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CEOs to Fire in 2013
courtesy of Groupon Inc.A number of large public company CEOs have come under fire in the past year because of the extremely poor financial results of the public corporations they run. Some,…
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Media Digest (12/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Jaguar Land Rover will recall some cars in China over safety concerns. (Reuters) Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) blames Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce outsource operation for a Christmas Eve disruption of the…
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Media Digest (12/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The heated competition between Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is expected to heighten next year. (Reuters) The government of China says the antibiotics used in Yum!…
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Telecom & Wireless
Nokia, RIM Agree on Patent Licensing Deal
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Struggling smartphone makers, Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) have signed an agreement ending all current patent licensing disputes between the two companies. The…
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Technology
Major Web Brands Struggle to Make Money
Nielsen released its top Web brands for 2012, and comScore its most visited sites list for November. The two lists overlap, almost completely, when their top 10 are lined up against one…
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Google Sells Motorola Set-Top Business
ThinkstockGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dumped the part of Motorola Mobility it did not want when it bought the company. Motorola’s cable set-top business may still make money, but the older boxes have been…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/20/2012)
ThinkstockGun and Ammo Sales Gun and ammo sales have surged, so say several surveys. This is happening at the same time as politicians start to offer gun control legislation and many Americans…
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Media Digest (12/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockThe Bank of Japan begins new stimulus, pressed by an administration just voted into office. (Reuters) IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) may buy NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYSE: NYX). (Reuters) Kodak sells $525 million…
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Telecom & Wireless
LTE-compatible Smartphone Shipments to Triple in 2013
ThinkstockLed by smartphone makers Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Samsung Electronics, and LG Electronics, 4G LTE phone shipments will rise from just under 91 million units in 2012 to 275 million units in…
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Media Digest (12/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of NetflixUBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) admits fraud in the Libor case and will pay $1.5 billion. (Reuters) Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) says a large number of recalls have not hurt sales.…
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Telecom & Wireless
RIM Earnings and BlackBerry 10 Outlook May Hinge on Apple and Google
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report its earnings after the close on Thursday this week. We expect a strange earnings report. Investors saw…
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Media Digest (12/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of AOL, IncA federal judge rejects Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) request to stop the sales of Samsung phones in the United States. (Reuters) The prices of homes in the People’s Republic…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Facebook IPO Mess Costs Morgan Stanley $5 Million
courtesy of Morgan StanleyThe commonwealth of Massachusetts has fined investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) $5 million for “improper influence” related to its dealing with research analysts prior to the March IPO…
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Telecom & Wireless
Outlook 2013: For Semiconductor Makers, It’s All About Mobile
ThinkstockAlmost exactly a year ago, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) projected that sales of the company’s heavily promoted Ultrabook computers would account for 40% of all notebook shipments in 2012. Taiwan’s Digitimes, however,…
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Energy
Will Exxon Pass Apple in Market Value?
Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shareholders were thrilled when its market value moved above that of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and then the…