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Google Offers More Cloud-Based Services
The cloud, a way for people and businesses to store information on remote servers instead of locally on PCs and other devices, has become a part of the product offerings of every…
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Apple Stock Still Looks Cheap At All-Time Highs (AAPL, XOM, MSFT)
Yet another all-time high for shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Whether it is iPhone, Mac, iPad, or the chatter of the coming AppleTV… The run here has been amazing when you…
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Yahoo! Chairman To Leave
Roy Bostock, blamed for his role in Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) failed buyout of the portal company in 2008, and for the rocky tenures of CEO Jerry Yang and Carol Bartz, announced he…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (2/7/2012) New Nokia Phone, Toyota Recovery
Greece continues to demonstrate that it can teeter almost indefinitely between austerity and the grant of aid packages without a short-term resolution to its sovereign debt crisis. The latest development is that the ruling coalition…
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The Facebook Halo-Effect Lifts All Social Players (SOCL, IPG, GS, MSFT, LNKD, ZNGA, FFN, GSVC)
The social media hype around the Facebook IPO is driving many shares in the sector of online social media. Some of the Halo-effect may not even be deserved, and this has all…
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Samsung Trumps Apple, For Now
Samsung claims a Germany court has blocked Apple’s request to stop the sales of the South Korean company’s tablets and smartphones in the European nation. The action is part of a wrestling…
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Facebook Full IPO Filing Details (FB, MS, GS, MSFT, TROW, ZNGA, GSVC, IPG)
Facebook, Inc. has now filed its paperwork with the SEC which will allow the social networking giant to conduct an initial public offering. It should be no real surprise that financial terms…
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Consumer Electronics
New Sony CEO, No New Future
Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) revenue fell 9% in the September quarter and the company posted a loss, one of a long series. The Japanese firm also said that its P&L problems would not…
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Facebook May Face Patent Challenges Ahead Of IPO
Why should Facebook be free from the patent wars that have rocked the tech world in recent months. Apple has sued multiple rivals, particularly Samsung. Kodak and Microsoft has made patent claims…
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Could Yahoo’s Patents Affect Facebook IPO? (YHOO, GOOG, MSFT)
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) doesn’t get much respect for any of its assets except for its ownership stake in Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba. But the company has a stable of patents totalling…
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Media
As Facebook Ad Share Surges, Smaller Sites in Danger
courtesy Facebook Inc.New data from online research firm Comscore shows Facebook had 27.9% of the U.S. display advertising market, up from 21% in 2010. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) share was 11%. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
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Media Digest (1/31/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Toshiba cuts its profit forecasts and lowers guidance. (Reuters) Honda (NYSE: HMC) posts a 65% drop in profits and cuts its outlook because of the yen and Thai floods. (Reuters) Twenty-five nations,…
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Consumer Electronics
Samsung Loses Apple Case In Germany
The global wireless patent war that has engulfed Eastman Kodak, Samsung, HTC, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) Motorola, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) among others took another turn today as a Germany court…
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Alternative Investing: Two T206 Honus Wagner Cards For Sale In Same Month (CLCT, EBAY, MSFT, AAPL)
Almost all investments rise and fall in price through time, and the same is true over the value of sports collectibles and baseball cards. The ‘investing’ rule in sports collectibles that has…
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Media
Media Digest (1/30/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
EU leaders agree to create the European Stability Mechanism, which will have funds of 500 billion euro and begin its business in July. (Reuters) EU leaders probably will create a 20 billion…