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But RIM also hopes the sleek device will also catch on in broad retail market

A California man who has defaulted on nine homes and expects banks to foreclose on all of them, forcing him into bankruptcy, says he now considers it a mistake to have invested in the real estate market.

LONDON: In a move likely to redraw the map of Europe's consumer electronics retail market, America's Best Buy and the UK's Carphone Warehouse last week announced a new £2.2 billion $4.29bn; €2.77bn joint venture....

Some of the biggest players in the British mortgage market will report investment writedowns of more than £4 billion this week as investors brace themselves for more bad news from Britain's embattled banking sector.

For many companies, Aim is little more than a private equity market, which allows a select group of investors the opportunity to invest in an illiquid asset.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- asian markets were mixed early Monday, with Japanese stocks sliding on exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. on a strengthened yen, while higher crude oil prices lifted Australian energy producers such as BHP Billiton . Japan's Nikkei 225 Average fell 0.6% to 13,575.32 and the broader Topix index shed 0.9% to 1,329.87. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.8% to 5,816.10, while New Zealand's NZX 50 index advanced 0.4% to 3,616.66. South Korean markets were closed for a holiday.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 By our correspondent LAHORE: The Lahore stock market moved up by 61 points despite a widening rift between major partners in the coalition government that gave credence to ...

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) Martinrea International Inc. (TSX: MRE), a leader in the production of quality metal parts, assemblies and modules and fluid management systems focused primarily on the automotive sector, announced today the release of its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2008. Martinrea currently employs approximately 7,100 skilled and motivated people in 30 plants in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Dish Network Corp. late Monday reported its first-quarter earnings rose to $258.6 million, or 57 cents a share, from $157.1 million, or 35 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue rose to $2.81 billion from $2.55 billion a year ago, said the Englewood, Colo.-based provider of satellite-TV services. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast the company to earn, on average, 52 cents a share on revenue of $2.85 billion. Dish had a total of 13.8 million subscribers on March 31, up from 13.4 million on March 31, 2007.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

LONDON (Reuters) - House prices fell in every region in April with surveyors reporting the widest margin of decline in at least 30 years, a survey showed on Tuesday, indicating the housing market down...