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Video Game Sales Get Crushed, iPhone May Be Culprit
Video game sales in the US were decimated in April. It is not clear whether this is due to the growth of free games, especially online and on social network sites, or a…
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Sony Earnings And Prospects Still Dismal, Time To Break It Up
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said that its numbers for the fiscal year ending on March 31 were better than last year. They were, but only marginally. And, in several key segments of its…
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Media
Media Digest 5/13/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
NYT: NY Attorney General is investigating eight banks for allegedly providing misleading information about mortgage instruments to rating agencies: The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley(NYSE: MS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB),…
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Apps & Software
Software Wars: Microsoft’s Free Web Office Software (MSFT, GOOG, ORCL)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched a new version of its Office productivity software package today, which includes a free on-line version of the popular Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint programs. The free on-line…
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Short Sellers Hope Silicon Valley Gets Mauled
Short sellers are making large bets that tech shares have reached their high point and are likely to sell off based on data from the NASDAQ and NYSE as of April 30.…
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Telecom & Wireless
The Power Of Brands: Google + Verizon Take On Apple
Apple Inc’.s (NASDAQ: AAPL) products are so successful that when it comes to competing with them, every company that tries gets a swing at the pinata. Very few hit it, at least…
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Media Digest 5/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The SEC said there was no single cause of the market plunge. Reuters: The Senate approved a single audit of the Fed. Reuters: Morgan Stanley Group (NYSE: MS) is the subject…
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Technology
Google’s comScore Search Share Shows Mixed Picture (GOOG, YHOO, MSFT, AOL, IACI)
Earlier this month, we noted how Hitwise data showed Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) had regained some of its light losses in share of total US searches to be back above that 70%…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 17
These are 24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings for Week 17.
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Media
Nintendo Unit Sales Drop 21% From Last Year
The news is bad for Nintendo. It reported its fiscal year numbers. The video game company posted its first full-year drop in revenue in six years. Wii sales were down 21% year-over-year…
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Technology
Google Regains on Search Share Loss (GOOG, MSFT, YHOO, IACI)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) got its mojo back. In March, the world’s dominant search engine managed to slip under the 70% share mark for the first time since June 2008. In month…
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Telecom & Wireless
Nokia & Microsoft Go After Apple & RIM
One its face, it would seem to be a mismatch. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), two huge global firms which have been notoriously unsuccessful in the smartphone market up against the two companies…
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Media Digest 5/5/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Calm water is helping manage the Gulf oil spill. Reuters: April retail sales should be up in a sign of consumer recovery. Reuters: The US is questioning Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:…
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24/7 Wall St.’s Corporate Power Rankings: Week 16
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the thirty-two 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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Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (4/30/2010)
Updated throughout the day. The Justice Department is looking into possible fraud involving mortgage-backed securities trading (WSJ) UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA) and Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) are closer to a merger (AP) Hewlett-Packard…