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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Xerox

Xerox stories: 5 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Rise in Mergers 
Signals Fresh Confidence 

Chief execs becoming more bullish about recovery prospects

Sep 29, 09 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mergers and acquisitions activity is still way down from pre-financial crisis levels, but a recent flurry of big deals suggests America's chief executives are regaining confidence in their own businesses. Recent mergers have involved strategic buys by big companies instead of the debt-fueled private equity buys seen a couple of... More »

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private equity • Wall Street • mergers and acquisitions • merger • US economy • Xerox • financial crisis • Affiliated Computer Services

MARKETS

 Dow Up 124 on Revitalized M&A 

Xerox, J&J announce new acquisitions

Sep 28, 09 3:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - High-profile deals breathed fresh life into stocks today, snapping a 3-day losing streak. Xerox will buy outsourcing company Affiliated Computer Services for $6.4 billion, and Johnson and Johnson bought biotech firm Crucell for $442.7 million. Barring sharp losses in the days ahead, this quarter will have seen the... More »

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Dow Jones • Johnson and Johnson • Nasdaq • S&P 500 • Xerox • Affiliated Computer Services • Crucell

Xerox CEO Shuffle Historic for Women

First female-to-female handoff at big firm; first black woman in role

May 22, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The announcement that Ursula Burns will replace Anne Mulcahy as head of Xerox is brimming with historical significance, writes Patricia Sellers in Fortune. Not only is it the first woman-to-woman CEO handoff in Fortune 500 history, but Burns will be the first black woman to head a Fortune 500... More »

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women • CEO • Fortune 500 • Xerox • Jay-ZTV • Anne Mulcahy • Ursula Burns

MARKET Open

 Dow Dives Below 8,000 

Dow sees big-time dip

Jan 23, 09 8:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Stocks took a dive at the open, following big losses in Europe and more lousy earnings reports, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow tumbled 210 points to below 8,000, while the Nasdaq and S&P dove 2.1% and 2.6% respectively. Financials came under renewed pressure,... More »

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stock market • General Electric • Nasdaq • Capital One • Dow • Harley Davidson • S&P 500 • Xerox

ANALYSIS

 What Happened to
 the Paperless Office? 

Still, huge financial incentives to cut down have wheels in motion

May 28, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 30 years after Xerox guru George Pake predicted a "paperless office" by 1995, the dream is as elusive as ever. That's because the very computers that made paper theoretically obsolete, BusinessWeek notes, also brought us printers and copiers on practically every desktop. "The decision to print... More »

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trees • deforestation • Xerox • Xerox PARC • paperless office

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