Warner, the studio wing of Time Warner (TWX) will throw its weight behind the Sony (SNE) Blu-ray high definition format. The new is a blow to the rival Toshiba HD-DVD initiative. Speaking…
Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360s in Q4. The company’s "Halo 3" game helped that. Reuters reports that the company was pleased with itself: "Holiday 2007 was a blockbuster season for…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei fell 4% to 14,691. NEC (NIPNY) fell 6.6% to 481. Sony (SNE) fell 6.6% to 5790. The Hang Seng rose 2.4% to 27,520. China Petroleum…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Nikkei 225 will end the year down about 11%. The FTSE 100 will be slightly better than flat. The Swiss market will be down 3% and a number of other indices…
The Nintendo DS is three years old. By the standards of video game consoles, that is a life time. But, according to The New York Times in the US "the hand-held DS…
According to Reuters, Singapore says that it has no interest in controlling UBS (UBS) in which it has made a large investment Reuters writes that IBM (IBM) is in talks to buy…
Most markets in Asia were closed. The Nikkei was up 1.9% to 15,553. Hitachi (HIT) rose 3.9% to 836. Sony (SNE) rose 4.1% to 6360. The Shanghai Composite fell .6% to 5,201.…
Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the top-selling PCs on Amazon (AMZN) shows that Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Apple (AAPL) are doing unusually well. The HP Pavillion line is doing especially well, as are the Apple…
Markets in Asia were narrowly mixed. The Nikkei rose a fraction to 15,032, Casio fell 3.6% to 1,236. KDDI rose 1.7% to 784000. Docomo (DCM) rose 1.7% to 182000. Sony (SNE) fell…
Just one week ago 24/7 Wall St. suggested that Nintendo (OTC:NTDOY) might try a Hail Mary Pass and offer a voucher with a guarantee if they can ramp more from manufacturing or…
Sales of video game consoles in the US during November went through the roof. Sales of Sony’s (SNE) PS3 rose to 466,000 units for the month up from 121,000 units in October.…
Consumers in the US cannot afford cars and houses, at least not based on current economic information. A look at the McDonald’s (MCD) numbers show that people can still buy hamburgers and…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the Fed is set to cut rates today. Reuters writes that inflation in China hit an 11 year high at almost 7% in November. Reuters reports that global deals…
Markets in Asia were higher. The Nikkei moved up .8% to 16.945. Sony (SNE) was up 2.6% to 6230 The Hang Seng rose 2.5% to 29,227. China Mobile (CHL) was up 3.5%…
Douglas A. McIntyre Perhaps online search habits do not always lead to purchases, but, if they do, Nintendo and Apple (AAPL) are in for strong sales in Europe during the holiday season. According to comScore,…
