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United States Market and Economy

May 7th, 2007

BAE Marches Into U.S. With Armor

British defense company’s $4.5 billion purchase increases sales from American arm.

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May 7th, 2007

Interview with Original Turtle Curtis Faith

I know you’re all subscribed to WallStrip and have already seen last Friday’s interview, right? Well if you haven’t seen it, check out the interview with Curtis Faith. Curtis is one of the original Turtles and author of the Way of the Turtle book and site / weblog.

Curtis Faith, trend followers, Turtles, […]

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May 7th, 2007

BAE Bolsters U.S. Presence With Armor

British defense company’s $4.5 billion purchase increases sales from American arm.

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May 7th, 2007

Winston posts mixed results in earnings

Winston Hotels, whose shareholders will vote next month on a proposed acquisition by Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc., saw a small increase in earnings in the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

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May 7th, 2007

Clear Channel pushes back vote

Clear Channel pushed back a shareholder vote on a proposed $19.4 billion buyout of the company on Monday, saying it was in talks with private equity bidders regarding a revised bid.

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May 7th, 2007

Darden Bags the Barbeque

The restaurant operator’s shares moved higher Monday after it announced plans to shed its underperforming Smokey Bones eateries

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May 7th, 2007

Smith & Wollensky Cuts A Deal

Founder will keep N.Y. restaurants, sell rest of company to suitor Patina, leaving rival bidder Landry’s out in the cold.

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May 7th, 2007

Smith & Wollensky To Split

Founder will keep N.Y. restaurants, sell rest of company to suitor Patina, leaving rival bidder Landry’s out in the cold.

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May 7th, 2007

US Dollar Bought Heavily by Commercial Hedgers is USD Bullish (Daily FX)

With commercial hedgers long the largest amount of US dollars since early December, a multi-week low in the Dollar Index is close . 56.7% of the Dollar Index is the Euro, so a multi-week high is close to being established, if not already in place, in the EURUSD.

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May 7th, 2007

Dollar Weakens Ahead of Meetings (AP)

The dollar weakened in European trading on Monday, with the euro rising above $1.36, as markets looked toward interest rate decisions this week by European, U.S. and British central banks.

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