Archive for October 20th, 2008

S&P Picks and Pans: Google, IBM, Ambac, Schlumberger, AMD, Satyam (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Friday

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Motorola prepares Android phone (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Motorola is readying a mobile phone based on Google's Android platform, according to reports, although the device may not ship until sometime next year.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Google hedges against exchange-rate changes (ZDNet UK)

The search giant has started a programme to protect its financial results from changes in exchange rates of foreign currencies compared with the US dollar

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Brazilian President Arrives In Mozambique To Launch Antiretroviral Production Initiative (Medical News Today)

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday arrived in Mozambique to launch a project to construct a factory in the capital of Maputo for the production of HIV/AIDS drugs, AFP/Google.com reports. During his visit to Mozambique, Lula da Silva also will preside over the opening of an office for the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, or Fiocruz, which will manage the project.

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Arkansas Bishop Seeks To Challenge Federal Tax Law Prohibiting Clergy From Endorsing Candidates (Medical News Today)

The AP/Google.com on Wednesday profiled the efforts of Little Rock, Ark., Bishop Robert Smith, head of Word of Outreach Christian Center, to fight an Internal Revenue Service tax law that prohibits not-for-profit, tax-exempt religious entities from endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. Smith, who supports Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.

Monday, October 20th, 2008