Before the bell: MAT, NOK, YHOO, GOOG, BRCM, QCOM

Posted Aug 14th 2007 8:30AM by Barry Summerlin
Filed under: Before the Bell, Google (GOOG), Yahoo! (YHOO), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Mattel, Inc (MAT), QUALCOMM Inc (QCOM), Broadcom Corp'A' (BRCM)

Main market news here: Before the bell: Futures advance on central banks' efforts

Top toymaker Mattel Inc. (NYSE: MAT) may initiate another recall after again finding excessive lead levels in some toys' paint. Mattel recalled some 1 million Fisher Price toys earlier this month.

Cell-phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) is replacing 46 million batteries made by Matsushita Electric Industrial (NYSE: MC), saying the batteries are subject to overheating.

A consumer satisfaction survey out of the University of Michigan showed Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) rated higher than Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

In the wake of a series of courtroom setbacks vs. rival Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), chipmaker Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM)'s head counsel has resigned.

Tags: before the bell, BeforeTheBell, market news, market preview, MarketNews, MarketPreview, Mattel toy recall, MattelToyRecall, stock news, StockNews, stocks to watch, StocksToWatch

Print this

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-15-2007 @ 10:40AM

cathyandcrew said...

I don't get this at all!

When is the last time [or anytime for that matter] that someone said, "Yahoo-it," to get information on something?

I "Google-it" when I really need to know.