6:25am ET
Economy
Message From The Heartland: No Recession Here
There is a recession over on Wall St. Bank where brokerage stocks are down 50% and losses keep mounting. But, a great majority of businesses in the US and Europe are not…
MSFT Coverage Page 419
5:44am ET
Investing
As Google (GOOG) Walks Away, Yahoo! (YHOO) Looks To AOL And MySpace
Google (GOOG) always had a problem trying to keep Yahoo! (YHOO) out of the hands of Microsoft (MSFT). The No.1 and No.2 search engine firms would have had 80% of the US…
3:55am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/13/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT
According to Reuters, GM (GM) offered buy-outs to workers after posting a large Q4 loss. Reuters writes that Warren Buffett offered to insure $800 billion worth of bonds currently insured by monoline…
4:33am ET
Investing
Rising Nasdaq Short Interest Show Big Bets Against Tech
Rising short interest in tech stocks traded on Nasdaq shows the extent to which investors are willing to bet against the sector. The figures compare shares sold short as of January 31…
4:12am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) rejected Microsoft’s (MST) bid for the company. Reuters writes that Credit Suisse reduced its write-downs from subprime insrtuments. Reuters writes that RIM (RIMM) had a huge outage…
7:02pm ET
Technology
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…
7:36am ET
Investing
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…
5:41am ET
Investing
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…
4:15am ET
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…
1:11pm ET
Investing
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…
12:39pm ET
Investing
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…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:00am ET
Investing
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…
4:02am ET
Media
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…
1:06pm ET
Investing
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…
8:01am ET
Investing
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…