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Before the bell: AMR, GOOG, AAPL
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Seems that after the recent dealing with Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates has had enough. He said the company isn't pursuing other deals for now and that Microsoft and Yahoo! should pursue "independent paths." Microsoft still has to show shareholders improvement in Vista and its struggling internet business.
PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) on Wednesday increased its annual dividend by 20 cents to $1.70.
Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) is raising its prices on some U.S. models later this month. As some concerns were raised about its profit growth in the American market, the carmaker may be able to afford raising prices while demand for its cars is high.
The blogosphere and iPhone and gadget lovers are in an uproar. The Boy Genius brought an internal memo from AT&T (NYSE: T) showing a freeze in vacation starting June 15-July 12. Last year, before Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s iPhone was launched, a similar memo announcing a vacation freeze was sent. The Boy Genius surmised that perhaps the 3G iPhone may be launched sooner than anticipated.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
1. Toyota is raising prices because the dollar has gotten stronger and thier cars and components exported to the US have higher costs. Ignorant American will continue to buy Toyotas to help devalue the dollar and send jobs to Japan and overseas.
Posted at 2:07PM on May 7th 2008 by Ted