courtesy of NetflixGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube may be Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) biggest problem. Despite deals with content companies that now includes Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) TV operation, possible deals to…
ThinkstockSemiconductor sales have moved in a slow, sideways range over the past year. The key for the top companies like Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to…
ThinkstockInvestors have become increasingly anxious about how badly the U.S. equity and fixed income markets will be battered as the American government marches toward a potential default. Of course, investors may sell…
courtesy of Google Inc.Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released its list of “The Most Innovative Companies of 2013.” As is the case with most of these types of lists, the conclusions are based…
Courtesy Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) launched its next-generation handheld gaming device, the PlayStation Vita, in the United States last November, and to say that it has been a modest success may…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThe activist investor has been around forever on Wall Street. For years the portfolio managers and equity strategist at the big mutual fund companies were the ones that really could drive change…
ThinkstockWith the PC market withering and the mobile market exploding, the two big PC CPU makers should be having some trouble posting profit growth. But over the past 12 months, shares of…
Courtesy Xiaomi TechnologyFor a while there a couple of years ago, 3D TV was the next big thing with electronics manufacturers. Customers were far less enthusiastic and 3D television sets from makers…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to buy the Nokia Inc. (NYSE: NOK) handset business for $7.17 billion, which is not much for a company with its balance sheet.…
courtesy GameStop Corp.It is very well known that the video game sector is about to get an entire refresh cycle. Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) is launching a new PlayStation and Microsoft Corp.…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Tuesday at the Gamescom show the names of 23 titles that will available at the launch of its new Xbox One game controller now…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB) have reached a preliminary agreement that would allow Sony to carry Viacom’s cable channels on Sony’s planned Internet TV service.…
thinkstockWhere you come down in the current debate (war?) over which industry will control the living room TV set depends largely on whether you believe that entertainment is a top-down or a…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Daniel S. Loeb, head of Third Point LLC, got the answer he expected from Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) board. It will not spin out or sell its studio and…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Dell Inc.Michael Dell appears to have gotten what he wished for. The special committee of the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) board, charged with vetting any arrangement to buy the company, has…
