4:37am ET
Investing
Blockbuster’s (BBI) Mad Dash
Blockbuster (BBI) continues to put its nose where it does not belong. First it tried to buy Circuit City (CC), a firm which is weaker than Blockbuster is, and Blockbuster is plenty…
NFLX Coverage Page 119
3:23pm ET
Investing
Netflix Takes A Breather (NFLX)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is seeing some share punishment after-hours. The monthly mail rental DVD operation posted $0.21 EPS net EPS and $0.23 non-GAAP EPS on $326.2 million in revenues. First Call…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:33pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Microsoft (MSFT) XBox To Be Damaged By Death Of HD DVD
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) backed the wrong horse in the fight for high definition DVD disks and players. Redmond sided with Toshiba and its HD DVD platform and shipped the Xbox 360 with…
8:14am ET
Consumer Electronics
Toshiba May Well Exit HD DVD, Handing Big Win To Sony (SNE)
It appears that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally won the battle for high-definition DVDs. Last week, Wal-Mat (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), and NetFlix (NFX) dropped the Toshiba HD DVD format in favor…
7:50am ET
Investing
Pre-Market Stock News (January 24, 2008)
We are full blown into earnings season now. These are not all of the stocks in the news, but this is a good portion of the news in individual stocks for traders…
5:23pm ET
Media
Netflix Gives Back Some Gains, Despite Solid Numbers (NFLX)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has released its earnings and issued guidance and some core metrics to how how its business is doing. The company posted $0.24 per diluted share on a GAAP…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:23pm ET
Media
Pivotal Quarter For Netflix (NFLX)
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is set to report earnings shortly. Because of all of the recent attention to web movies out of Apple, competition increasing from Blockbuster, digital on-demand downloads, a slowing…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:50am ET
Investing
Apple (AAPL) Goes Up Against The Cable Companies
Most of the talk about Apple’s (AAPL) new movie rental business centers around what will happen to bit players like Netflix (NFLX) and Blockbuster (BBI). While it is not clear that consumers…
5:51am ET
Consumer Electronics
Consumer Electronics: Thousands Of Products, One Consumer (MSFT)(SNE)(YHOO)(CMCSA)
This is the list for just one day. The wild paroxyxm of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show has begun. Yahoo! (YHOO) says it will open up the software for its mobile…
4:16am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/3/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, manufacturing weakness in the US has raised new fears of recession. Reuters reports that the most recent Fed minutes indicate a willingness to cut rates again. Reuters reports that…
7:59am ET
Media
Are Netflix & Blockbuster Watching Apple’s Video Deal? (NFLX, AAPL, BBI)
We’ve all heard by now that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is in a deal with News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) Fox for a movie rental download deal. Apple is Since Apple TV is still referred…
5:50am ET
Technology
With Heaviest Online Spending In History, Retail Employment Will Take Sharp Fall
December 6 was the biggest online sales day in history, at least according to comScore. Online buyers spent $803 million dollars that day. up 28% from the same day last year. It…
3:15pm ET
Investing
Netflix (NFLX) Results: Investors Dance In Streets
Wall St. could tell right away that it was a huge quarter. Within seconds of the earnings release, Netflix (NFLX) shares were up 18% to almost $27.20 Revenue for the third quarter…
Douglas A. McIntyre 3:19am ET
Media
Media Digest 10/16/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, China CITIC Bank is bidding to buy a stake in Bear Stearns (BSC) Reuters reports that the National Retail Federation’s survey of its members shows retail sales are expected…
1:38pm ET
Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest August 2007
Below is the short interest for major company stocks traded on the Nasdaq. The figures are from August 15 and compare to numbers from July 13, 2007. Investors were not willing to…