Posts related to ‘MMI’

Media Digest (5/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, Financial Times

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:31 am

Alibaba buys back a 20% share held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) for a combination of cash and preferred shares worth $7.1 billion. (Reuters) The heads of Samsung and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) ...
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Mobile Phone Sales Fall in Q1 — Gartner

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 8:07 am

High-tech industry research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) reports this morning the worldwide sales of mobile phones unexpectedly fell -2% in the first quarter of 2012, to a total of ...
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Media Digest (5/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:43 am

Moody’s warns that Japan’s finances will be hurt if it cannot get acceptance of a new sales tax. (Reuters) New Chinese factory data indicate that the industry’s activity may have ...
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Kindle Fire Dominates Android Tablet Market (SCOR, AMZN, GOOG, AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, DELL, SNE)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 4:31 pm

Market research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reported today that the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the market share leader by a wide margin among tablet devices ...
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Motorola Gets Favorable Patent Ruling Against Apple (MMI, GOOG, AAPL)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 1:28 pm

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) today ruled in favor of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) -- soon to complete its acquisition by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) -- in ...
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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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Media Digest (4/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 6:37 am

Nestle to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) baby food operation for $11.9 billion. (Reuters) China’s factory output rises slightly in March, but still not at levels of expansion. (Reuters) Vodafone (NASDAQ: ...
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Google, Samsung Top Mobile Market (GOOG, AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, RIMM, MSFT, NOK)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is out with its report on the US mobile phone market for the rolling three-month period through February 2012. The data shows that 234 ...
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Nokia’s Cheap $99.99 Smartphone

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 6:41 am

Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 900, will not carry a premium price in the U.S. The smartphone’s retail price will be as low as $99.99 and AT&T (NYSE: ...
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The 10 Largest Hedge Funds in America

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 6:01 am

By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching ...
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Media Digest (3/13/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 13, 2012 at 6:51 am

Some financial firms offer to buy claims of MF Global customers. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) sues Facebook over 10 patents. (Reuters) The European Union says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola ...
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Media Digest (2/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: February 23, 2012 at 6:48 am

A panel suggests that Vivus diet drug Qnexa be approved by the FDA. (Reuters) Japan may cut crude oil imports from Iran by 20%. (Reuters) Poor results cause shares of Hewlett-Packard ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/14/2012) Moody’s Downgrades Europe, New Apple Products

Posted: February 14, 2012 at 6:41 am

The relentless attack by U.S. credit rating agencies on the risk of the sovereign debt of EU members continues. It happened again yesterday when Moody’s downgraded a number of nations just after a deal ...
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Media Digest (2/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg