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…
According to Reuters, Aluminum Corp of China has no plans to increase its stake in Rio Tinto (RTP). Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) is considering a business alliance with Google (GOOG) as…
No one thought that Google (GOOG) would like Microsoft’s (MSFT) bid for Yahoo!.(YHOO). While Google will still be the world leader in search, the new combined company proposed by Redmond would be…
Microsoft (MSFT) kept the Linux desktop people at bay for years. The open source operating systems wanted a piece of Redmond’s huge Windows PC franchise. The problem with Linux software is that…
It is the best news that Yahoo! (YHOO) investors have had in years. Microsoft (MSFT) has offered to buy the company for $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (GOOG) joined the list of big online companies that disappointed just about everyone with its earnings. Revenue rose 51 percent to $4.827 billion. That just wasn’t enough. Google’s share will probably…
For years the Playstation franchise carried Sony’s (SNE) earnings. The PS2 was one of the great selling consumer electronics products of all time. Sony stumbled with the launch of the PS3. Microsoft’s…
VWWare (VMW) lost about a third of its value on a disappointing quarterly report. The stock is now down to $56, near a 52-week low and off a period high of better…
Jim Cramer is going anti-tech, again, yet for entirely different reasons than when he said "dump tech" in January 2007. In January 2007, Cramer wanted to dump tech because of the seasonality…
Barry Diller planned to break his IACI (IACI) into several pieces. The company is a collection of cats and dogs so the move makes sense. TicketMaster can operate on its own. So…
Nasdaq short interest on January 15 shows that investors were willing to make big bets against tech share prices. The numbers are compared to statistics on December 31. Short interest in Level…
These are not the only upgrades and downgrades on stocks this morning, but these are the main ones that 247WallSt.com is focusing on in early pre-market hours: Arcelor Mittal (NYSE: MT) raised…
For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill Gates’ company…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) posted a 79% increase in proffits. Reuters writes that Alan Greenspan says the US is not yet in a recession. Reuters reports that the CEO of Sony…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted earnings of $0.50 EPS on revenues of $16.37 Billion. First Call had analyst estimates at $0.46 EPS on $15.95 Billion. Its previous guidance offered had been $0.44 to…
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