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Why Apple Won’t Buy GM
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) can afford to buy GM. The No. 1 US auto firm makes a fair amount of money, has nearly 20% of the American car market, and is the largest…
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Frugality Returns To Corporate America
Several retail analysts pointed out that Walmart’s (NYSE: WMT) earnings and those of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) were helped by rigid cost controls. This is not the first time during the earnings…
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A Research Case Builds Against Google (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO, AAPL, RIMM, ORCL, VZ)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) earned an ‘underperform’ rating and a $525/share price target from Wedbush Securities as the investment firm started coverage on the world’s leading search engine. Wedbush cited strong competition from…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 31
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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Apps & Software
As Oracle Sues Google, Tech IP Issues Are Too Close For Comfort
There have been for some time a collection of companies that gathers patents and then uses them to sue large technology firms. The issues are often unclear enough and cost of litigation…
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Media
Microsoft Xbox 360 Sales Surge Ahead OF Wii
Nintendo just announced that sales of its Wii game console had reached 30 million units in the US, and had reached that level faster than any other console in history. The celebration…
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Media
Media Digest 8/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The GM CEO will leave as the company has its IPO. ‘Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) over Android. Reuters: Germany raised its forecast for the second half…
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Can VirnetX Win More Patent Suits? (VHC, AAPL, CSCO, MSFT)
VirnetX Holding Corp (NYSE: VHC) is out with more patent suits and the news is sending shares higher. After all, it has already had a major success in its patent cases before. …
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AAPL, CIEN, CSCO, EMC, FNSR, JASO, GOOG, MSFT, NTAP, TLAB, YHOO)
Tech seems to be dominating the analyst calls this Thursday based on new coverage of the sector at Wells Fargo. There were many other calls that did not make the cut as…
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Short Sellers Exit Telecom Shares
Short sellers pulled out of telecom stocks for the period ending on July 30, after many of them reported weak earnings. Investors are gambling that most of these shares are not likely…
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Media
Nintendo Wii Sales Hit 30 Million In US
Nintendo Wii sales have not been particularly spectacular recently. The console is aged and the Sony (NYSE SNE) PS3 and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox 360 have new features and have sharply cut…
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Apps & Software
PC vs. Mac: When Marketing Efforts Flop (MSFT, AAPL)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying to get even with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) via a new website in the never-ending “PC vs. Mac” war. There is just one problem. Well, more…
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The Greatest Brands in American History
Most of the analysis about super-brands focuses on companies and products that have been prominent in the last few decades – companies like Apple, Google, Toyota, or Starbucks. According to how many…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 30
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
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Oust Steve Ballmer? Why?
Last month, Peter Lauria of the Daily Beast wrote an intrigue-filled story chock full of anonymous Tweets and anonymous sniping from competitors arguing that there was a “coup” in the works against…
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