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Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest For July
Below is the short interest for key Nasdaq stocks for July, The figures compare July 13 with June 15. 2007. Company Short…
MSFT Coverage Page 426
3:13am ET
Investing
Media Digest 7/25/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Amazon’s (AMZN) sales and earnings rose and the stock was up almost 20% after hours. Reuters writes that the CEO of XM Satellite (XMSR) will step down next month.…
11:42am ET
Investing
Wal-Mart (WMT): How About A $300 PC?
Word is that Wal-Mart (WMT) will offer a sub-$300 back-to-school PC. Early versions may have Microsoft (MSFT) Windows but DeskTopLinux says that it will ship with Ubuntu Linux soon. Having a such…
5:32am ET
Investing
Microsoft (MSFT): Life In The Internet Slow Lane
Google (GOOG) has been offering spreadsheet, word processing, and other desktop software with data stored on its servers for some time. The Microsoft (MSFT) model for its OS and Office software is…
4:44am ET
Investing
Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Privacy Ploy
Yahoo! (YHOO) plans to make customer search information anonymous after 13 months. Microsoft (MSFT) and IACI’s (IACI) Ask.com are pulling together with advocacy groups to set up systems to safeguard personal data…
3:06am ET
Investing
Media Digest 7/23/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) raised its bid for ABN Amro (ABN) to $93 billion. The Wall Street Journal writes that Yahoo! (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Ask.com are updating their privacy policy…
12:30pm ET
Investing
Would Microsoft (MSFT) Or Oracle (ORCL) Buy SAP?
Barron’s makes the argument that SAP’s (SAP) shares are very cheap. The company is the world’s largest provider of business software. Last week the firm announced that quarterly profit rose 8% to…
7:21am ET
Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (July 20, 2007)
(ACOR) Acorda COO resigned to pursue other interests.(AMD) Advanced Micro Devices traded up 4% after revenues were ahead of plan on processor sales.(AUY) Yamana Gold makes business combination offer for Meridian Gold.(BVF)…
6:03am ET
Investing
An European Union Funded Competitor For Google (GOOG)
According to TechCrunch, the EU has decided to fund a new search engine business called Theseus. The German government is putting up an extraordinary $165 million. The Associate Press writes that Theseus…
5:50am ET
Investing
Microsoft’s (MSFT) Online Business Begins To Cook
One of the pieces of information buried in Microsoft’s (MSFT) earnings report was the improvement in the company’s online businesses, primarily made up of MSN and Live Search. Revenue in that part…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:09am ET
Investing
Media Digest 3/20/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, Bernanke believes that subprime losses could hit $100 billion. Reuters writes that GM (GM) closed the gap between itself and Toyota (TM) for total unit sales in Q2. Reuters…
2:31am ET
Investing
Google’s Only Downfall (GOOG, MSFT)
After looking through Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) earnings commentary and after listening to much of the conference call replay, it became quite clear that the company biggest miss on earnings wasn’t the slightly shy…
3:30pm ET
Apps & Software
Charges Hit Microsoft’s Net, But Guidance Worth A Look (MSFT)
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) just posted EPS as $0.31 net, but that would have been $0.39 before the $1 Billion+ Xbox charge that had already been noted. It posted revenues of $13.37 Billion, and…
Douglas A. McIntyre 10:30am ET
Apps & Software
Earnings Duel: Google vs. Microsoft (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO)
Today is going to be a challenging earnings day, and it is no coincidence that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is reporting earnings simultaneously with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Google has already trumped Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) as we…
4:58am ET
Consumer Electronics
Sony (SNE) Goes After Nintendo Portable
Sony (SNE) is tired of having sand kicked in its face by Nintendo. The smaller company’s Wii game platform handily outsells the PS3 and will probably continue to do so, despite a…