Archive for November 10th, 2008

CNB Financial Corp. Announces Third Quarter Results

Monday, November 10th, 2008
, , ) the parent company for Commonwealth National Bank, reported a net loss for the third quarter of $2.9 million, or $1.29 per diluted share, compared to net income of $92000, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the comparable quarter in 2007.
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Economic worry hounds Wall Street, Starbucks down late (Reuters)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Reuters - Stocks fell in tepid volume on Monday, as investors worried about the outlook for a raft of companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs in a harsh economic environment, stifling early enthusiasm for a Chinese stimulus plan.
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Short Circuit City

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Circuit City filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, but all the court protection in the world is unlikely to save the electronics retailer.
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GM Plunges as Deutsche Says It May Become Worthless (Update4)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
By Greg Bensinger and Sarah Thompson Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp. plummeted to its lowest level in 59 years after a Deutsche Bank AG analyst downgraded the shares, saying they may be worthless in a year.
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TiVo rival Dish sees profit tumble

Monday, November 10th, 2008
The business, based in Englewood, Colo., south of Denver, earned $91.9 million in the quarter, down from a profit of $199.7 million a year earlier in the third quarter.
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Starbucks profit drops amid restructuring

Monday, November 10th, 2008
By Matt Andrejczak , , ) late Monday reported fiscal fourth quarter profit fell sharply from a year ago, due to weaker store traffic and restructuring charges.
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Fannie Says $100 Billion Pledge From Treasury May Not Be Enough

Monday, November 10th, 2008
By Dawn Kopecki Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Fannie Mae may need more than the $100 billion in funding pledged by the US Treasury to stay afloat after reporting a record $29 billion loss and confronting more difficulty in issuing and refinancing debt.
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Washington dramatically alters AIG bailout

Monday, November 10th, 2008
By Alistair Barr, Sam Mamudi & Rex Nutting, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The US government dramatically changed its bailout of American International Group on Monday, giving the struggling insurance giant more time and financial ...
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EU moves to regulate rating agencies (AP)

Monday, November 10th, 2008
AP - European Union officials are moving toward imposing significant new regulatory burdens on credit ratings agencies, saying they are too important for the stability of the world's financial markets for EU officials to ignore any longer.
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Nortel Cuts 1300 Jobs and Lowers Its Outlook

Monday, November 10th, 2008
By IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA - Nortel Networks, the telecommunication equipment maker that never recovered from the technology downturn early in this decade, announced a third-quarter loss of $3.4 billion on Monday, along with plans to reduce its work force by ...
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