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World’s Top Brands Led By Apple, IBM, Google
You may or may not have heard of Millward Brown, but you might not be surprised who they ranked as the world’s top brand: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) took the pole position…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/22/2012) IMF Report on UK, ILO Report on Employment
The International Labor Office of the United Nations released its new “Global Unemployment Trends for Youth 2012.” It is one more forecast of a “lost generation” of productive workers. As young people…
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Media
Media Digest (5/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, Financial Times
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) cuts revenue forecasts for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) just ahead of its IPO. (Reuters) The U.S. allows China to buy treasuries directly without banker assistance. (Reuters) MF Global paid Jon…
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Apps & Software
Microsoft To Sell 350 Million Windows 7 Devices
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer claims that 350 million Windows 7 enabled devices will ship this year. According to Bloomberg, Ballmer claims, “It makes Windows the most popular single system.” Compared…
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Consumer Electronics
Whose Earnings Will Be Worse? Dell vs. H-P (DELL, HPQ, AAPL, INTC, AMD, MSFT)
This week is going to be an earnings bonanza for investors who care about makers of personal computers. While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is all of the rage, we have Dell Inc.…
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Investing
What Will Yahoo! Do with Its Billions?
Alibaba will buy back 20% of its shares held by Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). The consideration Yahoo! will get is $7.1 billion. That sum is “composed of at least $6.3 billion in cash proceeds…
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Google’s YouTube: The One Horse Race In Online Video
The argument that Hulu can become a company which can be valued in the billions of dollars or that portals can completely change, for the positive, the value of ad dollars they receive…
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Banking, finance, and taxes
Facebook Funds/Owners Now Have To Fend For Themselves (FB, GSVC, SVVC, SOCL, ZNGA, MSFT, GS, TTII)
Finally we are going to get stop hearing about the IPO of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). This is the largest IPO of its kind ever and appears to be the third largest…
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Investing
Facebook Shares as Collectibles for Decades from Now
Some individuals and institutions will buy Facebook shares because they believe the stock will rise sharply. Others look at the investment as a proxy for the prospects of Web 2.0, the five-year movement that…
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Apps & Software
When Apple Drops Over $100 From Highs… What Happens Next
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a phenomenal growth story. It is the ultimate turnaround story of mega-proportions. The stock is also up 32% so far in 2012. The problem is something…
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Investing
Comcast, Skype Team Up for What, Exactly?
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) has launched a high definition, Skype-based video calling plan for its Xfinity broadband customers. The plan costs $9.95/month and is available in Boston and Seattle today, with other…
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Investing
Mobile Phone Sales Fall in Q1 — Gartner
High-tech industry research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) reports this morning the worldwide sales of mobile phones unexpectedly fell -2% in the first quarter of 2012, to a total of 419.1 million…
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Investing
JCPenney and Nokia — When a New CEO Fails
It is rare, but some new chief executives fail early — just after they begin their new jobs. That leaves boards with impossible decisions. How will the stock market react to the admission of…
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Media
Zynga Jumps Again on Facebook Increase
Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) gets a jolt every time Facebook Inc. makes the headlines. Today’s headline is that the soon-to-be-public social media company will raise its IPO range from $28-$35 to $34-$38.…
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Apps & Software
Even AMD Sees Better PC Demand
What happens when even Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) predicts that the personal computer market is improving this year and also in 2013? Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently reiterated its same…