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Google Knuckles Under In China
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Telecom & Wireless
After Google, Wireless Carrier Price Wars Pick Up (GOOG, DT, VZ, T, S, AAPL, RIMM, PALM, NOK, ERIC)
There was one issue which concerned us the most after Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) entered the smartphone market, and that was that this might create a race to zero via an old-fashioned…
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Investing
Anonymous Source Story Of The Week: Google Looked For Help
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) tried to get several other US companies to stand by it as it called out the Chinese government about cyber attacks on its e-mail service. However, no other firms would “come…
Douglas A. McIntyre 11:31am ET
Investing
Strike Prices Acting as Tech Share Price Magnets (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, INTC)
An adage in options trading is that the closest and most active strike prices tend to act as magnets that draw share prices that direction as options expiration date gets closer and…
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China’s Internet Population Just Shy Of 400 Million In 2009
China’s internet population rose to 384 million at the end of 2009, up almost 30% for the year, according to the China Internet Network Information Center. Nearly 30% of the people in the…
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Media
Media Digest 1/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China says there are ways to resolve problems with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), but the US is uncertain. Reuters: Oil fell to $79 over concerns about the US economy. Reuters: Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) earnings…
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Haiti Donations, Company-by-Company (MS, JPM, BAC, GS, JEF, WFC, WMT, TGT, RAD, MCD, YUM, KO, PEP, K, GIS, GOOG, DIS, CA, T, VZ, WU, MGI, UTX, UPS, ABT, AMGN, HUM)
We have compiled from press releases and from company announcements a company-by-company donation and effort pledge to help in the relief efforts after the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. These are partial explanations…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMZN, BAC, BDX, CMG, GOOG, JPM, RAX, LEN, TSN, TOL, WFC)
These are Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Raised target to $160 from $130 at Barclays. Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:…
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Investing
Google Could Say It’s Sorry
News reports say that there was a great deal of testiness in the conversations among top managers at Google (GOOG) about whether it should threaten to pull out of the Chinese market…
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Media
Media Digest 1/14/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT. Bloomberg
Reuters: China defended itself against Google’s (GOOG) censorship changes. Reuters: Regulators will face the panel looking at the credit crisis causes. Reuters: The capex outlook in Japan is weak. Reuters: US foreclosures…
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Baidu: Fundies vs. Chart vs. Short Sellers (BIDU, GOOG)
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is seeing perhaps the largest trading session of its sort. The notion that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) might be out of China almost entirely represents a huge opportunity…
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Top Day Trader Alerts (BIDU, GOOG, NBG, MRNA, TQNT, AFFX)
These are today’s top day trader and active trader alerts seen with large price and volume moves in the pre-market. We have more details on analysis and data on a link to…
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Media
Media Digest 1/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) may leave China due to attempts to hack into its service there. Reuters: Oil dropped below $80 on US inventory news. Reuters: China markets fear tighter money policies from…
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Investing
Google (GOOG) May Leave China–Completely
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) made a threat to China which does not have a precedent in the actions of any other US company. It threatened to pull its business from China due to potential cyber…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:10am ET
Technology
Largest Search Engine In China Taken Down By Hackers
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may want to take note. China’s largest search engine, Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU), was taken down by hackers and several reports say users were pointed to an “Iranian Cyber…