Archive for July 1st, 2008


BBC News
US June Auto Sales Plunge as Buyers Can't Find Cars (Update1)
Bloomberg - 33 minutes ago
By Greg Bensinger and Alan Ohnsman July 1 (Bloomberg) — General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Motor Co., the biggest auto retailers in the US, said June sales plunged as consumers turned away from gas- guzzling trucks and found small cars
June Sales Kick US Automakers To Curb Forbes
Auto Makers Report Slump in June US Sales Wall Street Journal
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BBC News
Starbucks to Close More Stores
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By JANET ADAMY In its most significant pullback yet to its US expansion, Starbucks Corp. said it will close an additional 500 US stores and cut 7% of its work force.
Starbucks to Close 600 Stores - Will It Be Enough? BusinessWeek
Starbucks pulls plug on 600 US coffee shops MarketWatch
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ABC News
Starbucks Plans to Close 600 US Stores, Fire 12000 (Update1)
Bloomberg - 46 minutes ago
By Duane D. Stanford July 1 (Bloomberg) — Starbucks Corp., the world's largest chain of coffee shops, plans to close 600 “underperforming'' US stores and eliminate as many as 12000 jobs as it tries to reverse declining customer visits.
Starbucks pulls plug on 600 US coffee shops MarketWatch
Starbucks To Close 600 Stores, Halves 2009 Expansion Plans CNNMoney.com
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Wall Street Journal Blogs
UBS Is Ordered to Turn Over Names
New York Times - 47 minutes ago
By LYNNLEY BROWNING A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Swiss banking giant, UBS, to turn over the names of wealthy clients to prosecutors as part of an investigation of its offshore private banking practices.
UPDATE 1-US gets court order for UBS Swiss bank records Reuters
DoJ: IRS gets OK to pursue John Doe accounts at UBS MarketWatch
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AFP
UPDATE 1-S&P, Moody's raise Countrywide after BofA takover
Reuters - 33 minutes ago
NEW YORK, July 1 (Reuters) - Two rating agencies on Tuesday raised their debt ratings on Countrywide Financial Corp. after the largest US mortgage lender was acquired by Bank of America (BAC.
Moody's upgrades Countrywide Financial's ratings CNNMoney.com
BofA completes Countrywide acquisition Bizjournals.com
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Ford, GM take hit in June sales, but so does Toyota
MarketWatch - 51 minutes ago
By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — General Motors Corp. shares shook off an early decline Tuesday to jump more than 14% after the Detroit giant rode an end-of-the-month promotion to report a June US sales decline that was
Sales Plunge as Automakers Are Hit Hard by High Gas Prices New York Times
2nd UPDATE: US Auto Woes Deepen; GM Posts 18% Drop CNNMoney.com
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ABC News
Auto sales plunge
CNNMoney.com - 38 minutes ago
Buyers flee SUVs and pickups but can't find the cars they want, resulting in steep declines at most automakers. By Chris Isidore, CNNMoney.
Ford vehicle sales plunge 28% in June MarketWatch
Ford, Toyota Sales Plunge as Buyers Reject Big Trucks (Update2) Bloomberg
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UPDATE 2-Florida wants settlement from Bank of America
Reuters - 55 minutes ago
By Jane Sutton MIAMI, July 1 (Reuters) - The US state of Florida hopes to negotiate a monetary settlement with Bank of America Corp (BAC.
Florida AG sues Countrywide Bizjournals.com
McCollum discusses Fla. suit against Countrywide MiamiHerald.com
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Report: Wal-Mart violates MN labor laws; ordered to pay $6.5M
Triangle Business Journal - 1 hour ago
A Dakota County judge has found Wal-Mart Stores Inc. guilty of violating Minnesota's labor laws more than 2 million times, according to media reports.
Minn. judge rules against Wal-Mart on work breaks Olberlin
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