Will Web Search Ever Play On The Cellphone?
Wall St. broadly accepts that the next frontier for online search and web use will be the cellphone. That assumes, of course, the consumers want to use tiny screens to access the internet. A…
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Douglas A. McIntyre
EU May Try To Nail New Google (GOOG) Model
Targeting advertising based on the behavior of web surfers is "Holy Grail" for internet marketing. TV, radio, and print cannot effectively look at past actions and then place ads based on future behavior. But,…
Buffett’s Bershire Hathaway (BRK) May Be Bidder For Northern Rock
Northern Rock may be the UK’s most troubled financial company. The Bank of England has put 26 billion pounds into the company and would like to get the money back. According to The Sunday…
With Citigroup (C) and Countrywide (CFC) Down Again, No Sign Of Recovery
Last week’s trading might have been a bell weather for whether the market thinks the worst is behind some of the troubled financial institutions. But, as The Wall Street Journal pointed out, the number…
52-Week Lows Today (November 23, 2007)
DJIA 12,980.88 (+181.84; +1.42%)S&P500 1,440.70 (+23.93; +1.69%)NASDAQ 2,596.60 (+34.45; +1.34%) These didn’t all close on 52-week lows, but here is a list of stocks that managed to hit new 52-week…
Mid-November NYSE Short Interest In Tech Stocks (AMD, GLW, EMC, HPQ, IBM, LSI, MU, MOT, NOK, NT, TXN, VMW)
Every month, 24/7 Wall St. peruses through the NYSE, AMEX, and the NASDAQ. One key area we look at of course is technology. Below is a summary of some of the key technology stocks…
US Search Engine Share, October 2007 (GOOG)(YHOO)(MSFT)
In October, Google (GOOG) expanded its search share in the US moving further ahead of Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) according to comScore data. Share of Searches (%) …
Top NYSE Short Interest Increases (CVS, AMD, HD, MU, WMT, MIR, BIG)
It is always interesting seeing which groups and which stocks saw the biggest changes in short interest. This list doesn’t show financials because we’ve already shown that individually. Here are some of the largest…
Largest NYSE Short Interest Decreases (Q, GE, TWX, EMC, BSX, PFE)
It is always interesting seeing which groups and which stocks saw the biggest changes in short interest. This list doesn’t show financials because we’ve already shown that individually. Here are some of the key…
November NYSE Short Interest: Not Pretty For Financials
Short interest for stocks traded on the NYSE was up about 3% for the period ending November 15 compared to the October 31 numbers. Bets against big financials sky-rocketed, and positions in some retailers…
Boeing’s Best Weapon Against Airbus: Plummeting U.S Dollar (BA)
There are numerous articles on the web today discussing how Airbus’ parent EADS may cut its $3 Billion R&D budget. It isn’t the maximization of technology. It isn’t a slowing economy. It’s the weaker…
Diller & IAC In China: You Bet Your Ask (IACI, BIDU)
Despite a pending break-up in the media conglomerate, IAC/Interactive (NASDAQ:IACI) is spending up to $100 million to launch a new Internet company…. In China. IAC is planning bring its Ask.com to the Chinese market,…
Amazon.com’s Kindle e-Book Reader Sold Out: Hype or Mega-Hit? (AMZN)
Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is apparently already sold out of its new Kindle electronic book reader. That is what the launch and intro page for the Kindle notes. What is not clear is if this is…
Qualcomm Has a Bad Thanksgiving (QCOM, BRCM)
Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq: BRCM) announced early this morning that a federal judge has let stand a jury verdict that found that Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq: QCOM) infringes three Broadcom patents. Broadcom plans to inform the…
Business News: What You Missed Thanksgiving & Pre-Black Friday (AKH, GS, GLW, AMZN, NWS, MT, UAUA, URI, GOOG, CDTI)
Air France KLM SA (NYSE:AKH/ADR) shares traded up roughly 7% Thursday after beating earnings from price hikes and fuel hedging. After United Rentals (NYSE:URI) said it was suing Cerberus on the broken merger, Cerberus…
You Noticed Turkeyflation, Too? The Fed Conundrum
Well, the beloved inflation rates aren’t yet going through the roof if you trust the FOMC and the closely watched CPI. The Fed gave a stable inflationary outlook for 2008, along with a slower…
AMD (AMD) Hits 52-Week Low
The price of AMD’s (AMD) shares ignored good news on PC sales from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), the introduction of a quad-core chip, and a purchase of 8.1% of its shares by the investment arm of…
IPO Filing Floodgates: Bronchus Technologies, Inc. (LUNG)
Bronchus Technologies, Inc. filed yesterday for an initial public offering of up to $86.25 million for filing purposes. It has the proposed ticker of "LUNG" on NASDAQ, and the lead underwriters are Lehman Brothers…
IPO Filing Floodgates: Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (AEGR)
Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. filed Tuesday for an initial public offering of up to $86.25 million in securities for filing purposes. It has the proposed ticker of "AEGR" on NASDAQ, and the underwriting group consists…
IPO Filing: Whiting Trust, From Whiting Petroleum (WLL)
Whiting USA Trust I has filed yesterday to sell up to $195 million in units in an initial public offering. This is an Austin-based trust structured in October 2007, and is essentially being sold…