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Investing
Stocks Ripe for Sell-Offs
It is hard for a company to have such poor prospects that its shares trade near a 52-week low while the overall stock market stands at multiyear highs. But some of these…
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Media Digest (10/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The U.S. wireless market will continue to be dominated by AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless despite Softbank’s 70% investment in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S). (Reuters) Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX)…
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Investing
Yahoo! COO To Make $600,000 plus plus plus
New Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) COO Henrique de Castro will receive a base salary of $600,000 as he moves from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to the portal company. The amount is a pittance compared to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:24am ET
Media
Microsoft Music Plan May Work
It is easy to dismiss the new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) challenge to Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes. The world’s largest software company will bundle a music service with the Xbox 360 and…
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Investing
Google Maintains Its Huge Lead in Search
Not much of a surprise, but Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) was again the leader in the U.S. search market in September by a wide margin, according to comScore’s latest monthly analysis of…
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Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/10/2012)
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: The FTC is investigating Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) use of patents it acquired to sue other companies over intellectual property. (NYT) Facebook…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:37am ET
Investing
Credit Suisse Positive Coverage on Internet/Social Media (AMZN, EBAY, GOOG, FB, GRPN, YHOO)
Credit Suisse is initiating and reinstating coverage on the Internet players. The bias is positive on some and neutral on others from analyst Spencer Wang. Outperform ratings were given to Amazon.com Inc.…
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Media Digest (10/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The BAE merger with EADS faces more trouble from nations and shareholders. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund points to the eurozone crisis as the most likely cause of a worldwide slowdown. (Reuters)…
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Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 9, 2012: Markets Slide Continues as Earnings Season Kicks Off (AAPL, JNJ, LAZ, NFLX, RSH, AA, YUM, COST, HELE, HST, VRNG, GOOG, ANR, BSDM, EW)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a lowered forecast on global economic growth from the International Monetary Fund (more coverage here). In Asia, Japanese markets are concerned…
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Services
Google Play Content Comes to Google TV
Google TV is set to get content from the Google Play store, including movies, TV shows and music, a big step in Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) efforts to become a media behemoth.…
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Retail
Orders for B&N’s New Nook Readers at Record High (BKS, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG, WMT, TGT)
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said today that orders for the company’s just introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices are coming in at…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Bank of Google — Open for Business
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the second most valuable tech company in the world, today launches a program in the United Kingdom that will help its customers finance online advertising purchases. The service…
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Media Digest (10/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The World Bank cuts forecasts for East Asian gross domestic product and warns on China’s growth. (Reuters) BAE’s largest shareholder disapproves of a merger with EADS. (Reuters) The idea of a single…
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Special Report
10 Brands Losing the Most Value
Once again, Coca-Cola was ranked the most valuable brand in the world, according to Interbrand, one of the nation’s top global brands experts. Apple, to the surprise of none, was very close…
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Companies and Brands
Samsung Edges Apple in Consumer Reports
Samsung may be losing the patent battle with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the courts, buy based on expert preference, the edge is not so clear. Consumer Reports rated the new Apple…