Does iPhone live up to the hype?, debit card dangers & nouveau riche palaces - Today in Money & Finance - 6/27

Posted Jun 27th 2007 9:00AM by Allan Halprin
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Wal-Mart (WMT), Home Depot (HD), China, Target Corp. (TGT), Money and Finance Today, Best Buy (BBY), Costco Wholesale (COST), NIKE, Inc'B' (NKE), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Oracle Corp (ORCL), News Corp'B' (NWS), Dow Jones and Co (DJ), Blackstone Group L.P (BX)

In the News:

· Oracle Acquisitions Paying Off, Earnings Rise 23%

· Nike Earnings Surge 32% on Gains in U.S., Europe

· China Closes 180 Food Factories After Inspectors Found Industrial Chemicals

· Rupert Murdoch Says He Won't Raise Dow Jones Bid

· Northwest Airlines Cancels More Flights for 4th Day in Row Due to Pilot Shortage

· Southwest Airlines Faces Squeeze as Competition Rebounds

· Best Buy Plans Big Stock Buyback

· Orders for Manufactured Goods Plunge

· MySpace Upgrades Its Offerings as It Chases YouTube

· Blackstone Stock Falls Below IPO Price

Testing the iPhone
The iPhone is a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer, Walt Mossberg and Katherine Boehret say. A major drawback: the network it uses.
The Mossberg Solution - WSJ.com
Also: Steve Jobs Answers Questions on iPhone
Also: NYTimes Review: iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype
Also: USA Today Review: It Isn't Perfect, But Worthy of the Hype
Also: Apple, AT&T Announce Service Plans

Big Box Retailers Try to Make Shopping More Convenient
For years, big box retailers were just building bigger boxes. Now, they're trying to make shopping more convenient by helping customers find items more quickly and cutting down on checkout times. Check out some of the strategies Wal-Mart, Costco, Home Depot, Target and others are using to help you speed up the shopping experience.
Big Boxes Aim to Speed Up Shopping - WSJ.com

10 Debit Card Dangers
Sure, they're convenient, but they aren't always safer or better than credit cards. Many people make the assumption that credit cards and debit cards are basically the same, and although there are some similarities between the two card types, the main difference has some ramifications that give the debit card some fundamental disadvantages.
10 Debit Card Dangers - TheStreet.com

Nouveau Riche Palaces
From $100 million mansions to billion-dollar skyscrapers, the palatial homes of today's billionaires put the castles of yore to shame.
Photo Gallery: Over-the-Top Homes of the Nouveau Riche - BusinessWeek

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6-28-2007 @ 9:58AM

JC said...

If Apple is able to provide superior service when addressing potential issues and continue to develop improvements on subsequent generations, stock analysts see Apple’s stock with a potential of reaching as much as $160 before June of next year.I read about it at www.iphailure.com