Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) wants to make it clear that it expects its Bing search engine to enjoy the same success in China that the software company believes it will have in the US market.…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank…
We have seen what appears to be a mixed bag of shares listed in the short interest of the most active NASDAQ tech stocks traded day in and day out. Apple Inc.…
The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And, Amazon announced that “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers…
Pay czar, Kenneth Feinberg, has been fairly consistent in giving only bare-bones compensation to management at firms that have taken TARP funds. Most executives are making less than $500,000 in base salary.…
Two industries expected to post remarkably rapid growth over the next decade are VoIP and biotech. Cable companies and voice providers including Skype and Vonage (NYSE:VG) are expected to damage revenue from the…
Reuters: US business investment is rising. Reuters: Another outage shut down RIM’s (NYSE:RIMM) BlackBerry network. Reuters: Geithner said tight lending could hurt US economy. Reuters: Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) lost an appeal over IP…
Market analysts and experts on IT spending have taken a “wait-and-see” approach to pass judgment on whether the launch of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7 would cause quick adoption of the software at…
MarketWatch: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) downgraded Greece’s debt to A2 from A1 and said it had a negative outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper. Reuters: The FBI is probing a cyber attack on Citigroup (NYSE:C). Reuters: …
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) departing CFO Chris Liddell will join GM as Vice Chairman and CFO, according to several media reports. GM is so badly damaged that the move could not even be viewed…
Douglas A. McIntyre Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made impressive strides into the smartphone market since launching the iPhone. There has been plenty of evidence since then that it is taking a part of BlackBerry’s market. But,…
Reuters: Obama’s poll ratings on the economy dropped. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) picked insider Brian Moynihan as CEO. Reuters: Bernanke’s confirmation should pass its first hurdle. Reuters: The US delayed selling…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) will be able to avoid about $38 billion in taxes under an agreement with the government (Washington Post) Playboy’s (NYSE:PLA) buyout talks with Iconix have fallen apart (Bloomberg) Goldman…
According to Reuters, EU regulators accepted a pledge by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) to allow rival Internet browsers on its systems, ending a long antitrust dispute with the U.S. software maker. Competition Commissioner Neelie…
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