Investor News in Brief
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Last year was the worst on record for the FTSE property sector, according to JP Morgan. But so far this year, it has been the top performer, recording a 4.9 per cent rise in January. Investors have snapped up shares in real estate investment trusts (Reits), attracted by discounts to net asset value of around 30 per cent. Activist funds are also moving in, with Laxey Partners about to float its &pound;500m Terra Catalyst Fund, which will build stakes in underperforming property companies and funds. Lehman Brothers (NYSE:LEH) is now predicting favourable dividend yields for Reits in 2008. ...
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Plus: Sony TV unit struggling...Nokia on upswing...Sun ekes out profit...Apple earnings sail past expectations.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors got a friendly package from FedEx Wednesday: big quarterly results and higher forecasts.
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Plus: AT&#38;T posts $7.1 billion loss...Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000...EMC issues sunny report...IBM net income inches higher, despite legal bill.
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roundup Plus: Dell updates low-end server line...SAS Institute lures former Red Hat CFO...McAfee CFO joins Cray board.
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Catch up with last month's developments in socially responsible investing.
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roundup Plus: OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office...Ex-Palm CEO Yankowski to head Majesco...Oracle gives PeopleSoft shareholders more time.
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Investor's Business Daily - If you have doubts about how mutual fund managers reacted to news that insurance broker Marsh &amp; McLennan was the target of a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, you need look only at the share price.
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Investors will digest reports from Pfizer and Capital One, among others.
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Plus: Cisco profit climbs...Time Warner lowers earnings target...Electronic Arts lowers outlook, shares fall...Sony profit up, forecast cautious.
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roundup Plus: TV chip company gets $19 million...Oracle extends deadline on PeopleSoft bid...MLB sells game clips for 99 cents...TiVo hires marketing chief.
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Investor's Business Daily - Amid a shaky market, investors put just &#36;1.09 billion into stock funds in August. The total reflects &#36;1.21 billion that shareholders pulled from stock funds investing in just the U.S.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Indexes opened weaker in reaction to another plunge in China&#39;s stock market. But U.S. indexes recovered, despite a jump in oil prices. The S&amp;P 500, Nasdaq and NYSE composite rose 0.2%. The Dow edged up 0.1%. But volume receded across the board. In Shanghai, stocks fell 8% in a continuing correction. The yield on the 10-year note dipped to 4.93%.
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Plus: SunPower profit drops, but outlook brightens...AT&T earnings up on wireless growth...Nokia earnings soar, market share solid...Qualcomm results show strong demand...eBay warns of weaker 2008 results.
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Plus: IBM targets well above expectations...AMD has wider loss due to charge on ATI purchase...Sony Ericsson exceeds expectations...Intel remains optimistic.
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explanation of market-timing, further attorney comment. Picks up last graf. Also moving on general news wires. DENVER  _ The former chief executive of Invesco Funds Group has agreed to pay $500,000 to
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