The new University of Michigan American Consumer Satisfaction Index shows that people like using Yahoo! (YHOO) better than they do Google (GOOG), at least in the US. According to Reuters, satisfaction with…
According to Reuters, profits at UBS rose to $4.7 billion in Q2, but the bank said the difficult markets could hurt second half results. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart’s (WMT) Japanese unit, Seiyu…
Shares in Google (GOOG) are at $515, up about 18% this year. Some other internet companies are up much more. Chinese search leader Baidu (BIDU), a genuinely tiny company, is up 78%.…
Google (GOOG) has announced that people who have written content used in Google News of subjects covered in articles in the service will be able to comment on the content. It is…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, BNP Pariba suspending three funds due to sub-prime problems in their portfolios. Reuters writes the net income and sales rose at News Corp (NWS). Reuters reports that Wal-Mar (WMT)…
According to Reuters, Cisco (CSCO) announced quarter profits and a forecast that topped expectations. Reuters writes that Vodafone (VOD) will keeps its 45% of Verizon Wireless. The Wall Street Journal writes that…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BSC) has several potential buyers including JP Morgan (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) Reuters writes that a court overturned a patent infringement award won by Alcatel-Lucent…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ-YHOO) almost joined the ranks of the 52-week low club today. It actually did hit new 52-week lows, although it looks like Yahoo! stock isn’t going to actually close down at…
Douglas A. McIntyre From Silicon Alley Insider Expect the two biggest wireless companies, AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless VZ), to give Google (GOOG) (and other potential new entrants like satellite TV firms) their biggest challenge.…
As 24/7 reported earlier this week, Amazon (AMZN) will begin beta testing its new Flexible Payments Service. While the product will compete with Google (GOOG) CheckPoint, it is a much bigger threat…
The big city-wide WiFi deployment that was going to make broadband access to the masses a reality was to start in San Francisco. After all, it is the large city at the…
Douglas A. McIntyre A look at Sohu’s (SOHU) earnings for the last quarter shows how small and vulnerable China’s internet properties are compared with global operations like Google (GOOG) and Yahoo! (YHOO). It also indicates…
Google (GOOG) pushed the FCC to offer open wiresless access as a condition of bidding on spectrum in the next auction that will open more broadband wireless conduits. The idea is to…
According to Reuters, auto sales in the US dropped in July and imports took more than 50% of the market for the first time as sales dropped shsrply at GM (GM) and…
A report at TechCrunch indicates that Amazon (AMZN) will launch on online payment service to compete with Ebay (EBAY) PayPal and Google (GOOG) Checkout. TechCrunch writes users will be "redirected to Amazon’s…