Google plots to become master of the universe
JAMES FORSYTH
The Business
26 May 2007

FEW companies entered public consciousness as deeply and as quickly as Google. Founded less than eight years ago, Google is no longer just a proper noun, it’s a verb as well. Its shares trade around $470 (£238, € 349), dwarfing its $85-ashare... read more...

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Philips is in talks to sell 33% stake in venture
—Mathijs Schiffers
The Wall Street Journal Europe
23 May 2007

PHILIPS Electronics NV is in talks to sell its 33% stake in liquidcrystal-display maker LG.Philips LCD Co., a move that could bring the Netherlandsbased company a windfall in proceeds. The Seoul-based company, which makes thin-film transistor LCDs used... read more...

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Key to more gains in Sony stock: Selling investors on game unit
By Yukari Iwatani Kane Tokyo
The Wall Street Journal Asia
09 May 2007

WHEN SONY reports earnings a week from today, it is expected to forecast an increase in profit for this fiscal year, reflecting stronger results from its core consumer electronics business. But to get its stock to rise, the consumer-electronics maker... read more...

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