Archive for August, 2005

Greenspan Speaks

Saturday, August 27th, 2005

Greenspan has made some comments during his speech in Wyomong regarding the recent housing boom and said that prices may fall. Greenspan suggests that economy growth would slow down, urging investors that asset prices may also drop. So what will be the result of the housing slow-down?
Consumers are likely to take out less home […]

The new 401k

Sunday, August 28th, 2005

Many people have been chosing to invest their money into 401K because of the benefits of income tax cuts, as it is excluded from taxable income. Starting January 1, 2006, employers will have an option of providing a new kind of 401k plan to its employees, that lets you give up the same immediate income […]

Verizon Wireless Broadband

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Verizon said today that it expects to provide the first local carrier in offering high speed data access to both laptop and mobile phone users throughout the region. The name of the network will be known as: “EV-DO”, which will allow users to reach speeds similar to DSL lines on both their phones and laptops.
The […]

Intelsat buys PanAmSat

Monday, August 29th, 2005

This morning, Intelsat annoucned that it made an agreement to acquire PanAmSat Holding Corporation for $3.2 billion dollars (or $25/share) in order to establish a satellite company with an expanded delivery that includes: government, corporate data, and video content.
When both of these companies are combined, the estimated annual revenue is expected to hit more than […]

Sprint Nextel acquisition

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Spring Nextel mobile phone company announced today that it plans on purchasing two small cell phone operators that provide Sprint Service, which is scheduled to add an additional 332,000 subscribers to the newly merged company.
The agreement: Spring Nextel will pay $219 million dollars to acquire IWO Holdings, Incorporated (located in Albany, NY) which will […]

Mastercard to go public

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

Mastercard, the world’s #2 credit card provider has announced that it plans on going public sometime early next year (possibly during the 1st quarter). Master Card plans to issue Class A common stock shares through its IPO to public investors. Shareholders will own approx. 49% of Mastercard’s equity and have 83% of its voting rights. […]