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Full 360-Degree Netflix Earnings Preview (NFLX, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, CSTR)

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 10:24 am

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is set to report earnings after the close and Wall Street has to be wondering if the bar has been set low enough to clear.  While ...
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The Worst Cities for Retirees to Find Work

Posted: January 25, 2012 at 6:39 am

Just because you're retired doesn't mean you don't have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed -- the highest level ...
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DVD/Blu-ray Rentals Fall, Netflix Leads Streaming Market (NFLX, AMZN, CSTR, DISH)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Nearly a third of US consumers now watch movies and other videos on Internet streaming services such as those offered by Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). About ...
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Noting Facebook as a Potential RIM Acquirer? (RIMM, GOOG, AAPL, AMZN, MSFT)

Posted: January 18, 2012 at 9:11 am

Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing subject of takeover rumors and that has put in at least a near-term floor after the death spiral took away ...
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Top Brands in 2011 (KO, IBM, MSFT, GOOG, GE, MCD, INTC, AAPL, DIS, HPQ, NOK, CSCO, TM, AMZN, F, HMC, DE)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 9:24 am

Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers.  ...
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Walmart’s E-commerce Woes Cannot Be Solved by a New Online CEO

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) added a new CEO to oversee its e-commerce operations. The general perception is that this business should be more competitive with Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). That will be hard to ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/17/2012) Saudi $100 Oil, Zappos Hack

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:44 am

Saudi Arabia apparently has set an oil price target of $100 for this year. That is so high that its effects may overwhelm an economic recovery around the world. Oil and ...
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Media Digest (1/17/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 6:43 am

China’s economy expands at a better-than-expected 8.9% in Q4 and area markets soared. (Reuters) Walmart (NYSE: WMT) appoints a former CBS (NYSE: CBS) digital executive as head of its digital operations. ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (1/16/2011) China’s GDP, Apple iPad 3

Posted: January 16, 2012 at 6:20 am

The tension over the financial crisis has risen at an astonishing rate in just three days. Downgrades of the sovereign debt of several nations have rattled the markets. But the most ...
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The 10 Most Hated Companies in America

Posted: January 13, 2012 at 6:46 am

Customers, employees, shareholders and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed a lengthy list of corporations for which there is substantial research data to choose the ...
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Dell Too Late to Tablet Market

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 6:56 am

Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) habit of coming to market with products well after its competitors do  continues. Reuters reports that the PC company will launch a tablet later this year. Dell ...
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Netflix & UK Launch, Driving on the Left Side of the Road (NFLX, AMZN, VMED)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 9:47 am

Battered video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is launching its streaming video service in the UK and Ireland today with a one-month free trial for customers who sign up through ...
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Will Sony Buy NOOK? Big Value For Barnes & Noble

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 9:48 am

Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) lost 29% of its market cap on news that it might spin-off its NOOK e-reader operations. The book company is now worth only $850 million. ...
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Private Equity Value for Best Buy (BBY, GME, WMT, AMZN)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 7:35 am

After losing about a third of its value in the last year, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) may start to be thrown around as a private equity takeover name.  A ...
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Netflix Shares Rise on Rumor, Report (NFLX, YHOO, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have risen about 7% today and it’s hard to say whether the main cause is speculation that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) might buy the ...
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