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Media Digest (3/22/2011)
Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters)…
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Investing
Google Is World’s Most Valuable Brand
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world’s most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Bank of…
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Media
Media Digest (3/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) says the Japan disaster is a buying opportunity for companies based there (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) will buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for $39…
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Consumer Electronics
The Top Analyst Call of the Week (AAPL, MSFT, HPQ, GOOG)
Jon OggA research report from JMP Securities this last week ended up having a significant impact on shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and may have been considered blasphemy by many of…
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Services
Google Gulps Biggest Share of Mobile Advertising (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, VZ, VOD)
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media has released its February data on which devices and operating systems are leading the mobile ad market. Millennial is the third largest mobile ad network, trailing AdMob,…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
IPO DAILY: Groupon Valuation Gets Ludicrous (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) tried and failed to acquire online coupon leader Groupon.com just a few months ago. The valuation was said to be around $ 6 billion but ultimately Groupon turned the…
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Consumer Electronics
Tablets, Netbooks, Notebooks: Moving to $300 Computing (GOOG, AAPL, INTC, ARMH, NVDA, QCOM)
The usually reliable Taiwanese website Digitimes reports that Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a new netbook with a retail price between $200-$250. To reach that price point, Digitimes cited sources who “believe” that…
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Energy
Apple’s Chase For No.1 Market Cap Position Ends
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.The market capitalization of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) moved ahead of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) last year. It was a humiliation for the world’s largest software company which held…
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Companies and Brands
Google Wants You to Pay with Your Phone (GOOG, PAY, AAPL)
The next thing a smartphone will replace, if Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its way, is your credit/debit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of the Android smartphone operating…
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Media
Media Digest (3.16.2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Portugal’s debt was cut two levels by Moody’s (MarketWatch) Radiation levels rose at a reactor in Japan (Reuters) Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will have a hard time taking over NYSE; Euronext (NYSE: NYX)…
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Commodities & Metals
Media Digest (3/15/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The Nikkei fell 11%. The Ethisphere Institute released its list of the most ethical companies saying those most open with employees and shareholders topped the list. (Reuters) The euro zone will probably…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple Sells 500,000 iPad 2 Units–When Does Its Luck Run Out?
The consensus estimate is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 500,000 iPad 2 units over the weekend. That is more than the original iPad sold after its weekend launch. Most analysts who cover…
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Investing
Ten Huge Global Brands The Chinese May Buy
“We will encourage the best firms to acquire or build up overseas operations and to license or acquire famous global brands in order to obtain international recognition and improve the image and…
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Media
YouTube Finally Starts Paying Off for Google (GOOG, NFLX, AMZN, AAPL, NWS, DIS, CMCSA, TWX)
When Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) coughed up $1.65 billion for YouTube in 2006, there were plenty of questions about what the Google brass was smoking. It’s still not clear whether YouTube is…
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Media
Media Digest (3/11/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Japan was hit by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake. (Reuters) Chinese insurance regulators passed on details of the AIG (NYSE: AIG) disaster to local insurance companies, according to WikiLeaks. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…