Yahoo!’s (YHOO) new CEO, Carol Bartz, gets to run the company’s earnings cal this week. The results from the fourth quarter will probably be bad. It is hard to imagine how the…
Many PC analysts thought that the "netbook" would be a toy. Sitting someplace between regular laptops and smartphones, the little PCs would not have the processing power and screen sizes to be…
According to MINOnline, advertising pages in major monthly magazines are down 20% for issues from the first two months of this year. One of the most popular weeklies, The Economist, suffered ad…
In a relatively stable economy, quarterly earnings releases and public company forecasts can be useful guides to Wall St. Corporations can actually look out a three to six months and forecast how…
According to Reuters, Samsung had its first ever quarterly loss. Reuters reports that Pfizer (PFE) is in takeover talks with Wyeth (WYE), a deal that would be worth $60 billion. Reuters reports…
By now, even the pygmies have figured out that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) had an awful quarter. We already signaled the top-line and bottom-line miss this morning, and a warning that was…
Douglas A. McIntyre This should be put in the "rumor" file immediately because it is based on one anonymous source inside Yahoo!. Yahoo!’s (YHOO) new CEO, Carol Bartz, has told her board that she does…
Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the numbers for Microsoft’s last quarter would make most investors shudder. Revenue barely moved, up 2% to $16.6 billion. Net income was of 11% to $4.2 billion. The world’s…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was not supposed to report earnings until after the close of trading. But something happened for the first time we have ever seen. The company unexpectedly released earnings…
Douglas A. McIntyre John Rockefeller of Standard Oil, Alfred Sloan of GM (GM), and Gerald Swope of GE (GE)created the structure of the modern conglomerate. Diversification was meant to cushion economic blows. Being in five,…
According to Reuters, a House committee advanced the economic stimulus bill. Reuters reports that China’s GDP growth slowed. Reuters reports that exports from Japan dropped sharply. Reuters writes that Sony (SNE) warned…
According to Reuters, the financial crisis may speed up the approval of the Treasury Secretary. Reuters reports that Fiat has set a deal to own 35% of Chrysler. Reuters reports that an…
The Daily Racing Form’s take on Microsoft’s (MSFT) fourth quarter is that there was nothing good about it. The company missed earnings and will have to fire almost 10,000 people. Redmond forecast…
Douglas A. McIntyre The number of large American companies which have effectively dodged the falling safe of the recession can be counted on most people’s fingers and toes. Wal-Mart (WMT) has done remarkably well, but…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) used to be a huge investor in telecom, media, and technology companies. A recent SEC filing shows that Microsoft no longer holds its previous stake reported in Comcast…