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Samsung Trumps Apple, For Now
Samsung claims a Germany court has blocked Apple’s request to stop the sales of the South Korean company’s tablets and smartphones in the European nation. The action is part of a wrestling…
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Facebook Full IPO Filing Details (FB, MS, GS, MSFT, TROW, ZNGA, GSVC, IPG)
Facebook, Inc. has now filed its paperwork with the SEC which will allow the social networking giant to conduct an initial public offering. It should be no real surprise that financial terms…
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Consumer Electronics
New Sony CEO, No New Future
Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) revenue fell 9% in the September quarter and the company posted a loss, one of a long series. The Japanese firm also said that its P&L problems would not…
6:33am ET
Investing
Facebook May Face Patent Challenges Ahead Of IPO
Why should Facebook be free from the patent wars that have rocked the tech world in recent months. Apple has sued multiple rivals, particularly Samsung. Kodak and Microsoft has made patent claims…
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Could Yahoo’s Patents Affect Facebook IPO? (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) doesn’t get much respect for any of its assets except for its ownership stake in Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba. But the company has a stable of patents totalling…
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Media
As Facebook Ad Share Surges, Smaller Sites in Danger
courtesy Facebook Inc.New data from online research firm Comscore shows Facebook had 27.9% of the U.S. display advertising market, up from 21% in 2010. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) share was 11%. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
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Media Digest (1/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Toshiba cuts its profit forecasts and lowers guidance. (Reuters) Honda (NYSE: HMC) posts a 65% drop in profits and cuts its outlook because of the yen and Thai floods. (Reuters) Twenty-five nations,…
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Consumer Electronics
Samsung Loses Apple Case In Germany
The global wireless patent war that has engulfed Eastman Kodak, Samsung, HTC, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) Motorola, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) among others took another turn today as a Germany court…
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Alternative Investing: Two T206 Honus Wagner Cards For Sale In Same Month (CLCT, EBAY, MSFT, AAPL)
Almost all investments rise and fall in price through time, and the same is true over the value of sports collectibles and baseball cards. The ‘investing’ rule in sports collectibles that has…
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Media
Media Digest (1/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
EU leaders agree to create the European Stability Mechanism, which will have funds of 500 billion euro and begin its business in July. (Reuters) EU leaders probably will create a 20 billion…
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E-Mail Giants, Sick Of “phishing”, Vow To Combat It
“Phishing”, the illegitimate use of email to trick recipients into a scam or other action that might harm them financially, has been a problem nearly since email was invented. There have been a…
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Apple Gains Market Share In Corporate World
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been successful in the market for personal computers for individuals for decades. The Mac has been pulled along by the popularity of, first, the iPod, and more recently the…
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Facebook IPO Rumors Growing Louder & Louder (GSVC, MSFT, MS, GS, DSI)
Facebook is now rumored to be filing its IPO paperwork as soon as next week. The ‘rumor’ is coming out of a report from the Wall Street Journal that Morgan Stanley (NYSE:…
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Huge Jump in Apple Price Targets from Wall Street (AAPL, HPQ, DELL, XOM, MSFT)
It is very well known that just about every single analyst out there loves Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). After it is all said and done, what is not to like? The company has moved…
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Nokia Profit Vanishes, Share Price Rises (NOK, AAPL, SSNLF, MSFT)
Telephone handset maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) posted a loss of -$1.4 billion early this morning as the company’s sales of smartphones has all but disappeared and operating margins have fallen to…