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 form partnerships…
ThinkstockIf there is a fad or a trend then you know there is serious money to be made from it. Zombies have grown and grown in popularity over the last decade, and the Season…
ThinkstockA true monopoly is when only one major player remains in an industry, even if tiny competitors exist here and there. So ask yourself what it would mean if the two satellite pay-TV providers…
courtesy of Apple Inc.According to the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), mobile advertising revenue soared in the first half of the year. What the association did not mention is that marketers usually pay so little for…
Any time a major company files for an initial public offering (IPO) there will be skeptics. All companies have to cite “Risk Factors” in their IPO filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and…
TwitterThe long-awaited S-1 filing from Twitter Inc. has now been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. No formal terms have been set, but the company is filing to sell up to $1 billion…
4:14 p.m. EST: Word has been out that Twitter will file its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission before the end of the week. We are now expecting this A-1 filing to drop…
ThinkstockThe federal government shutdown is creating some interesting website outages and making it very difficult to track certain developments. With it still being hurricane season, it is difficult to get formal tracking when so…
ThinkstockUntil yesterday, ING was the title sponsor of the New York City Marathon. The deal made sense as ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING) sells products to consumers and has hundreds of thousands of customers.…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsA video of a Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) car on fire that was posted on Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube helped push the firm’s stock price down by nearly 10%.…
AngieslistAngie’s List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) has always seemed like an odd company to us, even to the point that we questioned whether it should have ever been public AND whether it should be worth…
TwitterRumors spread that Twitter would file its initial public offering (IPO) papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week. The likelihood of that has died as the federal government prepares to shut…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NYSE: FB) has long been up against a simple problem with Wall Street. Investors who want to know if its revenue can ever reach a point at which the…
TwitterIn among the major and minor celebrities, news media outlets, the Pope and President Obama, there are no huge corporations with substantial followings on Twitter. As a matter of fact, among the list of…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has managed a miracle turnaround from what was nothing short of a disastrous initial public offering. Mark Zuckerberg has turned into a chief executive officer looking at…