Archive for Friday, February 18, 2005

Toy Concepts Grow Up Fast

• Man Pleads No Contest in ChoicePoint ID Theft By Joseph Menn and David Colker

• Qwest to Submit New Bid for MCI

• Dolby Shares Jump 35% in Public Debut By Debora Vrana

• Forever 21 to Acquire Retailer Gadzooks By Leslie Earnest

• Germany’s Merck Swings to Profit

• Reliance Steel’s Profit Surges on Higher Prices By Andrew Wang

• Wal-Mart, Target Profits Beat Expectations

• New Jobless Claims Fall to 302,000

• Mixed Economic News Weighs Down Stocks

• Also

• Tenet Trial Ends With Hung Jury By Lisa Girion

• Complaint Against American Funds Puts Financial Advisors in a Bind By Tom Petruno

• Foreclosures in State Fall to a 13-Year Low

• Mitsubishi: It’s Not Leaving U.S.

• Hedge Funds Rake In Assets

• Blockbuster Offer for Rival Chain Is Rejected

• Nextel’s Net Income Falls 26%; Sales Surge

• Staples Center Bond Ratings May Be Revised

• Levi’s Loss Narrows; Sales Continue to Fall

• Stamps.com Shares Rise on Profit

• Fraud Charges for O.C. Man By Annette Haddad

• RadioShack Profit Rises 2.8%, Lowest in 2 Years

• Microsoft to Replace Xbox Power Cords

• Warner Music Exec to Depart

• Mortgage Rates Rise This Week

• Ebbers Sought Higher Merger Offer, Verizon CEO Testifies

• Briefly

• Top Execs at Boeing Criticized in Probe

• EARNINGS

• Spiegel Plans to Give Ownership to Creditors

• Witness Signed False HealthSouth Document

• French Insurer Defaults in Executive Life Suit

• Stan Lee Expects to Settle Royalty Suit