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Best Buy Bounces, But Not Enough (BBY, RSH, GME, AMZN, WMT, AAPL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:35 am

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported first quarter results this morning that were better than expected and the company’s shares are getting a much-needed bounce. The company ...
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GameStop Forecast Not Pretty

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 9:54 am

Video game retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) reported earnings this morning, and there were really no big surprises. The company had already said EPS would be $0.54. Revenues were a ...
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EA Guidance Minimizes Value and Turnaround (EA, ATVI, BBY, GME)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 4:26 pm

Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) has released its earnings, and we forecast that this will help set the reception tone for Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) when it reports later ...
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Zynga Delivers A Tad Ahead… Is It Good Enough? (ZNGA)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 4:21 pm

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has reported its first corporate earnings report since coming public this year.  The social gaming company has reported earnings of $0.06 EPS and $329 million in revenue.  Thomson ...
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Very Elevated Options Trading in Zynga Ahead of Earnings (ZNGA)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is seeing some serious options trading activity ahead of its first full earnings report as a public company.  The stock has traded over 12 million shares ...
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Nintendo Loses Money

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 6:24 am

Nintendo lost money. It is the first time in recent memory that it has done so. Some of the blame falls on the value of the yen. But, more important, ...
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THQ’s ‘Less-Bad’ Guidance, Huge Short Interest To Be Wild Card (THQI)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:38 am

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) is no longer one of the top video game publishers that affects the entire video game sector, but due to stronger Saints Row sales of more ...
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Bracing For Weak Video Game Data Again (GME, ATVI, EA, TTWO, ZNGA)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 3:00 pm

GameStop Corporation (NYSE: GME) may be down today because of a Needham & Co. research downgrade where the video game retailer was cut to "Hold."  There is another interesting call ...
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Angry Birds Space Tops 10 Million Downloads (AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 11:38 am

The enormously popular Angry Birds game released a new version last week, called Angry Birds Space, and so far consumers have downloaded some 10 million copies of the game, which ...
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Zynga Founder & Backers Selling Almost $600 Million in Stock, Already (ZNGA)

Posted: March 23, 2012 at 8:37 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is doing something rather tacky this morning.  The company has not been public for very long and it is already filing to sell shares for insiders.  ...
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Perfection at Perfect World (PWRD)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 9:19 am

Perfect World Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ: PWRD) is leading the gainers list this morning.  With less than 25 minutes until the open we have seen some 300,000 shares trade hands and ...
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Is Gamestop Short Interest Just Too High? (GME)

Posted: March 15, 2012 at 11:46 am

Gamestop Corporation (NYSE: GME) is still sitting in the same sort of No-Man's Land position its chart has been in for some time.  With a $3.2 billion market cap, its ...
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Zynga Files To Sell $400 Million in Stock For Holders (ZNGA)

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 7:51 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) was expected to have a secondary stock offering for insiders sooner than the prior lock-up period of 180 days by some counts.  Now we know that ...
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Reality Setting in on Zynga (ZNGA, SOCL, ATVI, ERTS, COOL)

Posted: February 15, 2012 at 11:33 am

Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is getting shelled after the social gaming company's first earnings report as a public company.  This sell-off is actually one that is deserved.  We also wonder ...
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The Force: Star Wars Franchise Worth Over $30 Billion and Growing

Posted: February 10, 2012 at 4:17 pm

24/7 Wall St. has decided to calculate the total value of the Star Wars franchise ahead of the release of the 3D film "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" and while ...
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