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Newspaper wrap-up: Activist investor displeased with Sprint

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  • The Associated Press reported that members of the United Automobile Workers union at two General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) locals have approved the union's tentative contract agreement with GM, local union officials said Wednesday.
  • Countrywide Financial Corporation (NYSE: CFC) has been ordered by a Delaware court to provide confidential information about its stock-granting practices to a Louisiana-based police pension fund that has invested in Countrywide, reported the Los Angeles Times.
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Newspaper wrap-up 6-06-07: Google to acquire PeakStream

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  • The Wall Street Journal's "Heard on the Street" column wrote that it may not be a good time to buy Bed Bath & Beyond Inc (NASDAQ: BBBY), due to the stocks slump, earnings that will miss estimates, the housing slump and edgy consumers.
  • According to Barron's Online's "Weekday Trader," Smith & Wesson Holding Corporation's (NASDAQ: SWHC) fortunes could really take off if the U.S. Army decides to issue soldiers powerful .40 or .45 caliber pistols as standard-issue sidearms.
  • The Financial Times reported that a review of data involving pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline's (NYSE: GSK) diabetes drug did not reduce concerns about the drug's safety -- Some medical professionals have linked the company's diabetes drug, Avandia, to heart problems.
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  • Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) has advised its clients to reduce their exposure to stocks, after the investment bank's three key warnings began indicating sell signals for the first time since the dotcom bust, according to the Telegraph.
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  • According to technology website The Register, Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) has acquired start-up PeakStream for an undisclosed sum.

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Last updated: November 12, 2009: 09:49 AM

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