“Media companies are trying to adapt quickly and they are looking for some help”

News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch has a $5 billion crush on the owner of The Wall Street Journal, Thomson is eyeing Reuters and Microsoft apparently is flirting again with Internet icon Yahoo. via Denver Post

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“The market is being held together by strong buying for resource stocks after LME [London Metals Exchange] put up a great show last night [Thursday]”

Leisure Regulars Tiisetso Motsoeneng 04 May 2007 12:30 The JSE remained firm at midday on Friday buoyed by gains in resource stocks while most players stayed on the sidelines ahead of the United States jobs … via Mail & Guardian

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“Also, we continue to be protected from a one-in-50- to one-in-100-year storm in the financial markets.”

“The insurance markets are softening, and it is very likely that our business volumes will continue to come down in 2007, just as they were down in the first quarter,” chairman and CEO Prem Watsa told an … via The Globe and Mail

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Wall St: S&P 500 tops 1500 points The Australian share market opened strongly this morning, dragged up by solid performances from the major resource stocks on the back of higher commodity prices. via The Sydney Morning Herald

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“The additions to the MSCI index will likely get a lift”

Australian stocks hit a fresh all-time high on Friday as investors snapped up miners, such as BHP Billiton, following a rally in base metal prices, but South Korean shares paused a day after reaching a record … via ABS-CBN News

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