Sir Howard Stringer’s appointment in 2005 as Sony’s CEO was meant help turn the company into what it used to be–Apple (AAPL) based in Tokyo and not Cupertino. With products like the…
If investors had a notion that short sellers were going to stay in big financials, they were wrong. Short interest in the weakest companies in the sector dropped. Shares short in Citigroup…
According to Reuters, the Fed may need to use a trillion dollars to halt the economy from moving into a period of deflation. Reuters reports that OPEC will make the largest production…
As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number of shares being sold short from mid-November to late November. With the…
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
New data released by comScore shows that US internet users watched more than 15 billion videos last month. Almost 40% of those were watched on Google (GOOG) sites, most of them on…
Once people stopped buying the Walkmen and PlayStations and the consumers’ attention moved to the Apple (AAPL) iPod and Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox, Sony may have gone beyond its prime to such as…
The theory goes something like this: Microsoft (MSFT) has a model for selling software which is installed in a PC or server and uses that device’s computing power and memory to run…
The recession is not breaking the video game addiction shared by so many Americans. Even in a downturn they can find cash for games and consoles. Microsoft (MSFT) said Xbox sales broke…
According to Reuters, car company executives went before Congress and pleaded for billions of dollars. Reuters reports that governments are bracing for a long crisis ahead. Reuters reports that Paulson says the…
IBM (IBM) has decided to be the next company to pile onto Microsoft (MSFT), which has already been beaten like a red-headed step child for bringing out Vista, a flawed bit of…
According to Reuters, falling interest rates will not offset unemployment and falling prices to save to housing market. Reuters reports that GM (GM) and Chrysler are considering bankruptcy to get US funding.…
PCs. cell phone, and video games. Winners every year. Rock solid growth driving remarkable industry earnings. Nokia (NOK), RIM (RIMM), and PALM (PALM) have destroyed the hope that 2009 will be a…
24/7 Wall St. will name its annual CEO of the Year next week. The executive will be picked from a field of ten which we will profile this week The CEOs are…
Yahoo! (YHOO) has become a "rumor an hour" company. Over the weekend, the Times of London said the portal had a deal with Microsoft (MSFT) for its search business. As part of…
