1.5 billion a year. It said three-quarters of the jobs to disappear will go from Anheuser's North American headquarters in St. Louis, both at downtown offices and its Sunset Hills campus. The job cuts go beyond plans Anheuser-Busch announced this summer to streamline costs, before it agreed to be taken over by... continued...
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Most Widely Held Stocks:
| Ticker | Company Name | Last Trade |
% Change |
Sector Intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELL | Dell Inc. | 11.19 | 1.27% | Technology Hardware & Equipment |
| RIMM | Research In Motion Ltd. | 46.96 | 0.75% | Telecommmunication Services |
| SIRI | Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. | 0.14 | -0.07% | Media |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores Inc. | 55.44 | -1.04% | Retailing |
| MRK | Merck & Co. Inc. | 29.43 | -1.80% | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences |
| PFE | Pfizer Inc. | 17.45 | -1.97% | Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences |
| C | Citigroup Inc. | 7.31 | -2.01% | Banks |
| AAPL | Apple Computer | 90.82 | -2.37% | Technology Hardware & Equipment |
| HD | The Home Depot, Inc | 24.64 | -2.45% | Retailing |
| AMZN | Amazon.com Inc. | 55.89 | -2.56% | Retailing |
| YHOO | Yahoo! Inc. | 12.66 | -2.62% | Software & Services |
| XOM | Exxon Mobil Corp. | 78.10 | -2.74% | Energy |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 17.22 | -3.20% | Technology Hardware & Equipment |
| GE | General Electric Co. | 16.28 | -3.44% | Consumer Durables & Apparel |
| T | AT&T Inc. | 27.16 | -4.04% | Telecommmunication Services |
| GOOG | Google Inc. | 320.15 | -4.16% | Software & Services |
| EBAY | eBay Inc. | 14.52 | -4.35% | Retailing |
| WFC | Wells Fargo & Company | 26.24 | -4.72% | Banks |
| DIS | Walt Disney Co. | 23.16 | -4.73% | Media |
| INTC | Intel Corp. | 14.58 | -5.14% | Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 19.69 | -5.15% | Software & Services |
| VLO | Valero Energy Corp. | 23.62 | -5.33% | Energy |
| LSI | LSI Corp | 3.65 | -5.44% | Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment |
| LDK | LDK Solar Co.Ltd. | 13.89 | -7.34% | Semiconductor & Semiconductor Equipment |
| BIDU | Baidu.com, Inc. | 125.62 | -7.45% | Software & Services |
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