Updated throughout the day Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) may release a new Nook, and drop prices on some of the e-readers (Reuters) Walt Disnet (NYSE: DIS) and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube…
There is concern that the new Greek government will not be stable enough to run the nation. (Reuters) As finances in Italy deteriorate, concerns grow about the ability of the government to…
Greece may kill a referendum to get an EU bailout and its prime minister may resign in the process. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) raises $700 million with its IPO. (Reuters) Sales at…
HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone company, was barely known in the U.S. three years ago. It is now the number one manufacturer of the devices sold in America because of its clever adoption…
Last week Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) said it would buy out the 50% stake in Sony Ericsson owned by its partner L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) for about $1.46 billion. The…
When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported that it sold 17 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year, that meant that the company’s smartphone market share fell from about 17.4% to…
Japan acts to lower the yen before the upcoming G20 meeting. (Reuters) Beacon Power (NASDAQ: BCON), backed by U.S. funds, goes bankrupt. (Reuters) Young and well-educated Greeks begin to leave the country.…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube will launch 100 premium channels, in what will be the start-up of a bone-crushing competitor to online video sites like Hulu and Yahoo! video. YouTube’s size in terms…
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is proving that it was far too oversold during the September market tank. The company is surging after earnings and it needs to be noted that the ADR…
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) is flying high this morning. The content acceleration company reported earnings last night that beat expectations and the company is taking a more focused look at management. …
The failure of the new Nintendo 3DS and upgraded Wii have caused the Japanese company troubles similar to those faced by Motorola, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in…
The first large-scale geothermal electricity generating plant in the US was developed in the 1960s in northern California. Unocal, now part of Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), did the initial work and the…
As the internet has developed over the past 15 years or so, a variety of business models have appeared — and some have disappeared. Revenue models are also different, running from advertising…
The FBI has began a probe into the fees from the Olympus takeover of a UK based company (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has joined the companies which may bid for Yahoo! (NASDAQ:…
Douglas A. McIntyre A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., the conclusion…
