2:17pm ET
Media
Facebook Breaks Into Top Ten Websites
Facebook may not make any money, now or in the future. It may only be worth 10% of its maximum valuation of $15 billion. But, in spite of all that it is…
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Retail
Amazon’s (AMZN) Advantage
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), looks a bit mad. Stick thin and without a hair on his head he is both bug-eyed and frenetic. He has the look…
6:30am ET
Investing
The Death of Formal Earnings Guidance
There is a new trend that has emerged in this earnings season that will have an impact in 2009 and maybe beyond: a lack of earnings and/or revenue guidance. This unravels roughly…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a House committee advanced the economic stimulus bill. Reuters reports that China’s GDP growth slowed. Reuters reports that exports from Japan dropped sharply. Reuters writes that Sony (SNE) warned…
4:41pm ET
Investing
Ebay (EBAY) Earnings: Expecting Nothing And Getting It
Wall St. had low expectations for Ebay’s (EBAY) fourth quarter. For the period Ebay is expected to report earnings of $.39 a share on revenue of $2.1 billion, according to consensus estimates…
Douglas A. McIntyre 1:01pm ET
Investing
Investors Brace for eBay Earnings (EBAY)
Online auction leader eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is set to report earnings after the close of trading. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters (First Call) are $0.39 EPS on $2.12 billion in…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:44am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Saudi Prince & $8 Billion in Losses (C, PCLN, PEP, MOT, HPQ, EBAY, AAPL, EK)
If you are not familiar with the name Kingdom Holding Co., you may know its owner by the name of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. He has been a very visible investor in…
12:33pm ET
Investing
This Coming Week’s Top Earnings Projections (JNJ, AAPL, BNI, EBAY, AMD, GOOG, MSFT, GE, SLB)
This week is the launch of earnings season, and we have outlined the companies which we believe will have the largest impact on their sector or on the overall market. Johnson &…
8:03am ET
Investing
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (MDRX, AAUK, EBAY, HNZ, SOLR, ITG, NVO, SI, SCR, PCU, STP, VISN)
These are most of the general analyst calls we have seen with downgrades or negative implications this Wednesday morning in the early pre-market trading hours: Allscripts-Misys (NASDAQ: MDRX) Cut to Neutral at…
5:50pm ET
Technology
2008 And The Death Of E-Commerce: The Internet Is Getting Old
The great promise of the online commerce industry has been that it would grow at a rate faster than bricks-and-mortar retailers, and that this advantage might go on for years. E-commerce makes…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:51am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/23/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a survey of 22 countries show three-quarters of households cutting spending and a sharp drop of confidence in emerging economies. Reuters writes that the US sold record debt and…
7:27am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BKD, SNH, AMZN, AAUK, CENX, EBAY, PRGS)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Brookdale Senior Living…
6:36am ET
Investing
Shorts Attack The Banks Again, But Flee Bailout Targets And Retailers
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
3:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 12/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, falling interest rates will not offset unemployment and falling prices to save to housing market. Reuters reports that GM (GM) and Chrysler are considering bankruptcy to get US funding.…
1:21pm ET
Technology
E-Commerce Spending Flat For “Black Friday” (AMZN)(EBAY)(WMT)(TGT)
Some figures picked up in the media from research house ShopperTrak showed retail sales on Black Friday up 3%, which was much better than the most gloomy forecasts. The level of consumer…