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Media
YouTube Joins The Movie Rental Legions
Google’s (GOOG) YouTube may finally come up with a way to raise revenue. It streamed nine billion videos last month, but, by some estimates loses $300 million a year. The quality of…
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Media Digest 9/3/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The sell-off in Chinese stocks may be overdone based on earnings. Reuters: A report blamed the SEC for not doing its job investigating Madoff. Reuters: The Fed says the risks to…
6:09am ET
Consumer Electronics
Sony (SNE): Will 3D TV Sell?
Sony (SNE), which has failed at most of its new initiatives over the last two years, needs something to work. It PS3 has sold poorly. Prices for it digital cameras and TV screens…
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Companies and Brands
Walmart.com Can’t Dupe Amazon or eBay (WMT, AMZN, EBAY)
The recent news about Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) increasing third party item selling via the Walmart.com shopping portal is getting some increased traction…. But the question is really, “Should it?”… The…
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Media
Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein Tops Vanity Fair Power List
Vanity Fair has announced its “The New Establishment 100″ list for 2009. The selections are based on wealth, influence, and philanthropy, as well as such intangibles as vision and the X factor.”…
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Media
Media Digest 8/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Derivatives traders dipped into $4 trillion in client collateral. Reuters: Home sales and durable orders improved. Reuters: The US softened its stance on private equity deals to buy banks. Reuters: The…
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Media
Sony’s New Reader Seeks Premium Pricing (SNE, T, AMZN)
Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) must be betting that it can retake the lead and it must be betting hard that the economic recession’s effects of creating high price-sensitivity are soon to end. …
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Telecom & Wireless
The E-Book Goes To China
Sony (SNE) and Amazon (AMZN) could have a new and large market for their e-book readers. The head of China Mobile (CHL), the largest cellular company in the world, sees part of his…
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Media
Media Digest 8/21/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies. Reuters: The “clunkers” program will end on August 24. Reuters: GM is…
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Video Game Sector Preps For Tough Year-End (GME, SNE, MSFT, ERTS, AMZN, NTDOY, TTWO, ATVI)
The video game sector was supposed to be one of the relative beneficiaries of the recession even if it was not to be entirely immune. The sector was part of the ‘in-living…
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Telecom & Wireless
Access To GPS In US Gets Cheap As Apple (AAPL) iPhone Apps Grow
Two years ago, GPS products cost more than $1,000. Car companies charged as much as $2,500 for the systems. Tom Tom and Garmin (GRMN) stocks hit remarkably high levels on demand for…
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Investing
Tracking The Value Of The World’s Major Brands
Several companies run annual brand valuations. It is a good business for advertising and marketing firms to be viewed as experts on brands. Brand values are based on the cash flow they…
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Investing
Chart Events Forming in Key Tech Stocks (MSFT, AMZN, RIMM, ORCL, QCOM)
It is normal to see pullbacks. The problem is that most market pullbacks in the last five months have been rare or short-lived since the near-depression levels of early March. But it…
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Media
Media Digest 8/6/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: A bubble may be forming in the corporate bond market. Reuters: Wall St. firms have made $1 billion on the break up of AIG (AIG). Morgan Stanley(MS), Goldman Sachs (GS), JP…
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Media Digest 8/5/2009
Reuters: GM’s new board endorsed the company’s new plans. Reuters: The Senate will probably approve “cash for clunkers” aid. Reuters: Sony (SNE) will enter the market with an e-reader to compete with…