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• Hedging play faces potential blowup; Holders of big stock positions could owe penalties.(News)

  - 2006-05-08

  Byline: Dan Jamieson IRVINE, Calif. - A popular strategy used by brokerage firms to hedge clients' concentrated stock positions has come under attack from the Internal Revenue Service, sources say. Billions of dollars' worth of "pre...

  Tags: Internal Revenue Service, stock, tax, upshot

• Technical Indicators Show It's Too Soon to Be Bullish about the Economy.

  - 2002-12-15

  By Michael Kahn, Sunday Business, London Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 15--Tired of waiting for a clear trend in the stock market? Get used to it. If an emerging pattern continues, the major indexes could be in for 15 years of bouncing...

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., S&P, stock, The Dow Chemical Co., upshot

• United machinists say no to wage cuts.(Business)

  - 2002-07-10

  Byline: Mike Comerford Daily Herald Business Writer United Airlines machinists on Tuesday said no to 10 percent wage cuts, insisting that giving back part of their recent raises isn't critical for the airline's survival. Wall Street didn't seem happy about the development....

  Tags: FINANCE, Investment, salary, stock, United, United Airlines, upshot, worker

• Stock Analysts Under More Scrutiny; Regulators Examine Industry Practices.

  - 2001-07-22

  By Patricia V. Rivera, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 22--Stock analysts have been shaken not only by the last year's market plunge but by closer scrutiny of their practices from Wall Street, Washington and beyond. ...

  Tags: analyst, FINANCE, Investment, NASD, regulator, stock, upshot

• SEPARATE WAYS: AT&T's breakup plan not ringing managers' bells; Stock price drop reinforces reservations.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-10-30

  NEW YORK - Money managers are putting AT&T Corp. on hold. Investors expressed disappointment with the telecommunications giant's strategy to break the company into four separate businesses, covering wireless, broadband, business and consumer s NEW YORK - Money managers are putting AT&T Corp....

  Tags: AT&T Corp., cable, company, stock, stock price, upshot, wireless

• Hands-on tactic narrows contest lead.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

  - 2000-09-04

  Things were going so well for Carrie Domonkos in the Crain's/McDonald Investments Stock Challenge -- at least until she started paying attention to the contest. By any objective standard, Ms. Domonkos still is doing quite well. Her initial (and im Things were going...

  Tags: Hawk, Keithley Instruments Inc., stock, upshot

• Pooling or purchase: a merger mystery.

  - 1999-01-01

  Public merger announcements often state which type of merger accounting, pooling or purchase, has been employed. The choice can strongly influence accounting results, For example, reported earnings are often higher under pooling than purchase accounting. Yet empirical analysis indicates that the higher earnings reports do not fool investors. Why then...

  Tags: accounting, acquisition, asset, AT&T Corp., earnings, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, merger, stock, tax, upshot