Chinese social networking company Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) reported fourth-quarter and full-year earning this morning with a surprising upside on profits. The company is one of many Internet and social networking firms…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are the leaders of the consumer technology sector in the U.S. One dominates search and mobile OS, the other digital content, smartphones and tablet PCs.…
Research firm Gartner has released its fourth-quarter China smartphone market share data. It shows that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has fallen behind. Apple now stands fifth in share at 7.5%, down from 10.4% in the previous…
Foreclosure abuses likely occurred across the U.S. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone loses market share in China, based on Gartner data. (Reuters) Improved odds of a Greek bailout lift markets. (Reuters) The…
Thursday is a fairly busy day for earnings expectations. We are expecting the following reports: Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP); Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA); Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT); Baidu Inc.…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) has seen quite a bit of stock options trading today, and it was a day in which stock trading was more active than normal as well. We do…
Jon C. Ogg The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reports that digital music sales rose 8% last year to $5.2 billlion worldwide. The lobbying group was quick to note that the improvement is nearly…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to lose share in the Chinese search market. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Google claimed just 16.7% of search revenue, compared with the 78.3% share claimed…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) had a very weak second half of 2011 despite closing up for the whole year as accounting concerns in China met a slowing of growth and a lower…
Jon C. Ogg Over the past month, a number of internet stocks have received new target prices from analysts. We’ve seen five targets rise: Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), LinkedIn Corp. (NASDAQ: LNKD), AOL Inc. (NYSE:…
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues its list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. We review these calls and other calls made…
Markets opened slightly lower this morning and spent the morning trying to decide on a direction. The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose more than expected, but even that was not…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is proving that it was far too oversold during the September market tank. The company is surging after earnings and it needs to be noted that the ADR…
Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 21.5% last quarter. (MarketWatch) EU officials not expecting China to invest in the region’s bailout, despite reports to the contrary. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to keep its…
As the internet has developed over the past 15 years or so, a variety of business models have appeared — and some have disappeared. Revenue models are also different, running from advertising…
