5:28am ET
Media
Nintendo Earnings Hammered As Wii Sales Fall By Half
Nintendo had its worst quarter in a long time. Sales of its aging Wii video console fell by over half to 2.23 million units for the last period. Profits also dropped by…
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4:48am ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft + Yahoo!: A Deal Without A Boss
Wall St. found a lot of things wrong with the joint venture in the search engine industry between Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) The smaller company’s stock dropped 12% and analysts felt…
3:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/30/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Unemployment is causing further stress in the housing market. Reuters: The Microsoft (MSFT) deal with Yahoo! (YHOO) may have challenges with regulators. Reuters: Sony (SNE) lost money on weakness in its…
8:01am ET
Technology
Details Of Microsoft (MSFT) Deal With Yahoo! (YHOO) Released: Too Complex To Work
The partnership between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) to integrate their search operations is even more complicated than was rumored. It is so complicated, as a matter of fact, that the execution…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/29/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession. Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal. Reuters: The Senate may drop…
10:34pm ET
Investing
Microsoft (MSFT) Search Deal With Yahoo! (YHOO) Looks Too Complex
Several media are reporting that Yahoo ! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are as little as a day away from a partnership that would marry their search engine businesses, but the details on…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:55am ET
Retail
Madden 2010 Sales To Fuel GameStop (GME)
Over the past week, the 24/7 Wall St./The Channel Checkers poll surveyed Gamestop and EB Games stores across the United States to track sales trends of gaming consoles and video games. We asked the…
3:02am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/27/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Airline on-board entertainment systems face competition from handheld devices like the Apple (AAPL) iPod. Reuters: Bernanke will be on PBS to take his message about Fed plans to a broader audience.…
10:00am ET
Investing
Short Interest Highlights: Out Of Banks And Into GE (GE)
Short sellers are will to bet, at least for now, that the worst of the banking earning crisis is over. Short interest in a number of large financial companies fell sharply for…
7:49am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alerts (RIGL, MSFT, SPWR, ALGN, AMZN, JNPR, ERIC, SEPR)
The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
6:45am ET
Investing
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (SCHW, HSY, LEAP, PCS, MSFT, NFLX, POT, PLD, RSH, SPWRA)
These are the top ten analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen from Wall Street this Friday morning with about two hours until the market opens for trading: Charles Schwab (SCHW) Cut…
4:06am ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT) Has To Get Smaller
Microsoft’s (MSFT) revenue dropped 17% in the second quarter, and worse, sales dropped in all five of the firm’s operating units. The recession and the decline in PC sales are to blame…
2:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 7/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT. Bloomberg
Reuters: Microsoft’s (MSFT) results and forecast were weak. Reuters: CIT (CIT) may sell its aviation finance business. Reuters: Fatigue at the Fed is leading to questions about its expanded role. Reuters: Twitter…
3:32pm ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT): Really Awful
Microsoft did not do as well as Wall St. had hoped. The company posted revenue of $13.1 billion and EPS of $.34 . Analysts were looking for $.36 on $14.38 billion in revenue, A year ago, the…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:28am ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7: Locked And Ready To Go
Microsoft (MSFT) said yesterday that the code for the next version of its immensely successful operating system is done. Windows 7 will replace Vista as the company’s flagship operating system when it…