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Microsoft Nook Stock Rumors Already Fading, aQuantive Legacy Carries On

Posted: May 13, 2013 at 2:23 pm

Is Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reconsidering how much it really wants to spend on yet another digital media effort? Shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) are getting clipped ...
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Barnes & Noble Holiday Sales Weak

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 10:44 am

Bookstore chain Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) reported this morning that nine-week same-store sales fell 8.2% compared with the same period in 2011.  B&N reported sales for the ...
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New Partner for Barnes & Noble in Nook Business

Posted: December 28, 2012 at 9:35 am

U.K.-based media giant Pearson PLC (NYSE: PSO) has made a “strategic investment” of $89.5 million in cash in Nook Media LLC, a joint venture between Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Barnes & Noble Results Mixed

Posted: November 29, 2012 at 9:24 am

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) reported fiscal second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The bookstore chain reported a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.04 on ...
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Orders for B&N’s New Nook Readers at Record High (BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, WMT, TGT)

Posted: October 8, 2012 at 2:07 pm

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said today that orders for the company’s just introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices are coming in at “the highest ...
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Microsoft, Barnes & Noble Complete Partnership Deal

Posted: October 4, 2012 at 1:15 pm

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced a joint venture in April that would build on the two partners’ innovations in e-readers. Today the deal ...
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Tablet PCs, Car Sales and TV Channels

Posted: June 28, 2012 at 6:21 am

If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: ...
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Microsoft, B&N to Unveil Tablet? (MSFT, BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 18, 2012 at 9:30 am

At a hastily arranged event scheduled for today at 3:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expected to announce a new tablet device to be built by its ...
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Barnes & Noble: The Next Bridge to Nowhere (BKS, MSFT, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 10:10 am

Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing ...
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iPad Market Share Up, Tablet Shipments Down (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, BKS, MSFT)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm

International Data Corp. (IDC) this morning released data on first quarter 2012 shipments of media tablets. These include the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and tablets that use the ...
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Target Dumps Kindle Devices (TGT, AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT, GOOG)

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

Retailing giant Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) will discontinue selling the Kindle family of tablets and e-readers by this summer. The Kindle devices are made by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and ...
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Nook, Windows 8 Pairing Doubles B&N Stock Price

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:11 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,” called ‘Newco’ for purposes of the announcement, ...
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The Myth of Barnes & Noble’s Success

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 6:20 am

The market was positively excited by the quarterly earnings of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). That is odd. The bookseller lost money, and its e-reader and e-book business are still ...
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Media Digest (4/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 26, 2011 at 4:16 am

A review of data from the damaged Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV) 737 raised questions about Boeing's (NYSE: BA) manufacturing process.  (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) has begun to market a tablet ...
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What Does Ron Burkle See In Barnes & Noble?

Posted: September 21, 2010 at 6:17 am

Ron Bukle's fierce battle for Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE:  BKS) is  baffling for many reasons.  The biggest mystery is why he is bothering at all. Barnes & Noble's prospects ...
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