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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) PriceWatch Alert At $69.28 Break Even

Amazon.com, Inc. (NasdaqNM: AMZN) closed yesterday at $77.28. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $61.20 and 52-week high of $101.09. Amazon stock has been showing support around 75.13 and resistance in the 81.07 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives AMZN a neutral 3 STAR (out of 5) hold rating. AMZN appears on the Investors Observer Momentum Plays list. For a hedged play on this stock, look at an Oct '08 80 covered call (ZQN JP) for a net debit in the $69.28 area. That is also the break even stock price for this trade. This covered call has a 128 day duration, provides 10.35% downside protection and a 15.47% assigned return rate for a 44.12% annualized return rate (comparison purposes only). A lower cost hedged play for this stock would use a longer term call option in place of the covered call stock p

Amazon Earnings Call, Third Quarter 2005

Revenue grew 27% to $1.86 billion or 28% excluding the $7 million unfavorable impact from year-over-year changes in foreign exchange rates. Worldwide unit growth was 28%. Third-party units, representing Marketplace and Merchandise units sold by Amazon sites, were 30% of total units, up from 28%. Gross profit grew 30% to $463 million. Marketing was $42 million, or 2.3% of sales, flat as a percentage of sales year-over-year.

Blackstone plans $1bn Asia fund http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/05/28/13359/blackstone-plans-1bn-asia-fund/?source=rss http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/05/28/13359/blackstone-plans-1bn-asia-fund/ Blackstone Altius Advisors, the HK-based hedg

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Tamron macro lenses for Nikon SLR cameras

TamronTamron macro lenses for Nikon SLR cameras : Tamron announces two additional lenses with a Built-in Motor for Nikon, the Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3,5-6,3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO lens and the Tamron SP AF 28-75mm F/2,8 XR Di LD Aspherical [IF] MACRO (Model A09NII) lens. Di lenses are designed for superior use with digital SLR cameras (APS-C and full-size format) and conventional cameras. The AF 28-300mm VC Macro lens is the first stabilized lens from Tamron incorporating Tamrons proprietary technology called VC -Vibration Compensation. When mounted on a DSLR with an APS-C sized imager, the lens covers a 43mm wide angle to 465mm equivalent ultra telephoto.

28,000 Year-old Europeans' DNA Was Like Ours

40,000 years ago, the Cro-Magnoid people -- the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern -- entered Europe, coming from Africa. A group of geneticists, coordinated by Guido Barbujani and David Caramelli of the Universities of Ferrara and Florence, shows that a Cro-Magnoid individual who lived in Southern Italy 28,000 years ago was a modern European, genetically as well as anatomically.

Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 gains motor for Nikons

Tamron has continued its process of adding in-lens motors to its Nikon-mount lenses, with its 28-75mm f/2.8 being the latest recipient. This makes the lens fully compatible with the Nikon D40, D40x and D60, offering their owners fields of view equivalent to a 42-112.5mm lens (in FX/35mm terms). The magnificently named 'SP AF28-75mm F/2.8 XR Di LD Aspherical (IF) MACRO' can focus as close as 33cm throughout its zoom range.

Tamron 28-300mm VC for Nikon

As well as adding motors to its existing lenses, Tamron has also started building motors into its new Nikon-compatible lenses. The 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 VC lens offers a 10.7x zoom range with the company's proprietary optical stabilization system. DX-format users get fields of view equivalent to 43-465mm (in FX terms).

Study shows 28,000 year-old Europeans' DNA was like ours

40,000 years ago, the Cro-Magnoid people – the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern – entered Europe, coming from Africa. In the July 16 issue of the open-access journal PLoS ONE, a group of geneticists, coordinated by Guido Barbujani and David Caramelli of the Universities of Ferrara and Florence, shows that a Cro-Magnoid individual who lived in Southern Italy 28,000 years ago was a modern European, genetically as well as anatomically.

Separated twins in Spain find each 28 years later: lawyer

MADRID (AFP) - Twin girls who were separated at birth due to a medical error met by chance 28 years later, and one of them is now suing the Spanish hospital involved, a lawyer said Tuesday.

Europe's Ancestors: Cro-Magnon 28,000 Years Old Had DNA Like Modern Humans

Some 40,000 years ago, Cro-Magnons -- the first people who had a skeleton that looked anatomically modern -- entered Europe, coming from Africa. A group of geneticists, coordinated by Guido Barbujani and David Caramelli of the Universities of Ferrara and Florence, shows that a Cro-Magnoid individual who lived in Southern Italy 28,000 years ago was a modern European, genetically as well as anatomically.

California Orders Allstate to Cut Home Insurance Rates 28.5%

Allstate Corp will have to lower its rates on California homeowner policies by 28.5 percent making an estimated $255 million in annual savings for consumers, the state's Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner said.

Idemitsu, Sony Develop Blue OLED w/ 28.5% Internal Quantum Efficiency

Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd and Sony Corp announced May 19, 2008, that they jointly developed a blue OLED device and confirmed an internal quantum efficiency of 28.5% and an emission lifetime of more than 30,000 hours.

MyPublisher discontinues iPhoto Plug-in after May 28

imageMyPublisher—which specializes in custom photo book software and manufacturing —will discontinue its iPhoto Plug-in after May 28. The plug-in lets you create albums in iPhoto but order them from the company instead of through Apple.

PA Consulting insight to outsourcing in telecoms - 'Sharing the pain and the gain' - MECOM, Abu Dhabi, 28 May

Jurgen Wittkopp, Wireless Technology at PA Consulting, will talk on 'Outsourcing in Telecoms - sharing the pain and the gain' on Wednesday 28 May, 15.00hrs at IIR's MECOM 2008 event, in Abu Dhabi.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Open World Science Festival at Columbia University on May 28

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will open the first annual World Science Festival (www.worldsciencefestival.com), an unprecedented celebration of scientific discovery, with a speech - "World Class Science By and For the People of New York City" - at Columbia University's Low Memorial Library at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 28.

Electrovaya Settles Patent Infringement Case

May 28, 2008 (FinancialWire) Electrovaya Inc. (TSX: EFL) (OTC: EFLVF) (Current Market Cap. US$18.09 Mil.) has settled the patent infringement lawsuit brought against the company and other defendants by Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: TYPT) (Current Market Cap. US$217.28 Mil.) and Nova Mobility Systems Inc. for an undisclosed sum representing a royalty payment of at least 20% on past and future sales of its Scribbler Tablet PCs in the United States. Additionally, Electrovaya formally recognized the validity of Typhoon s patents at issue in the litigation and acknowledged infringement of one or more of the patent claims. The complaint was filed by Blank Rome LLP in December of 2007 on behalf of the plaintiffs in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, Case No.

Game Group first half ahead of expectations

For the first 22 weeks to 28 June 2008, total Group sales were up by 54.0 per cent. Like for like Group sales (including Gamestation from 1 May 2008) for the same period were up by 24.8 per cent. In the UK and Ireland, total sales were up by 58.2 per cent and lfl sales were up by 28.1 per cent. In the International business, total sales and lfl sales were up by 43.9 per cent and 16.9 per cent respectively.

Dileep Premachandran: The long and the shirt of replica sports clothing

This article was first published on guardian.co.uk on Wednesday May 28 2008. It was last updated at 12:16 on May 28 2008.

Maxygen Shares Plunge On Possible Patent Infringement Litigation From Rival Amgen

June 16, 2008 (FinancialWire) Shares of Maxygen Inc. (NASDAQ: MAXY) plunged 28 percent Friday, after the company said it may be open to patent infringement litigation from rival Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN). Maxygen said Amgen received a patent which appears to cover the company's drug MAXY-G34, which treats a common chemotherapy-induced blood disorder known as neutropenia. The drug is not yet on the market. Maxygen said that it believes the patent will eventually be invalidated in court, it does give Amgen grounds to sue Maxygen, just as MAXY-G34 approaches marketing. Maxygen shares fell $1.36, or 28 percent, to $3.49 on 10 times average daily volume. Shares of Amgen rose 75 cents to close at $43.97 Friday. FinancialWire is a fully independent, proprietary news wire service of Investrend Information (a division of Investrend Communications,

Art Center Students Protest Gehry Building

Related Links Frank Gehry Plans for Gehry's Serpentine Pavilion Unveiled Mad for Murakami The Week That Was (March 28 – April 4, 2008) Construction on Hold after Clash Over Museum Wing Forces Director Out Ontario Government to Give $75 Million to the Arts The Week That Was (March 21 – 28, 2008) Provincial German Town Gets 'a Guggenheim'

Google's Gears Gains Ground

Google's open-source development tool is seeing adoption grow.SAN FRANCISCO—One of Google's primary goals is to advance the capabilities of the browser and the company has done so with its Gears offline-application-enabling technology. Advancing the browser also means adoption by key players. At the Google I/O conference here May 28, Allen Hurff, vice president of engineering at social networking player MySpace, said MySpace is using Gears to make its site and products easier to use. "It gives you full text capability and a SQL database on the client machine" for local storage, Hurff said. "Today, MySpace is launching enhanced functionality for MySpace mail using Gears," Chris Prince, a Google software engineer, said in a May 28 blog post. "They are using the original Gears Database API with Full Text Search to enable fast and easy search

A draft bill for the foundation of the new Acropolis Museum was unveiled on Thursday by the culture minister, who said the new museum would be a public sector legal institution with financial and administrative autonomy.

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28 Killed, 141 Wounded in Blast in Afghan Capital

A car bomb ripped through the front wall of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday, killing 40 people in the deadliest attack in Afghanistan's capital since the fall of the Taliban, officials said.

28,000 Scorpion Stings Each Year: Researcher

He added that during the study some types of scorpions were discovered in the Kingdom for the first time.

Assignment 28 - Animals

This photography assignment will show us how to take better photos of our animal friends. From pets to livestock to wild animals, animals are a favorite subject of photographers around the world. While there are a lot of things about animal photography that are the same as human portraiture, there are other issues that are different. The biggest difference is safety. Animals can be unpredictable, and safety precautions should always be taken to prevent harm to the photographer and animal. The following lessons will guide you to great animal photographs. I look foward to seeing your entries for photography assignment animals!

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