courtesy of Sirius XM RadioThe share price of Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) manages to just keep rising and rising. The stock recovered handily after the recession, increasing from pennies to $1.00. Then…
ThinkstockWhen it comes to social media, or social gaming, the recent earnings reports from Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and Zynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) were complete opposites. Facebook blew past its sales and even made…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb continued his battle to increase Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: S) shareholder value as he pressed the Japanese company over management of its studio. The pressure has become…
Wikimedia CommonsThe battle of the wills, and money, continued during the night as Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) nearly took CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) off the air by blacking out its programs on…
ThinkstockRyan Newman won only $423,033 for his victory at the Brickyard 400. That would seem to be a low number since it is considered the second major race on the NASCAR circuit, behind the…
thinkstockIn an industry in which consolidation has gone on since the “Mad Men” age, a mammoth one has just taken place. Publicis Groupe and Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) will combined, and according to most experts,…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.It is enough money to buy up most of the residential property on Museum Mile, a northern part of New York’s Fifth Avenue, or every Ford ever built? That won’t happen,…
If you want to know how Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and other social media services are changing or dominating the world, this image that is the cover of the August edition of Funny Times…
ThinkstockFacebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) did manage to surprise not just Wall Street and Main Street with its earnings report. It blew the numbers out of the water, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is even proving to…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsThe best news to come from the most recent Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) earnings report rests on its successful move into mobile advertising. Large audiences of virtually all major sites have…
ThinkstockGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) single greatest weakness may be its poor market share in the world’s largest country as measured by population and Internet users — China. To make matters worse, Google’s primary competitor…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has released its second-quarter earnings report showing that sales rose by 53% year over year to $1.813 billion in the quarter. Earnings came in at $0.19 per…
ThinkstockEver since Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) introduced its ad-skipping technology called the “Hopper”, network TV operators have been seeking to kill the beast. No luck so far, though, as a federal appeals court…
courtesy of Tulane Public RelationsIn theory, any investment firm with enough money could make an offer for TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TST). The major hurdle to a takeover is that, without Jim Cramer, the founder and…
courtesy of MicrosoftGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may have the dominant search engine in the United States, based on its market share, which generally is posted at between 60% and 70%. However, on a customer…