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Liberty Mutual To Buy Safeco For $6.2 billion 2008-04-23 13:59:56 SAN FRANCISCO - Liberty Mutual
Group said on Wednesday that it agreed to buy auto insurer Safeco Corp. for more than $6 billion
in cash in a deal that would create the fifth-largest property and casualty insurance company in the U.S. The acquisition also suggests the sector may be ripe for consolidation after several years of lackluster deal-making. Hanover Insurance Group, Mercury General, Navigators Group and SeaBright Insurance were highlighted as possible takeover targets by some analysts. Those stocks rallied during morning trading Wednesday. Liberty, a big, Boston-based mutually owned insurer that sells personal and commercial policies through independent agents, said it agreed to pay $68.25 a share for Safeco a Seattle-based company
McDonald's Profit Beats Estimates; U.S. Sales Decline 2008-04-22 12:44:40 April 22 - McDonald
's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company, said first-quarter profit rose more than analysts estimated after record European revenue gains outweighed the first drop in U.S. comparable-store sales in five years. The maker of the Big Mac sold more coffee in the U.K., Big Tasty burgers in France and Shaka Shaka chicken sandwiches in Japan, signaling overseas markets will outperform the U.S. for the third straight year, UBS Securities LLC said. The dollar's decline also added to profit. U.S. sales at stores open at least 13 months fell 0.8 percent in March, the first decline since March 2003, McDonald's said today in a regulatory filing. Consumers pinched by rising fuel costs and sinking home values have cut spending. ``The company Read more:Beats
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RBS Plans $23.7 Bln Share Sale To Bolster Capital 2008-04-22 06:13:14 LONDON - The Royal Bank of Scotland on Tuesday said it planned to raise 12 billion pounds ($23.7 billion) through the sale of shares to existing investors in an attempt to bolster its shaky capital position. The sale, known as a rights issue, will be the biggest ever for a U.K. company and is needed to balance the impact of the ABN Amro acquisition and possible further pretax write-downs of 5.9 billion pounds in 2008. It also puts RBS second in the European capital-raising league table. Top of the table is Swiss giant UBS , which has raised around $28 billion through a rights issue and the sale of a stake to investors in Singapore and the Middle East since the credit crisis began. RBS also said it hopes disposals -- likely including its insurance Read more:Share
Will Newspapers Tempt Another Billionaire? 2008-04-21 16:28:44 Despite their troubled state, newspapers keep luring some of the world's most successful businesspeople. Their next catch could be billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Newsweek reports that Bloomberg's top associates are encouraging the New York mayor to acquire The New York Times. Shares of the Times rose 40 cents, or 2.1%, to $19.59, in Monday trading. Newspapers are struggling as readers and advertisers increasingly turn to the Web. Earnings have plunged; growth rates are negative. Investors have fled in droves. You wouldn't guess it though from the interest they are drawing from billionaires. They seem to be the only people left interested in buying them. Rupert Murdoch, fresh off his $5.6 billion acquisition of The Wall Street Journal, is now eyeing Newsday. The paper could fetch as mu Read more:Billionaire
No title 2008-04-21 11:21:52 Clickbank Business Guide - eBayeBay Inc. is an American Internet company that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell goods and services worldwide. In addition to its original U.S. website, eBay has established localized websites in thirty other countries. eBay Inc also owns PayPal, Skype, and other businesses.Origins and early historyThe online auction web site was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb, part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus. The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder
National City May Get $7 Billion to Replenish Capital 2008-04-21 04:36:19 April 21 - National
City Corp., Ohio's biggest bank and subprime lender, may get $6 billion to $7 billion from a group led by Corsair Capital LLC to bolster its balance sheet, said a person with knowledge of the situation. The investors will pay $5 a share, about 40 percent less than National City's closing price on April 18, said the person, who didn't want to be identified before a possible announcement later today. The company, led by Chief Executive Officer Peter Raskind, also plans to slash the quarterly dividend to 1 cent a share from 21 cents, the second cut this year, the person said. ``Shareholders continue to get penalized,'' said Gerard Cassidy, a Portland, Maine-based analyst at RBC Capital Markets, who has a ``sector perform'' rating on National Ci
Automakers View China As One Of The Top Markets In World 2008-04-20 10:05:50 BEIJING (AP) — Automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China
's booming market this year — a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere.Sales of some individual models to newly prosperous Chinese drivers soared by up to 100 percent in the first quarter over the same period of 2007, said executives speaking at the Beijing auto show.Toyota Motor Corp. expects to sell 700,000 vehicles in China this year, up 40 percent from 2007, executive Yuzo Ushiyama said."As the 40 percent (target) is much bigger than the overall market growth, this is challenging," Ushiyama told reporters. "But we want to try (700,000 vehicles) as our goal."Automakers are looking to China to drive sagging sales at a time when demand in the United States is Read more:Markets
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Luxury Auto Rivals Daimler, BMW Discuss Sharing Components 2008-04-20 04:58:37 BEIJING (AP) — Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, is discussing sharing components and technology development with rival BMW AG, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said Sunday.The luxury automakers see each other as direct competitors and the possibility of cooperation reflects the intense pressure on automakers to cut costs amid slow sales growth in the United States and Europe."We are discussing potentially sharing components. And this might make sense specifically in regard to new technologies," Zetsche told reporters at the Beijing auto show.Daimler, based in Stuttgart, and BMW, in Munich, might consider jointly investing in basic research but no agreements have been reached, Zetsche said. He gave no other details.China, the world's second-largest auto market, has been a bright spo Read more:Luxury
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Google 2008-04-19 17:20:59 Clickbank Business Guide - Google
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG and LSE:GGEA) is an American public corporation, earning revenue from online and mobile advertising related to its Internet search, web-based e-mail, online mapping, office productivity, social networking, and video sharing as well as selling advertising-free versions of the same technologies. Google's headquarters, the Googleplex, is located in Mountain View, California, and the company has 16,805 full-time employees (as of December 31, 2007). It is the largest American company (by market capitalization) that is not part of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (as of October 31, 2007). Google was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University and the company was first incorporated as a private
Alliance Data to Sue Blackstone for $170 Million Fee 2008-04-19 10:59:46 April 19 - Alliance
Data Systems Corp. plans to sue Blackstone Group LP to collect a $170 million break-up fee after the buyout firm failed to complete its takeover of the credit-card processor. Blackstone is liable for the fee because the New York-based firm refused to accept ``reasonable and customary'' regulatory requirements and prolonged negotiations with regulators over the $6.6 billion transaction, Alliance Data said yesterday in a statement. The deadline for the deal to close expired April 17. Alliance Data, which plans to file the lawsuit in New York Supreme Court, said Blackstone denies that it breached the contract. Dallas-based Alliance Data said it terminated the acquisition agreement, which was originally announced in May. Blackstone `
EA Extends Its Offer For Take-Two 2008-04-19 05:05:12 Electronic Arts early Friday morning announced an extension of its tender offer for shares of Take-Two Interactive Software until May 16, continuing its attempt to acquire the publisher of one of the video-game industry's most valuable products, the "Grand Theft Auto" series. Without an extension, the offer would have expired Friday night. The Redwood City company's bid for Take-Two, based in New York, remains $2 billion. That represents $25.74 a share, diluted from $26 a share following a change in Take-Two's stock incentive plan that allows for the issuance of 1.5 million additional restricted shares to Take-Two's management firm, ZelnickMedia. That change was approved Thursday night at the annual Take-Two stockholders meeting. The extension of EA's offer follows a second request Read more:Offer
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Wall Street's Feeling Better 2008-04-18 13:42:55 The times, they may be changing. U.S. stocks surged out of the gate on Friday on impressive results from Google and not terrible numbers from Citigroup. The Dow Jones industrial average lifted 1.5%, or 187.27 points, to 12,807.76, in morning trading, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 2.1%, or 48.71, to 2,390.54, and the S&P 500 index jumped 1.5%, or 20.09, to 1,385.65."We have a financial like Citigroup that's been beaten down so much that all the bad news is priced in," said Art Hogan, chief market analyst at Jefferies. Hogan said Friday's movement is indicative of a broader shift in sentiment. Citi's shares were up 5.7%, or $1.37, to $25.40, in early morning trading. "So we come into this week with weak expectations, but there was more good news than bad news, and the bad rea Read more:Street
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Email Marketing 2008-04-18 11:37:18 Clickbank Business Guide - EmailMarketing
Email marketing is a form of direct marketing which uses electronic mail as a means of communicating commercial or fundraising messages to an audience. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. However, the term is usually used to refer to: Sending emails with the purpose of enhancing the relationship of a merchant with its current or old customers and to encourage customer loyalty and repeat business.Sending emails with the purpose of acquiring new customers or convincing old customers to buy something immediately.Adding advertisements in emails sent by other companies to their customers.Emails that are being sent on the Internet (Email did and does exist outside the Internet, N Read more:Email Marketing
AT&T To Cut About 4,600 Jobs, Sees $374 Million 1Q Charge 2008-04-18 10:49:39 NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. on Friday said it plans to cut about 4,600 jobs, or 1.5 percent of its work force, to shift resources to growing parts of its business. The nation’s largest telecommunications provider said most of the layoffs will be among managers, particularly in wireline operations, including local phone service and service for large corporate customers. Jobs in corporate functions in like finance will also be cut. "Even with the reductions announced today, we expect our head count overall to remain stable this year as we hire additional employees to support growth areas like wireless and TV," said spokesman Michael Coe. The San Antonio-based company said in a regulatory filing that it plans to take a $374 million first-quarter pretax charge against earnings due to t
Google Results Shush Critics 2008-04-18 04:45:59 Google Inc. quieted its critics Thursday as its first-quarter earnings showed stronger-than-expected revenue growth. Its stock soared 18 percent in after-hours trading.Google also reached a notable milestone, as 51 percent of the search giant's revenue in the quarter came from international markets. That's up from 47 percent in the year-ago quarter and 49 percent from the fourth quarter of 2007. In a conference call, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said the achievement shows Google is "a truly global company."But he also noted that the quarter's strong performance indicates that "paid-click growth is much higher than has been speculated by third parties."That was a clear reference to a ComScore Inc. report Tuesday that showed Google's paid clicks grew by only 2.7 percent in March compa Read more:Google
Bank of America Plans to End Private Student Lending 2008-04-17 17:00:24 April 17 - Bank of America
Corp., the second- largest U.S. bank, said it will no longer make private student loans, as lenders exit the business amid rising borrowing costs and investor disdain for related securities. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based bank will continue providing government-backed loans, which made up more than 85 percent of its $6 billion in student lending last year, Bank of America said today in a statement. Bank of America joins Citigroup Inc., SLM Corp. and other lenders in tightening loan criteria or exiting parts of student lending in recent months. Increased borrowing costs, cuts in government subsidies for loans and a lack of investor demand for securities backed by loan assets have made the business unprofitable for some lenders. Read more:Private
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Merrill Swings to $2B Loss on Writedowns 2008-04-17 12:25:18 Merrill Lynch on Thursday swung to a first-quarter loss on continued deterioration of structured finance products and the U.S. mortgage market. The firm reported a net loss from continuing operations of $1.97 billion, or $2.20 a diluted share, vs. a net profit of $2.03 billion, or $2.12 a diluted share, in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial had expected a loss of $1.99 a share. Merrill posted net revenue of $2.9 billion, down 69% from a year ago. Analysts had expected revenue of $2.7 billion. The losses were fueled by writedowns of roughly $6.6 billion for the quarter, the firm said on a conference call with analysts. Merrill also plans to reduce staffing levels by 4,000, or 10% of the workforce from global markets and investment banking businesses.The cuts will exc Read more:Merrill
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rise 17,000 to 372,000 2008-04-17 10:58:53 April 17 - More Americans filed first-time jobless claims last week and the total number receiving benefits rose to the highest level in almost four years, a sign the labor market continues to weaken. Initial applications for unemployment insurance increased by 17,000 to 372,000 in the week that ended April 12, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The number of people on benefit rolls climbed to 2.98 million, the most since June 2004. Housing-related businesses are paring workers while others are reluctant to hire as evidence builds that the U.S. is in a recession. Consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of the economy, may keep slowing as rising joblessness hurts Americans already burdened by lower home prices and higher fuel costs. Read more:Jobless
Holiday 2008-04-06 07:07:54 Dear Clickbank Business Guide readers,I am going on holiday on 7th of April (Monday), and I will be back on 17th of April (Thursday).Unfortunately, I won't be able to update my blog during the holiday. So would like to let you know, that I will update my blog as soon as I come back.Thanks for understanding and good luck,Steven Blackman Read more:Holiday
Microsoft Threatens Board Fight, Lower Bid After Yahoo's Snubs 2008-04-06 06:03:44 April 6 - Microsoft
Corp., whose $44.6 billion takeover offer was spurned by Yahoo
! Inc., said the Internet company's directors risk facing a proxy battle and a lower bid if they fail to agree to terms in three weeks. If the directors refuse to negotiate, Microsoft plans to nominate a board slate and take its case to investors, Chief Executive Officer Steven Ballmer said yesterday in a statement. He suggested the deal's value might decline if Microsoft takes the bid directly to them. Ballmer said the companies have had no ``meaningful'' talks in the two months since the bid, a 62 percent premium to the stock price at the time. His stance may force Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang to start discussions to avoid a fight with the world's biggest software ma Read more:Board
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$35 Million To Ford Execs 2008-04-05 12:00:01 Ford Motor Co.'s top five executives received more than $35 million in salary, bonuses and other pay for their performance last year as the automaker narrowed its losses to $2.7 billion by closing plants, slashing jobs and working to integrate the company's global product plans in a toughening economy.Ford posted a record $12.6-billion loss in 2006.In another development, the Free Press has learned that Ford missed its goal of reducing 8,000 hourly workers in the latest wave of buyout and early-retirement offers. "We fell significantly short," said a Ford official, who did not want to be named.In all, Ford CEO Alan Mulally received $14.15 million, according to the company's proxy, which was filed early Friday and outlines the company's 2007 performance as well as other issues to be aired w
Dollar Rises Against Yen, Euro on Eased Credit Market Concern 2008-04-05 11:25:45 April 5 - The dollar rose the most against the yen since November and advanced versus the euro on speculation global banks will withstand what the International Monetary Fund has called the worst credit crisis since the Great Depression. The euro declined this week against most of the major currencies on speculation European economic growth will slow. The dollar pared its weekly advance versus the euro yesterday after a U.S. government report showed the economy lost jobs for a third straight month in March. ``The dollar is bottoming from here,'' said Benedikt Germanier, a currency strategist at UBS AG in Stamford, Connecticut, who's buying the dollar against the euro and yen. ``Trust is coming back in the market.'' The dollar rose 2.2 percent this w Read more:Dollar
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Clickbank 2008-04-05 09:04:33 Founded in 1998, ClickBank is the Internet's premier retailer for digitally delivered products. From ebooks to software, Clickbank offers customers a vast array of digital goods. ClickBank is the pioneer in selling digital products worldwide through the leverage of over 100,000 talented and proven affiliates. Clickbank provides a highly secure, scalable, and fraud resistant environment for e-commerce. ClickBank has quickly become a global leader in the sale of digital goods online with more than 10,000 product publishers and over 100,000 registered affiliates. Each day, ClickBank completes nearly 20,000 orders from more than 200 countries around the world. ClickBank.com is consistently ranked as one of the most highly trafficked sites on the internet. ClickBank is privately held with off
Fox Interactive Media To Miss Revenue Target 2008-04-05 06:32:04 News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media said it would fall short of Chairman Rupert Murdoch's target for revenue of $1 billion this fiscal year and announced a reorganization of the unit designed to drive growth."It wasn't one smoking gun. It was a series of things that were a little late to come to market," said Michael Barrett, who will step down as chief revenue officer at Fox Interactive after a two-month transition period.Fox Interactive, the unit that runs the MySpace social-networking website, said it would create a division for advertising by combining its ad technology operations with the sales department. Murdoch said in August that he would be surprised if the unit's revenue for the year ending June 30 "did not exceed a billion dollars with margins well above 20%."Sales will probably Read more:Revenue
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Ford Posts $100 Million Profit, Defying Loss Forecast 2008-04-24 12:22:51 April 24 - Ford Motor Co. reported an unexpected first-quarter profit as Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally cut jobs in North America and tripled earnings in Europe, a sign that his turnaround plan may be working. The world's third-largest automaker earned $100 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with a deficit of $282 million, or 15 cents, a year earlier. Analysts had forecast a loss. The shares gained as much as 9.6 percent in New York trading. With more expense reductions about to kick in and Dearborn, Michigan-based Ford stepping up new-vehicle introductions, Mulally may be poised to deliver on his promise to stop losses that totaled $15.3 billion in the last two years. ``In the face of strong headwinds, it looks like the turnaround is taki Read more:Defying
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Electronic Commerce 2008-04-24 07:03:39 Clickbank Business Guide - Electronic
CommerceElectronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily since the spread of the Internet. A wide variety of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider ran
Nintendo Forecasts Profit Will Rise 26% This Year 2008-04-24 06:14:33 April 24 - Nintendo
Co., the world's biggest maker of handheld game players, forecast profit will rise 26 percent this year as its Wii console outsells rival machines. Net income will probably reach 325 billion yen ($3.13 billion) in the 12 months to March 31, 2009, from 257.3 billion yen a year earlier, Nintendo said today. Sales may gain 7.6 percent to 1.8 trillion yen. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of six analysts was for profit of 337.1 billion yen. The Wii's motion-sensitive controller and a cheaper price than the PlayStation 3 or the Xbox 360 may help Kyoto-based Nintendo overtake Sony Corp. in worldwide sales of home game consoles this fiscal year, according to Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. The Wii has outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 since it
Investors Take A Bite Out Of Apple 2008-04-23 17:32:37 NEW YORK - Computer and consumer electronics giant Apple
announced fiscal second-quarter sales and profits on Wednesday that beat Wall Street's expectations thanks to a 51% increase in Macintosh sales.But the stock dipped slightly after-hours as Apple gave sales and earnings guidance for its third-quarter that may have disappointed investors.Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) posted net income of $1.05 billion, or $1.16 per share, up 36% from a year ago and beating analysts' forecasts of $1.07 per share. Sales topped $7.51 billion, up 43% from the same quarter a year ago. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting revenue of $6.96 billion.Apple CEO Steve Jobs brags about his company's success. "With over $17 billion in revenue for the first half of our fiscal year, we have strong momentum Read more:Investors
Yahoo-Microsoft Fight Heads for a Deadline 2008-04-26 04:59:32 Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft
Corp. remained in a standoff Friday as a threatened Microsoft deadline for a hostile acquisition attempt approached.The two companies and their advisers have been talking in recent weeks, but achieved no breakthroughs that would lead them to a friendly deal by Saturday, said people familiar with the matter. That's the day Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has set as a deadline for Yahoo to reach a friendly deal before Microsoft goes hostile, threatening to lower the price in that case. The people familiar with the matter said that, as of late Friday, no meetings between the two companies were planned for the weekend and they were skeptical that any friendly accord could be reached before Monday. The issue of price has been a main sticking point, with Microsof Read more:Yahoo
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