One of the most important outposts that Microsoft (MSFT) has on the internet is its browser, Internet Explorer. The huge majority of people who visit sites online use the Redmond product for…
Late word is that The Weather Channel will be sold to either GE’s (GE) NBCU unit, in partnership with Blackstone (BX), or to Time Warner (TWX). According to Reuters, "The winning bid…
Sir Howard Stinger, head of Sony (SNE), believes that his executive ranks lack passion. Perhaps they have spent too much time as engineers, or the string of bad years at the consumer…
According to Reuters, Ford (F) has given up on its plan to make a profit in 2009. Reuters reprots that Yahoo! (YHOO) nominated its board and delayed its annual meeting. Reuters writes…
Time Warner (TWX) plans to spin-off its cable company, Time Warner Cable (TWC), to shareholders. In the process, the parent will get a payment of $9.25 billion as part of a one-time…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Steve Ballmber said his company will not bid for Yahoo! (YHOO). Reuters writes that HP’s (HPQ) operating margin rose to 10% in the last quarter. Reuters writes…
Carl Icahn has made the announcement that he plans a proxy fight to either control or influence the Yahoo! board. It is a remarkably poor idea. Microsoft (MSFT) has made it clear…
Search has already trumped all other models on the internet for making money, and now its popularity has reached the point where the Google (GOOG) sites have passed Yahoo! (YHOO) as the…
Perhaps someone could have figured this out a year ago, Social networks like MySpace, owned by News Corp (NWS) and Facebook are poor targets for marketers. No wonder. A social network is…
CNBC is saying that Carl Icahn may start a proxy fight for control of Yahoo! (YHOO). It will never happen. Microsoft (MSFT) has made it clear that it does not want Yahoo!.…
Apple (AAPL) appears to have picked up a deal to deliver HBO programming though iTunes according to Portfolio. The new partnership will involve HBO, a unit of Time Warner (TWX) getting a…
The time has come, late. But, the time has come. Google (GOOG) says that its No.1 revenue priority for the year it to make money from it monster-truck video sharing site, YouTube.…
Yahoo! (YHOO) seems to have gotton several pieces of bad news yesterday. The chief of strategy at Microsoft (MSFT), if there can be any such person, said that his company would go…
Google (GOOG) rules the search world in all but one important country. China not only has the largest population in the world, it has the largest number of people online totaling 221…
It’s official. At 7:56 PM Saturday night, Steve Ballmer of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) officially threw in the towel in its bid to acquire Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO). Now that the details are…
