Too many companies want to compete with Amazon’s (NASDAQ:AMZN) relatively successful Kindle unit, although investors are concerned that the devices, priced at $249, will never have mass market appeal. Barnes & Noble…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2.15 PM: Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) may buy social game business Playfish for $250 million. (Business Insider) Updated 1:40 PM EST: CKX Inc. (NASDAQ: CKXE) refuting reports that…
Reuters: Aggressive trading in gold in China may be pushing the price of the metal up. Reuters: Blackstone’s (NYSE:BX) CEO says the worst of the crisis is over. Reuters: The House has…
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon (NYSE:AMZN), is being praised as the man who has invented the next big and important electronic device. That category includes the Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS2, the Apple…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year. Source today is from WSJ,…
Forrester Research recently completed a survey of 5,000 Americans in which it asked about the amount people would pay for e-book readers. Most respondents said they would not spend more than $100.…
Reuters: Wealth management firms are starting to target the not-so wealthy. Reuters: Gold’s record price drew a muted response. Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) are heating up the smartphone…
A devilishly clever new Trojan horse that works over the Internet can hack into bank accounts while people are online and take money without being noticed. According to CNET, “The bank Trojan, dubbed…
Reuters: A dispute over tires is making trade talks among G20 nations difficult. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will give Congress documents about Merrill. Reuters: Th G20 is looking at ways to…
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), is known for being eccentric, but his new handset offer may be taking that act a bit too far. Every cellphone that operates…
DVD sales are flagging and rentals are up, news which is likely to be unwelcome at the major movie studios. The Digital Entertainment Group announced that in the first half of this…
The New York Times has joined a long line of media and analysts who say that Amazon (AMZN) will menace bricks-and-mortar superstore retailers the way that it did the traditional book shops…
Reuters: If China opens its financial markets it could cause a huge bubble. Reuters: US regulators may ban “flash” trading. Reuters: Buffett may control the Kraft (KFT) decision to buy Cadbury. Reuters: …
These are this Wednesday morning’s top analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen from Wall Street: Aetna (AET) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Amazon.com (AMZN) Raised to Buy…
Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI) is dying if you read today’s headlines. Word from most media outlets today is that Blockbuster may close some 960 stores. Ouch. That sounds as though there will…
