According to Reuters, Oracle (ORCL) has withdrawn its bid for BEA Systems (BEAS). Reuters writes that profits at Toahiba rose 38%. Reuters reports that Chrysler workers have approved the UAW contract with…
News Corp (NWS) today announced a deal with online game company Oberon to provide online fun which will "incorporate features into the MySpace games area that allows users to socialize by inviting…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) rose 67% in the last quarter/ Reuters writes that the UAW has a secret deal with Chrysler to make certain products in the US in the hope…
Rupert Murdoch hoped that his big announcement yesterday is that News Corp (NWS) is opening up the development platform for its huge social network, MySpace. He hopes that this will counter a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Accoriding to Reuters, Sony (SNE) will launch a cheaper version of its PS3 in the US in hopes of taking market share from Microsoft (MSFT) and Nintendo. Reuters writes that British Air…
News Corp’s (NWS) social network MySpace will add Ebay’s (EBAY) Skype voice over IP product to the MySpace instant messaging feature. The two companies say that the deal will promote the use…
TheStreet.com (TSCM) hit a seven-year high today at $13.72. It is hard to point to one factor driving the stock. Jim Cramer is as popular as ever, Wall St. probably is looking…
Recent research picked up by TechCrunch shows that Google (GOOG) social network Orkut now has about 25% of the audience of News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace. In the fast-growing Asia region, the sites…
The name brand blogs. The big ones. Huffington. TechCrunch. GigaOm. Boing Boing. Ars Technica. SeekingAlpha. AOL has already bought Weblogsinc. It owns popular blogs including flagship Engadget. But, with the internet operations…
The Wall Street Journal writes that Microsoft (MSFT) is in talks to buy 5% of social network website Facebook, putting a valuation on the whole company of $10 billion. Alley Insider makes…
Not to one to be out-flanked by NBC (GE) or ABC (DIS), News Corp’s (NWS) Fox unit will offer some of its most popular shows free on Apple (AAPL) iTunes. According to…
According to Reuters, Google (GOOG) will begin to test a new interactive ad service that will allow marketers to measure user respone on creative unites using video and images. The Wall Street…
Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp (NWS) said it again today. He is leaning hard toward making the online edition of The Wall Street Journal free, according to CNN Money. Depending on…
Douglas A. McIntyre The president of News Corp (NWS) put it this way, according to Reuters: "I assume it will be prickly and dicey and contentious like all negotiations are and like all negotiations should…
The July data on video viewing on the internet just out from comScore should make investors wonder why any company other than Google (GOOG) is in the online video business. Google has…
