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Zynga Delivers A Tad Ahead… Is It Good Enough? (ZNGA)

ZyngaZynga, Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has reported its first corporate earnings report since coming public this year.  The social gaming company has reported earnings of $0.06 EPS and $329 million in revenue.  Thomson Reuters had estimates of…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Markets are lifted by Fed comments that the economy is recovering and that it will keep rates low. (Reuters) Chrysler posts its best earnings since being partially taken over by Fiat. (Reuters) Samsung says…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Nintendo Loses Money

Nintendo lost money. It is the first time in recent memory that it has done so. Some of the blame falls on the value of the yen. But, more important, sales of its Wii…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/25/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

A judge objects to parts of an AIG (NYSE: AIG) suit to block a Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) settlement over mortgage bond sales. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings are better than even the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

What Do Raiders See in Barnes & Noble?

Not much is left of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). Its bricks-and-mortar model has been ravaged by online competition. Its Nook e-reader trails well behind the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle and also competes with…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Will Google Dump Google Finance?

When Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) launched Google Finance on March 21, 2006, a number of observers believed the search company was set to compete with the largest financial sites — Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) Finance and MSN’s and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg

Facebook reports that its revenue grew to more than $1 billion and its membership to 900 million. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sells some of the patents it bought from AOL (NYSE: AOL) to Facebook…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/23/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Nestle to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) baby food operation for $11.9 billion. (Reuters) China’s factory output rises slightly in March, but still not at levels of expansion. (Reuters) Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD) buys Cable &…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

As Internet Video Activity Grows, the Search for Profit Continues

Online data research firm Comscore reports that the viewership of video online continues to rise rapidly. Video Metrix service showing that 181 million U.S. Internet users watched nearly 37 billion online content videos in March, while…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

BRICs want more of a say in the International Monetary Fund before they make their next contributions. (Reuters) French president Nicolas Sarkozy almost certainly will be voted out of office, raising questions about the…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

The Empires of Apple Media

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock occasionally rises above $600 a share and its market cap above $600 billion. Its sales almost certainly will pass $100 billion this year, based on extraordinary revenue growth. The iPhone and…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Media Digest (4/19/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

BP (NYSE: BP) wants a trial over the Deepwater Horizon delayed while it tries to get a settlement. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund receives $320 billion in new funds that could be used to…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago