One of the most important outposts that Microsoft (MSFT) has on the internet is its browser, Internet Explorer. The huge majority of people who visit sites online use the Redmond product for…
Prospects in the search arena look more troubling for Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) as each month passes. According to comScore, in April, Google (GOOG) picked up 1.8% more of the US…
According to Reuters, the Fed lower growth expectations and noted rising inflation. Reuters writes that AMR (AMR) will sharply cut the number of routes its serves and take certain planes out of…
If Microsoft (MSFT) can’t make up ground on Google (GOOG) the old fashion way, they can pay people to use their search product. Redmond will give consumers who use its search products…
Recent data on advertising buying patterns show that online marketers are moving toward search advertising and away from display ads. Some of the numbers are more than worrisome. The New York Times…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Rueters, Microsoft (MSFT) has proposed a partnership with Yahoo! (YHOO), in place of a buy-out, which may push Carl Icahn to try to get a deal for Yahoo! to set…
In a letter which basically called Carl Icahn a dummy, Yahoo! (YHOO) responded to the billionaire’s plan to offer an alternate slate of directors by writing that his understanding of the portal…
Douglas A. McIntyre For years, GE (GE) has been considered the single best corporate proxy for the US economy. For years it led all American companies in market cap. It businesses range from entertainment to…
No one needs to be reminded that IAC/Interactive (IACI) is breaking itself into five pieces to improve "shareholder value". The fight between Barry Diller and John Malone over whether the move was…
Carl Icahn has made the announcement that he plans a proxy fight to either control or influence the Yahoo! board. It is a remarkably poor idea. Microsoft (MSFT) has made it clear…
Perhaps someone could have figured this out a year ago, Social networks like MySpace, owned by News Corp (NWS) and Facebook are poor targets for marketers. No wonder. A social network is…
Online videos viewed in March moved up to 11.5 billion, a 13% jump from the year before and a tremendous pop of 64% over the same month last year. The question is…
Sprint (S) may be building the nation’s biggest broadband wireless network, but its core business is still in trouble. Is the company becoming so weak that its partner ship with Intel (INTC), …
The time has come, late. But, the time has come. Google (GOOG) says that its No.1 revenue priority for the year it to make money from it monster-truck video sharing site, YouTube.…
Yahoo! (YHOO) seems to have gotton several pieces of bad news yesterday. The chief of strategy at Microsoft (MSFT), if there can be any such person, said that his company would go…
