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Google (GOOG) Share Of US Online Revenue 24%
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) share of the US online ad revenue market was 23.7% in Q4. That number fell from Q3, but only by .5%. Research group IDC said that a combination of…
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Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (AXP, BT, DRI, FMER, GSK, IBCP, LVLT, MSFT, NAPS, SNDK)
These are not the only analyst calls affecting stocks this morning, but these are the top calls that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: American Express (NYSE: AXP) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform…
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A Yahoo! (YHOO) Overture To AOL? (TWX)
Yahoo! (NASD: YHOO) is about to approach Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) about a tie-up with AOL. That is according to The Times in the UK. And, why not? Almost every other possible…
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Media
Media Digest 2/11/2008 (MSFT)(TWX)(YHOO)
According to Reuters, Societe Generale will raise almost $8 billion at a large discount to its current stock price. Reuters writes that Hugo Chavez has threatened to seize foreign milk plants in…
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Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Demented Board
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board will presently reject a $31 a share buy-out bid from Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to The Wall Street Journal. The group thinks the offer is undervalued and will…
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Yahoo! (YHOO) To Reject Microsoft (MSFT) Bid
Yahoo! (YHOO) will reject the Microsoft (MSFT) bid to buy the web portal firm. According to The Wall Street Journal after a series of meetings over the past week, Yahoo’s board determined…
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Time For Yahoo! (YHOO) Board To Wave White Flag
The Yahoo! (YHOO) board and management could have done an out-sourcing deal some time ago to license its search business to Google (GOOG). It would probably have picked up some money beyond…
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Media Digest 2/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
Accorrding to Reuters, GM (NYSE: GM) will have half of its cars running on ethanol by 2012. Reuters writes that Cisco (NASD: CSCO) gave a weak forecast, moving tech shares down. Reuters…
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Yang Leaves Buyout Doors Open (YHOO, MSFT, GOOG)
There was a rather odd email that went out to Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) employees today from Jerry Yang, CEO. Here is the full link at the SEC website and you’ll notice that…
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Linux Founder Calls Apple (AAPL) OS X “Utter Crap”
The founder of the Linux open source project, Linus Torvalds, said Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Vista operating system weak and full of bugs. But, he left his hardest criticism for Apple’s OS X…
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The World’s Safest Stocks Market Sell-Off Edition (VZ)(MO)(ORCL)(MSFT)
When the market drops almost 400 points, investors start to think about 1,000 point drop day. They forget the little run-up the market had over the previous two weeks. Some of the…
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Media Digest 2/6/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, BHP BIlliton (NYSE: BHP) raised its bid for Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP). Reuters writes that Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) may raise its bid for Yahoo! (NASD: YHOO). Reuters reports that…
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Media Digest 2/5/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) would borrow some of the money for a purchase of Yahoo! (YHOO). Reuters writes that Toyota’s (TM) net grew 7.5% on emerging market growth. Reuters writes that…
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Murdoch Could Buy Yahoo! (YHOO): With Google’s Help
News Corp (NWS) would probably love to own Yahoo! (YHOO). In December, in the US, Murdoch’s online properties had 81,8 million unique visitors. Most of that is due to MySpace. Yahoo! had…
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Google (GOOG) Extends A Claw To Yahoo! (YHOO)
If Yahoo! (YHOO) wants to remain an independent company, it can always do a deal with the devil–Google (GOOG). According to a number of reports, the largest search company has already approached…