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Technology
Microsoft (MSFT): An Internet Fishing Expedition
Microsoft (MSFT) has not been able to home grow its own online business so it has decided to buy the solution a piece at a time. Yahoo! (YHOO) was supposed to be…
GOOG Coverage Page 285
2:46am ET
Media
Media Digests 8/28/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) cut its 2009 sales forecast by almost 7%. Reuters reports that Fannie Mae (FNM) changed several of its top executives. Reuters writes that Starbucks (SBUX) management will…
5:22am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia(NOK): The Best Chance To Chase The Apple (AAPL) iPhone
The new Apple (AAPL) has plenty of challengers. Samsung has made the “Instinct” for Sprint (S). Early word is that it is selling well. T-Mobile will be the first cellular provider to…
5:19am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Google (GOOG) Wins The Mobile Search Wars
It looks like Google (GOOG) will strike a deal to be the default search feature on all of Verizon’s (VZ) cellular handsets. Since the phone company has about 70 million subscribers, the…
3:01am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett and the head of Blackstone (BX) called for a solution to the govenment’s growing debt load and reliance of foreign investors to finance US borrowing. Reuters reports…
3:57am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Google (GOOG) Lands Deal With No. 4 Cellular Carrier, What Happened To No.1?
The New York Times reports that T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a cell phone powered by Google’s (GOOG) much-anticipated Android software. HTC will provide manufacturing, and the phone could…
1:36pm ET
Investing
Shorts Backing Out of Major Tech (DELL, MSFT, YHOO, AAPL, AMZN, QCOM, GOOG, INTC, CSCO)
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
12:58pm ET
Media
Does It Matter If Content Is Still King (TWX)(GOOG)??
Whenever analysts say "content is king," people often visualize Mel Brooks in "History of the World Part 1" shouting "it’s good to be the king." A more accurate picture is Shakespeare’s tragic…
7:08am ET
Investing
What Happened To All Of The Safe Haven Stocks? (AAPL)(WMT)(T)(GOOG)(XOM)(GE)
After Wal-Mart (WMT) announced its outstanding June numbers, Wall St. said the company was actually “recession proof”. Consumers, beat down by high gas and commodities prices, could turn to Wal-Mart to get…
2:53am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/8/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, RBS (RBS) had $1.35 billion loss due to write-downs. Reuters reports that Google (GOOG) says its investment in AOL may be impaired. Reuters writes that Citigroup (C) and Merrill…
2:42am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/6/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a new tally of votes for the Yahoo! (YHOO) board election shows a high percentage of protest votes. Reuters reports that the Fed held rates steady and indicated it…
2:40am ET
Media
Media Digest 8/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTImes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, large Yahoo! (YHOO) holder Capital Research want to know whether vote counts from the company’s annula meeting were accurate. Reuters writes that the Fed is seen as holding rates…
2:50am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/31/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, T Boone Pickens is seeking an "army" of business leaders and citizens to back alternative energy. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) posted if first loss as a public company…
7:11am ET
Technology
Google (GOOG) Operating Division Valuations, Undermining Market Cap
Google (GOOG) has a market cap of $150 billion. The company runs twenty properties each of some significant size from YouTube to Google Earth. Some of these operations probably add to Google’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:12pm ET
Technology
Cuil: The Worst Tech Company Launch Of The Year
A company that plans to compete with Google (GOOG) probably needs to get off to a good start. Google’s size and market share would make the task of getting into its business…
Douglas A. McIntyre