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Is Groupon a Takeover Target?
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) made a $6 billion offer for Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) late in 2010. The rumor then was the Groupon had revenue of $2 billion that year. It turned out not to be true, and…
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, GRPN, RIO, TXN, GM, DDMG, CLRO, GPN, CMVT, ISCA, VRNG, WG, KERX, PNCL)
Markets opened lower this morning but managed to recover fairly quickly following a report on robust manufacturing growth (our coverage here). The report on construction spending came in weaker than expected (our…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AMZN, BIP, XLS, GM, GPRN, ICE, LLTC, PRXL, PKD, PVH, GOLD, RIO, LUV, SHW, TXN)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday. Some of these calls are moving the shares this morning. Amazon.com, Inc.…
6:24am ET
Consumer Electronics
Past Failure as a Key to Future Trouble: Google, Best Buy and RIM
Three companies recently announced plans to improve their fortunes. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will launch its own tablet PC to challenge the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, the Wall Street Journal reports. Best Buy…
6:22am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (3/3/2012) Bezos and Apollo 11, Bernanke and the Economy
The concern of EU governments about the fates of Italy and Spain was evident as the region appears ready to increase its emergency funding facilities to 940 billion euros. Spain and Italy are…
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AMZN, APOL, HFC, LVS, VZ, MOS, RHT, SN, SHAW, BBY, MY, RIMM, FINL, PHM, CHTP, MM)
Markets opened lower this morning but fought back on the day. This morning’s report new unemployment benefits claims tamped down enthusiasm among investors (our coverage here). US natural gas inventories rose much…
8:23am ET
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ALU, AMZN, APOL, MT, T, CY, DK, EBAY, ESRX, GOOG, HFC, JNS, LVS, LOGI, JWN, POT, VZ, WPO, WFM, YHOO)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) Maintained Sell with $2.00 target at S&P. Amazon.com,…
7:43am ET
Consumer Electronics
Google to Launch $150 Tablet in Late Spring (GOOG, AAPL, AMZN)
Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The…
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Media
Media Digest (3/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may give off much more heat that its predecessors. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will buy 19.9% of Chinese company Bridge Trust. (Reuters) Strong sales of…
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Companies and Brands
Does Amazon Really Need to Buy Robots? (AMZN)
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has proven it has an ability to spend money on just about anything. Yesterday’s news that the online retail giant was going to spend some $775 million to…
Jon C. Ogg 6:21am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) begins staff cuts as part of an annual review process. (Reuters) The Obama Administration is expected to help U.S. solar panel makers in a trade war with China.…
1:13pm ET
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Kindle First-quarter Sales Weak (AMZN, AAPL)
Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. The analyst’s…
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Media
The News Industry Runs Out of Money
The key conclusions of the annual Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report on the “State of the News Industry” are two. A rise in new technology that allows information dissemination has made the…
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Tablet Shipments Soared in Fourth Quarter (AAPL, AMZN, SSNLF, BKS, GOOG)
Fourth quarter worldwide shipments of media tablets such as the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew 155% year-over-year and 56% sequentially, according to the latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC).…
7:29am ET
Investing
New iPad Attracts More Corporate Buyers (AAPL, SSNLF, AMZN, HPQ, T, VZ, VOD, S)
The new iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may not have a catchy new name, but it definitely has plenty of appeal. A recent survey by ChangeWave Research indicates that 22% of…