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Delays Hit Video Game Maker’s Guidance Hard

Contrarian Profits (July 15th, 2009) Writes:

Shares of “Grand Theft Auto” maker Take-Two Interactive (Nasdaq:TTWO) took a drubbing yesterday (Tuesday) after it lowered its financial outlook and delayed key video game releases until its next fiscal year.

Take-Two now expects its loss to fall between 65 cents and 75 cents per share and revenue to be between $120 million and $130 million for the quarter ending July 31. Wall Street analysts were expecting a loss of 54 cents and revenue of $162.2 million.

The move reflects reduced sales of catalog products and lower than anticipated initial retailer orders of new releases due to a retail environment that is proving even more challenging Take-Two expected, it said in a statement.

The company delayed the release of “Bioshock 2,” “Max Payne 3” and “Red Dead Redemption” to fiscal 2010, which starts November 1. It is unclear whether any of these titles will ship in time for

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In Peru, iShares Wins First-To-Market Status

IndexUniverse Staff (June 22nd, 2009) Writes:

The race to Peru has been won by iShares, as it launches an ETF focused on that part of the world.

 

With a global start-up preparing to launch the first exchange-traded fund focused on Peru in coming weeks, industry giant Barclays Global Investors has sneaked to the finish line.

On Monday, the soon-to-be BlackRock Global Investors opened the iShares MSCI All Peru Capped Index (NYSE Arca: EPU). It follows an earlier announcement by fledgling Global X Management Co. of a similar ETF. But that fund hasn't come out yet, although it's expected to launch soon.

According to a BGI statement, Peru is Latin America's fastest-growing economy, with a gross domestic product growth rate of more than 9% last year. The firm added that in May, emerging markets net inflow of $14.9 billion into ETFs included some $6 billion from ETF investors.

“With the fastest growing economy in Latin America and one of

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Bald Eagle Energy (BEEI.OB) Has a Focused Management Team

QualityStocks (February 23rd, 2009) Writes:

Bald Eagle Energy, Inc., (BEEI.OB), a growing oil and gas exploration company, credits its success to a tightly knit group of seasoned business and industry veterans, all of which are focused on efficiency. The company builds shareholder value with a business model that stresses reduced capital expenditures, which includes taking care to hire the best rather than the many.

Heading the company’s minimized management team are two internationally known business professionals:

• Andrew S. Harper, CEO, has an extensive petroleum geology background, with nearly 30 years of international oil and gas exploration and development experience, including 21 years with industry giant ARCO.

He came to Bald Eagle Energy from China based MI Energy Corporation, where he was President of the International Division and Chief Geologist. During his tenure, production increased from 400 to 13,000 barrels of oil per day.

Before that he was a well

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