This will seem like a no-brainer when you consider it. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is acquiring online shoe leader Zappos.com in a deal said to be worth some $807 million consideration after…
Douglas A. McIntyre Amazon’s (AMZN) Kindle e-book reader has access to the Internet through the Sprint (S) network. The e-commerce firm’s rival, Barnes & Noble (BKS), has done the Kindle one better. It will connect…
Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters: California lawmakers agreed to a state…
Reuters: Pandit bought time at Citigroup (C) with a management reshuffle. Reuters: Obama’s healthcare and climate plans are running into resistance. Reuters: AIG (AIG) will pay more executive bonuses in July. Reuters: …
There has been a lot of coverage of the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle e-book reader. But what happens when you hear there has been yet another price cut on the device? Some…
These are Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls we have seen early this morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Outperform at Cowen.…
Reuters: Cybercrime is spreading fast on Facebook. Reuters: GM will seek to sell most of its assets to a new company. Reuters: Madoff got 150 years in prison. Reuters: AIG (AIG) shareholders will…
Reuters: The head of a Congressional watchdog committee is pushing for a consumer protection agency. Reuters: China defended its export policies against a WTO complaint. Reuters: Citigroup (C) intends to raise the…
Reuters: Investors are putting money into emerging markets except Eastern Europe. Reuters: Stanford will go to court for a $8 billion fraud allegation. Reuters: RIM’s (RIMM) outlook disappointed. Reuters: CEOs at bailed out…
Reuters: Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters: A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters: Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters: China could still be a big…
Does the Webvan IPO seem like a million years ago? Or what about Peapod? We may get an IPO from a similar company in the U.K. called Ocado, an online grocery retailer. …
The US Postal System, which has been dying for years due to the advent of the fax, e-mail, and overnight delivery, may finally be close to its last act. The agency lost…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters: Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters: Rich nations are working on an…
Facebook recently took in a new $200 million investment which puts the value of the company at $10 billion. That is down from a $15 billion valuation based on an investment that…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has received much publicity from its e-book reader, the Kindle. It has also taken criticism. Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) has let its e-book reader get lapped up in…
