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Apple Captures 80% of Mobile Phone Company Profits (AAPL, SSNLF, RIMM, NOK, MMI, GOOG, MSFT)

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 11:50 am

Investment firm Canaccord Genuity said today in its daily newsletter that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) garners about 80% of the operating profit among all handset makers. Of $14.4 billion in ...
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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 (2/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 9, 2012 at 6:37 am

Greek ministers will go to Brussels to meet with EU officials about restructuring of debt, but several details have not been resolved. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) posts earnings that trouble Wall ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery

Posted: February 7, 2012 at 6:49 am

Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ...
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America’s Shrinking Corporate Giants

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:48 am

It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because ...
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HTC: The Latest Victim of Smartphone Wars

Posted: February 6, 2012 at 6:45 am

HTC posted fourth-quarter earnings that were less than impressive. It also forecast a disastrous first quarter. These are signs that HTC is the latest company to succumb to the success of Samsung and ...
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SolarCity Preparing Third Quarter IPO (FSLR, STP, YGE, RSOL, WEST, KYO, BAC, GOOG)

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 11:34 am

Solar systems installer SolarCity is reported to be preparing an IPO in the third quarter of this year. A Reuters report notes that Goldman Sachs will be the lead underwriter ...
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Media Digest (2/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 3, 2012 at 6:47 am

The U.S. indicts Swiss bank Wegelin on tax evasion charges. (Reuters) Fed president Richard Fisher says there is no need for QE3. (Reuters) Panasonic posts a quarterly loss of $2.6 ...
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Media Digest (2/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 2, 2012 at 4:10 am

Glencore and Xstrata are in merger talks. (Reuters) A federal mortgage deal with banks over mortgage fraud would give states enforcement power. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) expects a $2.9 billion loss. ...
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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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Sony Belatedly Appoints New CEO

Posted: February 1, 2012 at 3:38 am

After years of failed product launches, bad management decisions, and billions of dollars in losses which have caused its stock price to plunge, Sir Howard Stinger has finally be replaced ...
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As Facebook Ad Share Surges, Smaller Sites in Danger

Posted: January 31, 2012 at 6:45 am

New data from online research firm Comscore shows Facebook had 27.9% of the U.S. display advertising market, up from 21% in 2010. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) share was 11%. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) ...
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Media Digest (1/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: January 30, 2012 at 6:49 am

EU leaders agree to create the European Stability Mechanism, which will have funds of 500 billion euro and begin its business in July. (Reuters) EU leaders probably will create a ...
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Media Digest (1/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 26, 2012 at 6:29 am

Ben Bernanke says the Fed is prepared to buy more bonds. (Reuters) NEC to cut 10,000 workers. (Reuters) Nintendo posts poor earnings and cuts forecasts. (Reuters) Warren Buffett says higher ...
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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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