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Who Could (or Would) Replace Steve Ballmer?

courtesy of MicrosoftFor the hundredth time, analysts speculated that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer will be pushed out because of the failure of Windows 8 to quickly gain sales. A…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Investing

What Is Important in the Financial World (4/12/2013)

ThinkstockAnother Dreamliner Delay Bloomberg points out that the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner 787 may not be back in service as fast as the press and many airlines expect. The sticking point…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Telecom & Wireless

Who Wants a BlackBerry? Not Many of You

Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The penalty for being late — really late — to market is almost always more severe than a company wants to admit. Especially a company that had a…

Paul Ausick
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America’s Nine Most Damaged Brands

courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Brand reputations are among the most prized assets major corporations have. A look at relevant surveys shows that brand valuations are often so high that they compare to…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Media

Google Fiber Coming to Austin

courtesy of Google Inc.First it was Kansas City, now it is Austin. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced that it is going to be launching its Google Fiber service for ultra high-speed Internet…

Jon C. Ogg
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The Most Popular Mobile Apps in the World

courtesy of SamsungWith more than a billion smartphones in use around the world, it is entertaining, if not instructive, to look at what those phones are used for. Would you be surprised…

Paul Ausick
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Media Digest (4/9/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of YouTubeJ.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) board faces criticism for firing CEO Ron Johnson and replacing him with the predecessor who cause some of the retailer’s problems. (Reuters) Ford Motor…

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Douglas A. McIntyre
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Media

Is Drudge Report the Perfect Media Model?

thinkstockAmidst the talk of the restructuring of old line media like the Financial Times and Time Inc., and the Jeff Bezos investment in upstart Business Insider, the model of the Drudge Report,…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Telecom & Wireless

Computing Going Mobile; Microsoft Going Nowhere

courtesy of MicrosoftThe worldwide market for combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones is expected to total 2.4 billion units in 2013, rising to nearly 3 billion units by 2017. It…

Paul Ausick
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Media Digest (4/5/2013) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

courtesy of NetflixHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) Chairman Ray Lane steps down. (Reuters) Money continues to move into the U.S. bond market despite worries to the contrary. (Reuters) The new Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Telecom & Wireless

Blast-Off for Facebook Phone

courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and its partners HTC Corp. and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) today launched the eagerly-anticipated Facebook Phone. The device will be manufactured by HTC and sold…

Paul Ausick
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Telecom & Wireless

Apple Crushing Samsung in U.S. Mobile Market

courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in February 2013, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) widened its lead over Samsung Electronics as the top smartphone OEM in the U.S. by nearly 4%.…

Paul Ausick
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Media Digest (4/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times

courtesy of AOL, IncThe Bank of Japan will increase government bond buying in an effort to end deflation. (Reuters) Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) sues the Export-Import Bank over support it…

Douglas A. McIntyre
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Which Social Media Are OK for Disclosure?

courtesy of Facebook Inc.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a confusing set of guidelines that say companies may disclose important announcements over social media, including Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB).…

Douglas A. McIntyre