Before the bell: AAPL, HPQ, GM, MSFT, YHOO ... |
| Published: August 28, 2007, 4:25 am |
| Tags: aapl, acer, dell, gm, gtw, hpq, msft, t, yhoo |
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Filed under: Before the bell, Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO), Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Motors (GM), AT and T (T)Stock futures lower ahead of data, following bank downgradesApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) are no doubt concerned about iPhone hacks to unlock it from the AT&T network. While their lawyers are working on warning the hackers, BusinessWeek explains while this time the law may not be on the hackers' side. The laws in the matter are fuzzy, apparently. It is believed Apple and AT&T will point to to the DMCA's section 1201, but communications services aren't copyrightable under the Act. Acer Inc.'s shares fell sharply today after announcing it would acquire Gateway Inc. (NYSE: GTW) for $710 million despite pushing the combined company past China's Lenovo Group Ltd. to third place worldwide as vendor of personal computers, behind Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell (NASDAQ: DELL). Acer may be paying too much to [ Full article ] |
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