Media Digest 3/18/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks in exchange for cash. Reuters writes that JP Morgan (JPM) bought Bear…
According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks in exchange for cash. Reuters writes that JP Morgan (JPM) bought Bear…
Video games had a great Febuary. MarketWatch writes "Sales of game software in North America reached nearly $669 million for the month, up 47% from the same period last year, according to…
According to Reuters, regulators unveiled a plan to toughen rules for mortgage brokers. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) have begiin informal discussion about the buy-out. Reuters reports that IACI…
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is not going to wait any longer for Take-Two (NASDAQ: TTWO) to put off the larger company’s $26 a share offer. Take-Two claims it is looking for a…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares are trading at $440, down from a 52-week high of just over $747. Investors are worried that its highly lucrative text-based search ad business is slowing with the…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has announced its intended acquisition of Kidaro. This is said to be a leading provider of desktop virtualization solutions for enterprises. Microsoft noted that combining Kidaro’s virtualization with…
Now that Google (GOOG) has a green light to buy ad serving firm DoubleClick, it is making a foray into display advertising. Currently the company makes almost all of its money off…
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) management and lawyers are in Europe talking with EU officials about whether the big chip company violated anti-trust laws in the region. According to The Wall Street Journal "The…
According to NASDAQ figures on short selling on February 29, share sold short in tech companies dropped sharply, an indication that investors are not willing to bet that stocks in the companies…
These are not the only analyst calls affecting shares this morning, but these are the first ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on: Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse.…
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) launched a PC product loaded with its software and an operating system from open source Linux. The product was being sold in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT). Unfortunately, Wal-Mart customer seem to like…
According to Reuters, gas price are at $3.20 a gallon and could rise another $.20 to $.30 in the next month. Reuters writes that Chevron will develop two major projectsw in Asia.…
Digg, the huge user-contributed content site, is up for sale, according to TechCrunch. The likely bidders are, of course, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), who seem to be willing to…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is going to take significant market share from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and cut the search company’s lead as the most successful internet company in the world, with or without…
According to Reuters, falling home prices could keep buyers on the sidelines until they see a bottom. Reuters writes that a Microsoft (MSFT) deal with Yahoo! (YHOO) could hurt Google (GOOG) in…