In about 36 hours, the highly awaited release of "Gears of War 2" comes to stores for a midnight opening. The Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Game Studio published game developed by Epic Games…
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) could have taken an overly generous offer from Electronic Arts (ERTS). Instead, it held out for a higher price and hinted that it had other buyers. The ERTS bid…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) will seek Chapter 11 protection. Reuters reports that Bank of America (BAC) will buy Merrill Lynch (MER) for $50 billion. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) is facing…
Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) chairman Strauss Zelnick overplayed his hand. He continued to refuse a buyout bid from larger game company Electronic Arts (ERTS). Now Take-Two shareholders will pay for Zelnick’s error. According…
Douglas A. McIntyre VSInvestor reports on several stocks moving on heavy volume today. At the top of the list are Freddie Mac (FRE) and Fannie Mae (FNM) dropping on comments from Barron’s that the common…
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) has reported its video game numbers for investors today. The company’s net was -$0.30 in GAAP EPS on $804 million in revenues (misleading numbers). Before a $231…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, a survey of sovereign wealth funds found concerns about their investment is overblown. Reuters reports that Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) will buy Alltel for over $28 billion. Reuters reports that…
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) has posted results well above estimates. It reported $539.8 million in net revenues, up more than 150% from last years $205.4 million due to the explosive…
Douglas A. McIntyre It is about the time that Electronic Arts (ERTS) is expected to extend its hostile bid of Take-Two Interactive (TTWO). Take-Two has argued that it is worth much more than the EA…
According to Rueters, Microsoft (MSFT) has proposed a partnership with Yahoo! (YHOO), in place of a buy-out, which may push Carl Icahn to try to get a deal for Yahoo! to set…
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) posted a net loss of $94 million or -$0.30 EPS, but on a non-GAAP basis from operations the company showed $0.09 EPS on a "excluding a benefit basis…
Douglas A. McIntyre After the close of trading on Tuesday, we’ll get to see earnings out of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS). The estimates for the video game software game giant from First Call are…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, the head of strategy at Microsoft (MSFT) says it deal to acquire Yahoo! (YHOO) is over. Reuters writes that Toyota (TM) posted a 28% drop in profit due to…
It looks like Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) will sell $500 million of its new game "Grand Theft Auto IV" the first week that it is on the market. That is better than most…
According to Reuters, Cisco (CSCO) has a good quarter but was cautious about the future. Reuters reports that Sprint (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) will announced a $12 billion project for national broadband…