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Facebook May Buy Opera To Create Own Browser

Posted: May 27, 2012 at 9:01 am

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has apparently not allowed the scandal around its IPO, its slowing growth, or questions about its revenue from mobile devices to slow its M&A activity. It is in talks ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/24/2012) MSNBC.com, Toyota’s New Markets

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:20 am

Toyota (NYSE: TM) announced it would move more aggressively into emerging markets. The Wall Street Journal reports that: Toyota, Japan’s biggest car maker by volume, plans to sell more than ...
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Short Sellers Hit Internet Stocks

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:17 am

For the two weeks that ended on May 15, short sellers hit old and new Internet site companies alike. Among firms that had IPOs recently, the short interest in Zynga (NASDAQ: ...
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Media Digest (5/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:15 am

Four market markers involved in the Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) IPO lose $100 million combined. (Reuters) EU concerns push the euro to close to a two-year low. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs (NYSE: ...
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MSNBC.com Sale?

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:14 am

Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniversal operations is in talks with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to takeover the part of MSNBC.com which it does not already own. The rumor was reported in Adweek.Microsoft ...
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Yahoo!’s Browser “Axis”

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:09 am

For some reason, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) wants to be in the crowded web browser sector. Its new product is called "Axis". It is meant to compete with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, ...
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H-P Escapes Dell’s Executioner… But Its Workforce Doesn’t

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 4:52 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is managing to escape the trap of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) after earnings.  Unfortunately, at least if you are a worker there, a decent portion of ...
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Dell Plays Wrecking Ball For Entire PC Food Chain (DELL, INTC, MSFT, HPQ, STX, WDC, MU)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 11:19 am

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) was nothing short of a really bad earnings report.  The wart on the nose is a declining margin, declining earnings power, and less and less revenue ...
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World’s Top Brands Led By Apple, IBM, Google

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:04 am

You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world's top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/22/2012) IMF Report on UK, ILO Report on Employment

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:32 am

The International Labor Office of the United Nations released its new “Global Unemployment Trends for Youth 2012.” It is one more forecast of a “lost generation” of productive workers. As ...
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Media Digest (5/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, Financial Times

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:15 am

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters) The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters) MF Global ...
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Microsoft To Sell 350 Million Windows 7 Devices

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:14 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer claims that 350 million Windows 7 enabled devices will ship this year. According to Bloomberg, Ballmer claims,  “It makes Windows the most popular single ...
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Whose Earnings Will Be Worse? Dell vs. H-P (DELL, HPQ, AAPL, INTC, AMD, MSFT)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 12:58 pm

This week is going to be an earnings bonanza for investors who care about makers of personal computers.  While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is all of the rage, we have ...
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What Will Yahoo! Do with Its Billions?

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 6:33 am

Alibaba will buy back 20% of its shares held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). The consideration Yahoo! will get is $7.1 billion. That sum is “composed of at least $6.3 billion in ...
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Google’s YouTube: The One Horse Race In Online Video

Posted: May 19, 2012 at 11:26 am

The argument that Hulu can become a company which can be valued in the billions of dollars or that portals can completely change, for the positive, the value of ad dollars ...
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