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Daily Archives: January 4, 2008

Digital Music Downloads Move Up 45% In 2007

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 6:15 am

Score another one for Apple (AAPL) and its iTune service which some experts say has 70% of the digital music download market.According to The Wall Street Journal "the number of ...
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A Big Quarter For The Xbox, But Why Is Microsoft (MSFT) In The Business?

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 6:08 am

Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360s in Q4. The company's "Halo 3" game helped that. Reuters reports that the company was pleased with itself: "Holiday 2007 was a blockbuster ...
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Sirius (SIRI) Gets More Subscribers, But Can It Stay In Business?

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 5:56 am

Sirius (SIRI) announced that it ended the year with 8.3 million subscribers, a 38% increase. What it did not mention is that it also exited the year with about $1.3 ...
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PC Companies Go After Apple (AAPL) Mac

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 5:48 am

PC companies are going after the Apple (AAPL) Mac. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell (DELL) are building new laptops with more colorful housings, better processors, and nicer screens. The sales of ...
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Fox Business Network (NWS); Dead On Arrival

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 5:00 am

No on watches Fox Business. Perhaps a few agoraphobics and people who are unemployed.According to The New York Times, the average number of people watching Fox Business on weekdays is ...
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Media Digest 1/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 4:24 am

According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video consoles in the last three months of the year, helped by its "Halo 3" game.Reuters writes that US auto ...
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Asia Markets 1/4/2008

Posted: January 4, 2008 at 3:55 am

Markets in Asia were mixed.The Nikkei fell 4% to 14,691. NEC (NIPNY) fell 6.6% to 481. Sony (SNE) fell 6.6% to 5790. The Hang Seng rose 2.4% to 27,520. China ...
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