WPT May Be for Sale

With the final days of the World Series of Poker ( WSOP ) playing out and the eighth season of the World Poker Tour ( WPT ) starting this week, poker has taken center stage in Las Vegas. Even with this activity, however, there are rumblings in one of the financial world’s top publications. The Wall Street Journal on Monday published an article entitled “Deal Me In” by staff writer Brett Arends that asked whether the WPT was for sale. In the article, Arends quotes WPT Enterprises (the WPT’s
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Investors Looking to Tech to Pull U.S. Stocks – and the Economy – Out of Their Doldrums

By William Patalon III Executive Editor Money Morningr/Money Map Report Stock investors will key next on earnings from tech giant Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC ) and banks including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM ) for hints of what to expect in the third quarter — and how badly the recession hurt businesses in the second quarter. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average declined for the fourth straight week last week – the longest string of
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Dehli Stock Exchange Teams Up With IBM

New Delhi: IBM today announced that it has signed a 10-year information technology (IT) services agreement with Delhi Stock Exchange, one of the leading stock exchanges in India. As part of this Rs 11 crore agreement, IBM will provide business continuity and disaster recovery services to DSE as well as remotely host and manage its IT infrastructure. This will help the exchange meet the stringent business continuity guidelines as laid out by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) befo
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