Microsoft (MSFT) has cut a deal with HP (HPQ) to put its Live Search into the internet tool bar which ships on the hardware companies PCs in the US and Canada. Redmond…
“It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”–Noel Coward When Yahoo! (YHOO) tried to run away from a buy-out offer from Microsoft (MSFT), it…
The time had to come when the share of the Apple (AAPL) Mac OS would begin to spike. There are too many Macs being sold and the growth rate of the Apple…
Kirk Kerkorian may be able to join Carl Icahn as a billionaire who has taken a lot of mad gambles recently. According to Reuters, "Kerkorian’s investment vehicle Tracinda Corp said it would…
comScore (SCOR) and other analysts made the mistake of saying that Google’s click-through rates on the text advertising that runs next to its search results we not doing very well in Q1.…
Several presentations at the All Things Digital conference this week made it clear that Microsoft (MSFT) has probably lost its appetite for buying Yahoo! (YHOO). According to Reuters, "Yahoo Inc Chief Executive…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) says Microsoft (MSFT) is not longer anxious for a merger. Reuters said Exxon (XOM) investors voted to keep the chairman and CEO jobs together. Reuters reports that…
Microsoft (MSFT) has started to show-off a touch-screen function for its next version of Windows. That would allow a PC to function sort of like an Apple (AAPL) iPhone, as The Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short sellers moved out of Microsoft (MSFT) based on data as of May 15 compared with numbers on April 20. Short interest in the software company fell by 25 million shares to…
According to Reuters, merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) has slowed. Retuers writes that NetFlix (NFLX) and Blockbuster (BBI) held competing analysts meetings on the same day. Reuters reports…
News is slow the morning after Memorial Day, but to keep people glued to their screens, Reuters reports that Microsoft (MSFT) may buy UK online classifieds company Yell. Steve Ballmer did say…
One of the most important outposts that Microsoft (MSFT) has on the internet is its browser, Internet Explorer. The huge majority of people who visit sites online use the Redmond product for…
According to Reuters, Asian economy’s may be severely damaged by rising oil and commodities prices. Reuters writtes that European Central Bank head Jean-Claude Trichet say that the markets are going through an…
Sir Howard Stinger, head of Sony (SNE), believes that his executive ranks lack passion. Perhaps they have spent too much time as engineers, or the string of bad years at the consumer…
Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer says that his plan to buy Yahoo! (YHOO) was never strategic. It is hard to imagine spending $45 billion on an acquisition as being tactical, but Redmond…
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