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Daily Archives: August 28, 2007

A Qualcomm Break-Up

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:48 am

Barron's has floated the idea that Qualcomm (QCOM) may want to break itself into two pieces. Almost all of its rivals and its largest customer, Nokia (NOK), are in legal ...
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Does NYSE Want To Own The London Stock Exchange?

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:41 am

Reuters reports that NYSE Euronext (NYX) might want to buy the Nasdaq (NDAQ) 31% ownership in The London Stock Exchange. It would be a humiliation for Nasdaq since its rival ...
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Are Dell’s Retail Efforts A Bust?

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:34 am

Dell (DELL) gave the market some bad news this week. A number of its new PCs are shipping late during the critical "back to school" period because of problems with ...
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Will YouTube Ever Make A Dime?

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:28 am

YouTube has come out with its own system to put video advertising onto its site. And, Google (GOOG) is hoping its works. After paying $1.6 billion plus for the world's ...
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Microsoft: Linux Keeps Losing

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:20 am

It looks like the Linux open-source guys have lost another round to Microsoft (MSFT). According to TheStreet.com "Microsoft picked up 2 percentage points, bringing its market share to 67.1% of ...
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Will Google Be Hurt By Housing And Credit Problems?

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 4:15 am

The FT believes that search engines and web portals will be hurt by the fall-out from the mortgage and credit card industries. Companies like Countrywide (CFC) and Bank One are ...
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Media Digest 8/28/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 2:51 am

According to Reuters, State Street (STT) faces $22 billion exposure to asset-backed commercial paper conduits, the off-balance sheet vehicles that have caused problems for rivals in recent weeks.Reuters writes that ...
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Asia Markets 5/28/2007

Posted: August 28, 2007 at 2:33 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell .1% to 16,287. NTT (NTT) rose 1.2% to 526000. Toyota (TM) fell .7% to 6660.The Hang Seng fell .2% to 23,541. China Mobile ...
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