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Media
Media Digest 6/23/2009
Reuters: Toyota’s (TM) new management has a rocky road. Reuters: A poll shows confidence in Obama’s economic plans drops. Reuters: Apple’s (AAPL) Jobs was at work. Reuters: Ford (F) and Nissan will…
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Apps & Software
How Microsoft (MSFT) Makes It Back To $35
Microsoft traded at more than $35 in late 2007. It has not traded anywhere near that level since early 2008. Most analysts blame the poor reception for the company’s latest operating system,…
2:55am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg.
Reuters: Airlines are cutting back on first class seating. Reuters: Xstrata wants merger talks with mining rival Anglo American. Reuters: Employers are cutting 401 (K) plans. Reuters: Brand loyalty is being hurt by…
10:00am ET
Investing
Why Yahoo! (YHOO) Will Never Recover
Yahoo! (YHOO) will never recover from its botched negotiations with Microsoft (MSFT), in which the larger company offered to buy it in early 2008. The initial offer was for $44.6 billion, or…
4:56am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Microsoft (MSFT) Willing To Spend $10 Billion On Search
Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) actually have something to worry about, if Steve Ballmer is not bluffing. The Microsoft (MSFT) CEO says that he company is prepared to spend 5% to 10%…
2:59am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Investors are putting money into emerging markets except Eastern Europe. Reuters: Stanford will go to court for a $8 billion fraud allegation. Reuters: RIM’s (RIMM) outlook disappointed. Reuters: CEOs at bailed out…
3:07am ET
Media
Media Digest 6/17/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Obama proposed sweeping reform for financial industry. Reuters: A number of large banks repaid TARP. (JPM)(GS)(BBT)(COP)(STT)(AXP)(USB) Reuters: Consumer prices show inflation is in check. Reuters: China could still be a big…
10:07am ET
Apps & Software
Bing Continues Taking Share (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)
comScore has released a new round of data showing that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is still stealing from the boys over at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other search leaders. It looks…
9:56am ET
Telecom & Wireless
No Buyout At The End Of The Rainbow For Palm (PALM)
Contrary to the growing optimism for a takeout, Palm (PALM) is a company with little revenue, huge losses, a messy financing situation, and an expensive stock that would appear to have few suitors.…
8:36pm ET
Media
Rating the Top 25 Newspaper Websites 2009
The struggle for large urban newspapers to stay in business has largely been an effort on the part of their managements to increase revenue on the Internet faster than it is lost…
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Technology
Even Google (GOOG) Pays Attention To Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bing
There are a growing number of reports that Microsoft’s (MSFT) new Bing search engine is causing a little perspiration to break out on the foreheads of the people who run Google (GOOG).…
3:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 6/15/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters: Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters: Rich nations are working on an…
7:31am ET
Technology
Facebook: More Programs That Don’t Make Money
Social networks, especially the largest one which are Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, continue to come up with new features that may be useful to users but are unlikely to bring in any…
3:02am ET
Investing
Media Digest 6/10/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Supreme Court delays Chrysler deal. Reuters: The cleared ten banks to repay TARP include JPMorgan (JPM), Goldmand Sachs (GS), American Express (AXP), Cpaital One(COF), State Street (STT), BBT (BBT), Morgan…
11:11am ET
Technology
Microsoft (MSFT): Bing Starts To Ding Yahoo! (YHOO)
Steve Ballmer is The Man. His persistance in pursuing search engine market share may finally be paying off which could sink Yahoo!’s (YHOO) chances of being turned around under new CEO Carol…