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Technology
Microsoft (MSFT): Buying Search Engine Share Overseas
Everyone who looks at the news knows that Microsoft (MSFT) has a search engine market share problem in the US. By most measures, it has about 10% of the pie. If it…
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7:02pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Google (GOOG) Begins To Dominate Wireless Search
With Google (GOOG) holding a 70% share of the PC-based online search market in the US and a similar amount in most EU countries, the best hope that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft…
3:20am ET
Investing
Sharp Increase In Short Bets On Big Financial Firms
Short interest in a number of financial stocks moved up very sharply for the period ending August 29. Shares short in Washington Mutual (WM) rose 12% to 383 million. Short interest in…
2:52am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/11/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) will release earnings a week early after its stock dropped 45%. Reuters reports that OPEC agreed to a surprise production cut. Reuters reports that CFOs are more…
5:21am ET
Media
Microsoft (MSFT): Kill The Zune
Microsoft (MSFT) is about to launch its latest version of the Zune multimedia player. To date the company has sold two million units. In contrast, Apple (AAPL) has sold over 150 million…
4:45am ET
Economy
The Bear Market’s Big Sucker Rally (MSFT)(BA)(GE)(F)(FNM)(FRE)(WM)(LEH)
In community college Economics 101 students learn that there can be dips in bull markets. Usually these are caused by a single event like a change in the party that runs Congress.…
5:04am ET
Investing
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Five-Year Low To Get Lower, The Weakness Of The Internet No Longer Ignored
Yahoo! (YHOO) moved close to its five-year low yesterday, trading down at $17.75. It really has not been so long ago that Microsoft (MSFT) made its $33 bid for the portal company.…
2:52am ET
Investing
Media Digest 9/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, bond giant Pimco called for more governemt support for the financial system saying the the credit crisis could turn much worse. Reuters writes that Microssoft (MSFT) will begin its…
5:50am ET
Media
As Online Display Ads Falter, Yahoo! (YHOO) And New York Times (NYT) Torpedoed
It turns out that display advertising on the internet is becoming less popular with most marketers. They are turning to search text ads instead. This is probably not news to anyone in…
2:56am ET
Investing
Media Digest 9/4/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, NY State sent subpoenas to Bank of Americ (BAC) executives over auction-rate securities. Reuters reports the Boeing’s (BA) machinist union voted to strike but stay on the job two…
7:17pm ET
Media
Microsoft (MSFT) Cuts Xbox Price, Damns Nintendo
Microsoft (MSFT) has decided that it would rather be the video game market share leader than make a buck at the business. Redmond cut the price of its Xbox 360 to $199.…
2:59am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/2/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, the manufacturing sector probably did not grow in August Reuters reports that it appears Gustav did little damage to oil rigs and refineries. Reuters reports that the Korea Development…
5:37pm ET
Technology
Google (GOOG) Browser: Crush Mozilla, Challenge Microsoft (MSFT)
Microsoft’s (MSFT) Internet Explorer has dominated the browser world for nearly a decade. It has also been part of legal accusations that the world’s largest software company used the ubiquity of its…
5:22am ET
Media
Nintendo: Only So Many Video Game Sales To Go Around
Nintendo made money, really big money, in the last quarter. Then, it had the audacity to say that things would get even better. According to Reuters, "Nintendo said it now expects an…
4:43am ET
Technology
Microsoft (MSFT): An Internet Fishing Expedition
Microsoft (MSFT) has not been able to home grow its own online business so it has decided to buy the solution a piece at a time. Yahoo! (YHOO) was supposed to be…