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Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks and Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 7:01 am

There are more changes in the short interest of some of the key cult stocks and most actively traded and controversial stocks. The start of earnings season may have influenced ...
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What Do Raiders See in Barnes & Noble?

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 6:41 am

Not much is left of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). Its bricks-and-mortar model has been ravaged by online competition. Its Nook e-reader trails well behind the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle ...
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Media Digest (4/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

Facebook reports that its revenue grew to more than $1 billion and its membership to 900 million. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sells some of the patents it bought from AOL ...
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What To Make of Jana and B&N? (BKS, AMZN, LMCA)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 12:58 pm

Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may not be as doomed as the e-book lovers think.  With competition from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and other digital platforms constantly two-steps ahead ...
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Apple Targeted by DOJ Over eBooks (AAPL, BKS)

Posted: April 11, 2012 at 10:07 am

Few details are out, but the Department of Justice is going to be making an announcement today that it is filing a lawsuit against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and book ...
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The Death of Bookstores Accelerates

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 6:53 am

Owners of bricks-and-mortar bookstores, from Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) to independent shops on many city corners, have hoped that the American love of physical books eventually would stem the ...
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Tablet Shipments Soared in Fourth Quarter (AAPL, AMZN, SSNLF, BKS, GOOG)

Posted: March 13, 2012 at 4:32 pm

Fourth quarter worldwide shipments of media tablets such as the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew 155% year-over-year and 56% sequentially, according to the latest data from International Data ...
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America’s 10 Largest Websites

Posted: March 12, 2012 at 6:34 am

The 10 most-visited websites in America may share a few characteristics, but interestingly enough, none are in the same business, with the exception of two portals. Each has a different ...
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Apple, Book Publishers Face Anti-trust Suit (AAPL, CBS, NWS, PSO, AMZN, BKS)

Posted: March 8, 2012 at 9:06 am

The US Department of Justice is prepared to sue Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and five book publishers for colluding to lift prices on electronic books according to a report in ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (ORCL, ITRI, CSX, ABB, GILD, BKS, BYD, CCO, CIE, DTG, HL, JAKK, M, MDT, PXD, SKS, WLK, THLD, CORT, GTXI, CHTP, WMT, WFT)

Posted: February 21, 2012 at 4:05 pm

US markets opened higher this morning and traded higher for most of the day. The DJIA briefly rose above 13,000 for the first time in nearly 3 years. But in ...
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Twelve Retailers Flunking Customer Service

Posted: February 21, 2012 at 6:36 am

As recently as 2009, Netflix was the most beloved retailer on the Internet. By the end of 2011, following the failed separation of its streaming and DVD by mail service ...
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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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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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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BRCM, NFLX, NOK, GOOG, VMW, STZ, MON, WOR, HELE, DNDN, ACOM, ZUMZ, OSH, BKS, AEO)

Posted: January 5, 2012 at 4:05 pm

US markets opened lower today and finally managed modest gains by mid-afternoon. News from Europe on the reluctance of banks to lend, coupled with an higher-than-expected yield on a French ...
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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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