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Retail
Big Retails Which May Close Or Downsize (CC)(BBI)(PIR)(CPWM)
It is now no secret that we are in a very weak economic environment and if it is not an official recession it is for about 80% of the country. We’ve already…
NFLX Coverage Page 120
2:52am ET
Media
Media Digest 5/28/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) has slowed. Retuers writes that NetFlix (NFLX) and Blockbuster (BBI) held competing analysts meetings on the same day. Reuters reports…
6:23am ET
Investing
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (ASMI, ATAI, CCI, EMC, GNA, NFLX, NRG, PDS, TER, WGOV)
These are not the only analyst calls out there, but these are ten calls affecting stocks this Tuesday morning: ASM Intl NV (NASDAQ: ASMI) started as Underperform at Jefferies. ATA Inc. (NASDAQ:…
5:08am ET
Consumer Electronics
Netflix (NFLX): On More Box For The Top Of The TV
In many homes, the TV is topped by a cable box, a DVR, a satellite box, a PC, a Slingbox, and an Unbox from Amazon (AMZN). Netflix (NFLX) thinks that television can…
2:56am ET
Media
Media Digest 5/20/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) is proposing to buy Yahoo!’s (YHOO) search business. Reuters writes that Barclays (BCS) is looking at a possible bid for Lehman (LEH). Reuters reports that customer satisfaction…
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…
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…