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Market 360: The Best and Worst of the Week for US Equities, Commodities, Currencies, and More
By: Giovanny Moreano
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For the week ending Friday, June 20, 2008, the markets dropped on disappointing earnings results from the financial sector, and a continued spike in crude oil prices added to investors' concerns over inflation. The Dow closed below 12,000 on Friday for the first time since Mid-March.
Next week, the markets will closely follow economic events such as, GDP figures, Durable Goods Orders, and an awaited FOMC meeting on Tuesday. The next big batch of earnings will come mostly from retailers such as Walgreen's, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Finish Line as well as tech giants, Oracle and Research in Motion.
Highlights:
M&A, Deals, Corp Actions:
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Yahoo [YHOO
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] expanded their partnering as the two companies agreed to allow their Instant Messaging users to communicate with one another. This comes a week after both companies signed a search-advertising pact. Shares of Yahoo and Google were down 6.31% and 4.39%, respectively for the week. -
Huntsman Corp. [HUN
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Apria HealthCare Group [AHG
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Brittania Bulk Holdings [DWT
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], an ocean-shipping services company fell 7.6% on Wednesday during its initial public offering price of $15/share.
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Cadence [CDNS
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], a microchip design software maker. Mentor rejected the unsolicited offer due to the risk associated with regulatory approval and an insufficient price to support the deal, the company said. Shares of CDNS fell 6.2%, while shares of MENT surged 27% for the week. -
Landry’s Restaurants [LNY
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Allied Waste [AW
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] announced discussions of a possible merger valued at $6.59B, which could help the companies to obtain a competitive advantage. Shares of both companies, Allied Waste and Republic Services, dropped 9.6% and 7.9% respectively for the week.
- Shares of XM Satellite Radio [XMSR
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] advanced at the beginning of the week after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission recommended approval of the planned multi-billion dollar deal; however, the companies stocks tumbled 23.6% and 21.7% respectively on negative recommendations from Goldman Sachs, which stated that demand for satellite radio has declined.
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