Most people who are in business put making a profit above maintaining a good image. They would like their customers to think well of them because it drives sales. But, being a…
A Bloomberg review of the S&P 500 stocks shows that the fourth quarter of 2008 will probably be the sixth quarter of declining earnings. According to the news service, "Fourth-quarter profit at…
According to Reuters, as investors moved to cash, oil has come down, but that is not likely to last. Reuters writes that data from MasterCard (MA) shows holiday spending may have dropped…
According to Reuters, Japan’s recession deepened as its exports fell sharply. Reuters reports that Ireland will spend $7.7 billion to bailout its largest banks. Reuters reports that Toyota (TM) will report its…
Google (GOOG) pretty much gets to do what it wants to do. That is a little less true now that its earnings are slowing and its stock price is down. But, it…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, there may be another bubble in commodities prices. Reuters reports that the recession is hurting Japan’s economic sentiment and China’s industrial output. Reuters writes that Bush said the auto…
As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number of shares being sold short from mid-November to late November. With the…
New data released by comScore shows that US internet users watched more than 15 billion videos last month. Almost 40% of those were watched on Google (GOOG) sites, most of them on…
The theory goes something like this: Microsoft (MSFT) has a model for selling software which is installed in a PC or server and uses that device’s computing power and memory to run…
Analysts are of two minds about Google (GOOG). The first is that because it is the most efficient way for companies to reach customers that it will not be hurt much by…
According to Reuters, a bailout of US car companies gained support in Congress as GM (GM) and Chrysler said they needed money immediately to stay in business. Reuters reports that Merrill will…
It takes all kinds to make a world. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research may not be very bright, but he is intrepid. According to an account in Barron’s, the analyst thinks…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (MSFT) is well along in talks to control and eventually buy Yahoo!’s (YHOO) search business for $20 billion, according to a report in the Times of London. AllThingsDigital says no such…
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) will be trading with the "CLWRD" ticker for the first 20 trading days. While many ticker changes are not good, this one is. Clearwire and Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:…
Google’s (GOOG) obscene five years of hyper-growth may be coming to an end. So far, the evidence of that in only anecdotal. Here and there advertisers are saying that the search engine…
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