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MAJOR PAPERS: - In what may be a sign of interest from large media companies looking to delve into the "content delivery space," the Wall Street Journal reported that EdgeCast Networks is set to announce it has raised up to $6M from Steamboat Ventures, The Walt Disney Company's (NYSE: DIS) venture-capital arm.
- Barron's "The Trader" section says they'd stay away from Federal National Mortgage Association (NYSE: FNM), even though the Bush administration's subprime-mortgage freeze program caused the stock to rebound some. Barron's speculates that Fannie should take an earnings hit in the range of $6.4B to $14B.
- According to the UK's Telegraph, The Blackstone Group LP (NYSE: BX) is "in the middle" of putting together a consortium to make an offer for Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RTP).
- According to the Financial Times Deutschland, Deutsche Telekom AG's (NYSE: DT) T-Mobile is selling less than 700 of Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones a day; this compares to the 10,000 iPhones the unit sold on a daily basis during Christmas.
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Google's plan for netbook PCs moves higher into the clouds
