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Hulu Is Not Worth $1 Billion
courtesy of Time WarnerThe price point at which Hulu will sell may hit $1 billion. It is not worth that. As a matter of fact, in an extremely crowded video on demand…
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
ThinkstockGoldman Sach’s (NYSE: GS) huge effort to rehabilitate its reputation has worked, according to its CEO Lloyd Blankfein (Reuters) China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) may try to improve the quality of coal…
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Closing Bell for Friday on Wall Street: Markets Open Lower, Fail to Break Out
U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower again this morning, but this time reacting to yesterday’s comments by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Fed could slow its bond purchases in the next…
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Media
Facebook Stock Chart Finds New Annual Bottom
ThinkstockShares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have touched a new low for 2013 this morning. Today’s overall weak market has something to do with the sell-off, but there could be a couple…
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Google Faces FTC Antitrust Probe
courtesy of Google Inc.Just as Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) battle with European Union regulators has died down, the United States may bring antitrust charges against the company. According to Reuters: U.S. regulators…
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What Is Important: Germany Dodges Recession, Google Antitrust Probe
ThinkstockGermany Misses Recession Germany confirmed that its first-quarter gross domestic product rose only 0.1%. There was some excitement that the largest economy in Europe had dodged a recession, something its neighbors cannot…
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
MicrosoftProcter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) fires CEO Bob McDonald and brings back A. G. Lafley. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may face antitrust investigations by the U.S. government. (Reuters) Carl Icahn may…
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Boeing, Google Among Top Hedge Fund Holdings
A look at which stocks the top 50 hedge funds own, without any need for comment (via Factset): The 50 largest hedge funds increased their equity exposure by over 5% in Q…
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Apple Holds Top Spot in 100 Most Valuable Brands, Failure to Look Forward
ThinkstockThe 2013 version of BrandZ’s Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands put Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in first place with a valuation of $185.1 billion, ironic, given the company’s trouble. The research…
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Technology
Unhappy Eighth Birthday, YouTube
courtesy of YouTubeGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube, which was founded eight years ago, has barely changed, except for the number videos posted at the site. It brings in almost no revenue for…
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Yahoo! Brilliant Mergers and Acquisition Deal to Buy Tumblr
via Wikimedia CommonsYahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) $1.1 billion cash buyout of Tumblr already has been criticized because of the large sum involved compared to Tumblr’s extremely modest revenue, estimated at $13 million…
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Economy
Bernanke Argues Innovation Could Salvage U.S. Economy
ThinkstockIf innovation and inventiveness are the qualities which drive America to become the largest economy in the world, perhaps the same qualities will put the U.S. out of its multiyear decline, one…
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Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters) Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional…
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Amazon Adds NBCUniversal Video to Prime Offerings
ThinkstockIn another move to boost subscriptions to its Prime Instant Video service, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today said that it has signed a licensing agreement with the NBCUniversal division of Comcast Corp.…
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Consumer Electronics
If Google Beats Apple to a Stock Price of $1,000, What Will Larry Page Say?
courtesy of Google Inc.Once shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) topped $700 last September, the chatter on the street was all about when Apple stock would hit $1,000 a share. Google Inc.…