Short selling is among the most controversial investment practices and has been blamed for sharp sell-offs in the stocks of a number of large companies, especially financial firms. Governments in both the US and…
Google’s (GOOG) push in the US to sell handsets using its Android operating system is being hurt by the fact that its cellular partner is T-Mobile, a distant fourth in market share the America. Android is about…
Downloads of Apple (AAPL) applications for iPhones and iTunes have reach one billion. It only took nine months. Most analysts view this as a strategic advantage over RIM’s (RIMM) Blackberry and Google’s…
Microsoft (MSFT) just released earnings that were mediocre but not any worse than was expected. It said that the balance of the calendar year would not be much better. In stating that,…
Both Yahoo! (YHOO) and The New York Times Company (NYT) reported earnings for the first quarter and there was noticeable synchronicity between them. Yahoo!’s revenue dropped 13% to $1.58 billion and net…
When Google (GOOG) reported earnings, earnings which were extraordinary during a poor economic period, for the first quarter, the company’s chatty CEO Eric Schmidt said “Google had a good quarter given the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults. Reuters reports that VW may overtake Toyota (TM) as the No.1 car…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with its first quarter earnings report. The search and online ad giant posted earnings at $5.16 EPS and $4.07 billion in ex-TAC revenues. Estimates from Thomson…
Douglas A. McIntyre This afternoon’s earnings report from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is perhaps one of the most anticipated earnings releases so far this earnings season for Q1-2009. Google could steer almost every tech and…
According to Reuters, Obama vowed to overhaul the tax code. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is working on a plan to cut dealers at an accelerated pace. Reuters writes that China’s first…
Benchmark Capital initiates coverage on Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) with a Buy rating and $430 price target. The firm said, while the recession has reduced industry growth to roughly zero and hindered Google’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre We have already seen at least one major upside surprise in earnings season for the Q1-2009 period. But we have many major companies which are expected to report earnings this week that…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) has been told by Treasury to begin work on a bankruptcy. Reuters reports that China’s growth has started to move inland from the coast. Reuters reports that…
According to Reuters, banks have been asked to keep the results of the “stress tests” of their financial conditions confidential. Reuters reports that the Fed says its current plan is to prevent…
Joe Weisenthal of The Business Insider In the eight years since Eric Schmidt got hired to run a hot private company called Google (GOOG) in 2001, the company has become one of…
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