harold’s blog…a work in progress

Verizon presses Vodafone to sell out of venture
By Andrew Parker and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in London
Published: June 27 2008 03:00 | Last updated: June 27 2008 03:00
Verizon Communications has stepped up the pressure on Vodafone to sell out of Verizon Wireless, their mobile joint venture, saying that the second largest US telecoms company intends to be […]

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“Between inflation and the liquidity crisis, this is one of the toughest markets I’ve seen…”
“We have a global market problem…”
“We’re near some kind of reckoning…”
july tomorrow.

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oil in beverly hills…private equity…china…
…good thing i already graduated…

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The Dow’s retreat today sent the gauge below this year’s closing low, erasing all the gains since mid-March that were spurred by JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s rescue of Bear Stearns Cos., a drop in the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate to 2 percent and the central bank’s new lending programs for securities firms.
banks hurting
beating […]

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…this week’s citypaper feature…
ps. and fed keeps rates at 2%

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