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Monthly Archives: May 2011

What Does It Cost? $12.82, The Amount Microsoft Paid For Each Of Skype’s 663 Million Subcribers

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 11:08 am

> Amount Paid: $8.5 Billion > Number of Subscribers: 663 Million > Amount Paid Per Subscriber: $12.82 Microsoft recently confirmed that it will buy voice over IP company Skype Technologies ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: Companies With The Most Bad Press (5/10/2011

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 10:34 am

Sony (NYSE: SNE) kept the top spot in the Flame Index as concerns about the shutdown of its PS3 network failed to subside. Sony could face $1 billion in ...
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Alternative Energy Watch: Solar Outlook Fades; Battery Maker Slides; Methane Does Contaminate Groundwater at Shale Gas Sites (FSLR, STP, AONE)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 10:31 am

Today's alternative energy news leads off with a rather dim outlook for solar PV for the rest of this year and then looks at results from a US battery manufacturer. ...
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Daily Austerity Watch: The New Greek Bailout

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 10:22 am

Has the nation of Greece reached a financial bottom yet?   Daily Austerity Watch doesn't think so. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a new $86.1 billion bailout from the ...
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Should Private Equity Firms Only Buy Very Unique Companies? (APO, CKXE, CLCT, DEST, LULU, MSG, OMEX, PRXI, RICK, RGLD)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 10:19 am

Private equity firms are known for finding value and milking additional value out of many public companies.  Some companies are very generic and bought for cash flow, while others are ...
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The Twitter-24/7 Wall St. Market Report (5/10/2011) Microsoft And Skype, Greek Debt

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 8:58 am

Twitter  has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have ...
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Secondary Valuation Winners After Skype-Microsoft Deal (MSFT, GOOG, CSCO, CTXS, EBAY, PGI, CALL, VG, RVSN, PLCM)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 8:51 am

Skype is no longer going to be one of our Top 17 IPOs to Watch in 2011 any longer... Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wiggled in and cut Google Inc. (NASDAQ: ...
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Top Active Trader Alert Stocks (EBAY, MNKD, USAT)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 8:50 am

Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning.  We are tracking news and moves in shares of eBay, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), MannKind Corporation (NASDAQ: MNKD), and USA ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/10/2011) Google Music, Greek Bailout

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 8:41 am

Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will launch an online music service (Reuters) Greece will get an additional bailout from the EU as early as next week (WSJ) Bank ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALKS, AEO, ADM, BHP, CSCO, DOW, GBL, ITW, JNY, MRK, PHG, DGX, RGS, RIO, SKS, TSN, VIA-B)

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 8:30 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Alkermes, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALKS) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann. ...
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The States With The Oldest And Youngest Residents

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 6:08 am

All fifty states will not carry the US economy to a recovery, if it can recover entirely at all. A careful look at the patterns of aging, births, and population ...
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Citigroup’s $550 Share Price

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 5:48 am

Citigroup (NYSE: C) reverse split its stock and each stockholder with 10 shares got one. That took the price of Citi to $44. No one was fooled by the action. ...
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Renewable Sources Will Rule The Energy World In 2050

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 5:21 am

The Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, a program supported by the UN, has released its new forecast for the use of renewal energy in 2050. It has hardly worth reading ...
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Microsoft Buyout Of Skype: A Quest For Search Market Share

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 4:54 am

A number of media outlets say that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) bought global VoIP service Skype for $8.5 billion. Skype's subscriber base has been put at 655 million. Skype's S-1, a ...
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Media Digest (5/10/2010) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 10, 2011 at 4:00 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is close to a purchase of Skype for $7 billion (WSJ) Microsoft is close to an $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype (Reuters) PIMCO increased its short ...
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