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Media Digest 7.27.2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   UBS (NYSE: UBS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) posted good earnings. Reuters:   The EU opened antitrust investigations into IBM (NYSE: IBM) Reuters:   Ask.com, owned by IACI (NASDAQ: IACI), will use humans to screen…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/26/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

MarketWatch:   A number of economists now expect Q2 GDP to be below 2%. Reuters:   BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward is expected to resign. Reuters:   Hayward will leave with $10 million. Reuters:   Europe’s…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) beat Wall St.  expectations but it stock did not move. Reuters:   The pay czar will criticize Goldman Sachs Group, Citigroup (NYSE: C), and JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM)…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

How The Movies Killed Netflix

Wall St did not like the results of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) last quarter and flogged the movie rental company’s shares as if they were Blockbuster’s, taking 10% off its market cap. Investors have come…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/22/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:  BP plc (NYSE: BP) defended its CEO as it considered new options to kill the well. Reuters:   The Senate voted to restore jobless benefits. Reuters:   Obama’s budget review may trim the 2010 projected…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Netflix Passes All Goals, Except The Most Important (NFLX)

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is getting hit in the after-hours trading session despite posting some impressive  growth.  The video rental giant made $43.5 million, or $0.80 EPS, a gain of close to 35%, while…

Jon C. Ogg · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/21/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) said as it prepares to sell some assets that its CEO is not leaving. Reuters:   The Senate approved an extension of unemployment benefits. Reuters:   Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) beat…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Amazon.com E-Reader Sales Leap: The Death Of Print

Print, which has been on the heart and lung machine for more than a decade, may finally be ready to give up the ghost. Many analysts thought newspapers and magazines would be the first…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/18/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters: Moody’s downgraded Ireland’s debt. Reuters:   Engineers detected seepage  around the capped BP well. Reuters:   The National Association for Business Economics says companies will begin to hire again but the service sector will be…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Video Game Sales Remain Depressed, Wii Loses Ground

Video game sales were down again in June. The introduction of new games and cut in console prices by Microsoft Corporation (NYSE: MSFT), Sony (NYSE: SNE), and Nintendo (OTC:NTDOY) have been trumped by faltering…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/16/2010

MarketWatch:   AgBank rose after its debut on the Hong Kong market. Reuters:   Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) settled with the SEC for $550 million. Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) capped the flow of oil…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

Media Digest 7/15/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Reuters:   BP plc (NYSE: BP) has begun to run an important test on its well cap. Reuters:   China’s economy expanded at 11.1% in 1H but closed in Q2. Reuters:   GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) expects $2.4…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 16 years ago

More Data Against A Double-Dip Recession

If you have watched the ticker tape, July’s trading action is signaling much less of a chance of a true double-dip recession than what was being telegraphed during the gloom days throughout June.  Earnings…

Jon C. Ogg · 16 years ago

Reality Sets in at Playboy (PLA)

It seems that the bid by Hugh Hefner and Rizvi Traverse may already have issues.  While some law firms announced “investigations” into whether the terms were fair, it seems at least one class action…

Jon C. Ogg · 16 years ago