In the age of internet video and data transportation, it would make sense that the companies that facilitate these functions would do well. But, the two leading public companies in the industry…
Microsoft (MSFT) has quietly been approaching other companies with large internet properties and regulators in an attempt to scuttle the Google (GOOG) deal to buy huge online ad serving company DoubleClick. It…
According to Reuters, the UAW set a strike deadline for today because it cannot reach a job security agreeement with GM (GM). Reuters writes that Starbucks (SBUX) will give away 50 million…
comScore’s new numbers indicate that Google (GOOG) added to its US market share in August. Its piece of searches done during the month rose to 56..5% from 55.2% in July. Yahoo!’s (YHOO)…
Forbes has released its list of the 400 wealthiest Americans. We really wanted to see the corporate impact of the wealthy. What is interesting is to compare how these companies tied to…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) picked up its share of US Internet Search compared to the prior August with almost 64% of US searches, according to Hitwise. Be advised, data from Hitwise often varies greatly…
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) share of the search market ticked up a bit in August. Google’s (GOOG) fell off. YHOO moved from 22.13% in July to 22.87% last month. Google fell to 63.98% from…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) is not satisfied with having the world’s most successful search engine advertising model. Nor should it be. There will eventually be some limit to the number of text ads it…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Google (GOOG) will begin to test a new interactive ad service that will allow marketers to measure user respone on creative unites using video and images. The Wall Street…
After the EU took Microsoft (INTC) out back and beat it up over anti-trust charges and then a European court upheld the EU ruling and fines, it would seem no one would…
Press and pundits says that now that the European Union and its courts have eviscerated Microsoft (MSFT), the next targets will be Qualcomm (QCOM) and Intel (INTC). The case against Intel is…
According to Reuters, Nokia (NOK) said the the ITC has begin an investigation into Qualcomm (QCOM) trade practives and patent infringements. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) is estimating that China will need…
Since Terry Semel left the CEO seat at Yahoo! (YHOO) the stock is down over 10% and recently that number was closer to 20%. Yahoo! announced today that it has paid $350…
InfoSpace (NASDAQ:INSP) has been one of the perpetual old "internet value stocks" that circulated as a takeover stock because of the relative market cap to asset value, but the value was somewhat…
Douglas A. McIntyre Nokia (NOK) has started its own music store to compete with Apple (AAPL) iTunes, so why not have its own online advertising operation? Early today NOK bought U.S.cellphone screen advertising firm Enpocket.…
