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Groupon and Facebook — What Do People Really Do Online?

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:40 am

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Facebook are in a battle with many investors about the value of their audiences. Do Groupon’s visitors still use it regularly to buy merchandise? Do Facebook’s members ...
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Media Digest (2/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 8, 2012 at 6:43 am

The Greeks try to get a financial aid package while some regional leaders say the eurozone does not need the southern European nation. (Reuters) A House committee pushes through plans ...
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Media Digest (2/7/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Glencore and Xtrata agree to a $90 billion merger. (Reuters) Greek leaders face a deal for settling sovereign debt matters as workers strike. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) posts good third-quarter ...
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Amazon.com Gets More Active in Sports Collectibles, Going After eBay (AMZN, EBAY, CLCT)

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 10:15 am

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is launching a new Sports Collectibles Store and it is claiming to offer more than 2 million unique collectibles from major sports leagues and sporting events.  ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (C, NEM, STX, XOM, MWW, AMZN, BRCM, AET, COCO, EPD, MAN, MPC, NOC, WHR, KTCC, SGMO, MDVN, JDAS, IXYS)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, following on a positive debt sale by Portugal and some improvement in PMI numbers from Europe. ADP employment data did ...
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Mid-day Movers (AMZN, WHR, AOL, JDAS, UIS)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 12:03 pm

Among the major movers at around noon today are Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN, Whirlpool Corp. (NYSE: WHR), AOL Inc. (NASDAQ: AOL), JDA Software Group Inc. (NASDAQ: JDA), and Unisys Corp. (NYSE: ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, ASH, BAC, C, CAT, DB, XOM, MWW, NEM, STX, SXC, WBSN, VRTX)

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 8:18 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Maintained Neutral but cut ...
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Another Losing Runner in the Online Content Race

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:47 am

Many of the companies that have entered the online content business have stumbled. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a service. So does Walmart (NYSE: WMT). There are already several leaders, including ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/1/2012) China’s PMI, Facebook IPO

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:46 am

The proposed merger between NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse has ended. The EC rejected the plan as anticompetitive. The announcement leaves the two operations each on its own in a ...
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Media Digest (2/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 6:46 am

Facebook will launch an IPO to raise $5 billion. (Reuters) Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) says costs may drive it to a loss this quarter. (Reuters) Sony (NASDAQ: SNE) appoints Kazuo Hirai ...
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Netflix Gets Big Competition for UK, Irish Viewers (NFLX, AMZN, VMED)

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 1:43 pm

The UK market for streaming video is about to get more crowded. Earlier this month, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it would offer its streaming video service in the ...
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360-Degree Earnings Preview For Amazon.com (AMZN)

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may be well down from its highs in 2011, but the online retail platform giant is expected to post its fourth quarter earnings after the close ...
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10 Major Earnings Previews For Tuesday (AMZN, ARMH, BIIB, BRCM, XOM, PFE, STX, UPS, X, VLO)

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 1:26 pm

Tuesday is going to be full of major earnings reports, two of which are DJIA components.  These are not the only major earnings, but ten we will be watching closely ...
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Giant Headline Loss Dominates AT&T Earnings (T, VZ, AMZN)

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 7:57 am

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is out with a huge headline loss due to that $4 billion break-up fee paid charge from the failed T-Mobile merger.  The headline loss is -$1.12 ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/26/2012) Amazon to Attack Netflix, IMF on Oil Prices

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 6:30 am

Iran may take the matter of oil exports into its own hands. It has signaled that it will stop shipping crude before sanctions by the European Union and U.S. are ...
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