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Investing
Private Equity Value for Best Buy (BBY, GME, WMT, AMZN)
After losing about a third of its value in the last year, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) may start to be thrown around as a private equity takeover name. A report from…
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Media
Netflix Shares Rise on Rumor, Report (NFLX, YHOO, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG)
Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have risen about 7% today and it’s hard to say whether the main cause is speculation that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) might buy the company or…
6:25am ET
Media
The Future of Theaters Fades, as the Internet Finally Rises Enough
Ticket sales for movie theaters dropped in 2011 the most in 16 years, according to Hollywood.com. Some of the fall-off is due to a dearth of blockbuster films. But the industry also…
10:53am ET
Media
More Caution For Netflix (NFLX, AAPL, AMZN)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) went from Wall Street’s darling in 2011 to being Wall Street’s whipping boy. The company’s efforts under Reed Hastings could easily become the classic case study for “How…
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Investing
Analyst Expects Revolutionary Apple (AAPL) TV Product
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new television product could do more to change the industry since the dawn of color TV, if an analyst at Sterne Agee is correct. The research firm said that…
6:27am ET
Investing
Why America’s Financial Future Is Far Better Than Europe’s
A number of economists believe the U.S. debt burden, budget problems, recession and lack of growth will soon be the same as those now facing many EU nations. This would mean that…
5:25am ET
Investing
For Those With Retail Trouble, the Problems Worsen Online
Research firm ForeSee released its customer satisfaction ratings for the shopping season — its Holiday E-retail Satisfaction Index. The e-commerce ratings mirror, in most cases, the states of the parent companies’ revenue. Amazon.com…
10:53am ET
Retail
Sears Will Not Close Enough Stores
The numbers do not add up. Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) has over 4,000 full-line and specialty stores. Same-store sales for the eight weeks that ended December 25 were down 5.2%. That figure…
8:50am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Apple iOS is Mobile Shoppers’ Choice (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
During this year’s holdiday shopping season, some 92% of all online sales generated by mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) were made from devices running iOS from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). That number represents…
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Retail
Retail Stocks Investors Abandoned May Be Crippled for Good
Investors walked away from several retail stocks late this year. Those companies probably will continue to falter in 2012 and 2013. Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Gap (NYSE: GPS) and Sears Holdings (NASDAQ:…
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Media
Media Digest (12/26/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Sony (NYSE: SNE) will sell its LCD business to Samsung for $940 million. (Reuters) The yuan hits a high against the dollar and may gain 4% this year. (Reuters) Amazon.com’s (NASDAQ: AMZN)…
6:27am ET
Technology
Facebook and Amazon Audience Gain as Portals Falter
Yahoo.comNew Comscore data shows the extent to which Facebook and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) have become internet destinations while portals Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) MSN lose ground. The social network…
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Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/21/2011) RIM Takeover, China Hacks Chamber Of Commerce
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have an interest in buying Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) (WSJ) Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) may have an interest in buying RIM (Reuters) China hackers…
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Media
Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy in the…
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Investing
Amazon (AMZN) Approaches RIM About Buyout? How About Nokia And Micrososft?
Update: The Wall Street Journal reports that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MFST) may also have consider a join bid. The rumors that a company would offer to buy Canadian smartphone pioneer…