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Would EBAY Sell Skype To Comcast?
Skype is not working out very well for Ebay (ABAY). That is not just because the service has been down for two days, keeping it over 200 million subscribers off of the…
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Whole Foods Ruling Good News For Google/DoubleClick, Sirius/XM. Really.
(WFMI)(OATS)(SIRI)(XMSR)(GOOG) From Silicon Alley Insider What do organic grocery stores, online ad giants, and satellite radio companies have in common? Just a bunch of regulators who decide whether to approve mega-mergers like…
9:17am ET
Health and Healthcare
IPO FILING: Concentric Medical, A Stroke Treatment Device (CLOT)
A medical device company for the treatment of strokes called Concentric Medical, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO under the NASDAQ ticker "CLOT." The filing is for up to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 8:56am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
IPO Filing: Chimera, A Vulture Fund With Annaly (CIM, NLY)
Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:NLY) announced the filing for an IPO of Chimera Investment Corporation under the NYSE tick "CIM." Chimera is a newly-formed specialty finance company that will invest in residential…
8:39am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Top Financial Gappers on Discount Rate Cut (GS, BSC, LEND, ETFC, TMA, NLY, WM, WFC, CFC, MBI, PMI)
These intra-meeting cuts like the 50-basis point discount rate cut this morning, even if this one is the discount rate rather than the funds rate, do act as stabilizers and you are…
7:42am ET
Investing
FED Cuts Discount Rate, Futures Spike
What appears to be the beginning of another bad day for Wall St.. was turned around as the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate from 6.25% ot 5.75%. Futures are now up…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:37am ET
Investing
Google To Buy Into China
Google (GOOG) plans to make several acquisitions in China over the next several quarters, according to TechCruch. GOOG market share there trails China search engine Baidu (BIDU) by a large margin. By…
6:24am ET
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Ebay Plan For Skype Falters As Service Stays Off-Line
After Ebay’s (EBAY) last earnings report, CEO Meg Whitman made it clear that the company was not getting a good return on its investment in free VoIP service Skype. EBAY is paying…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:47am ET
Investing
Does Hewlett-Packard PC Success Hurt Apple
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) had a break-out quarter in its PC business. And Apple (AAPL) is hoping to take PC market share with it iMac line. The increase in AAPL computer sales is seen…
5:35am ET
Investing
Europe Markets 8/17/2007
Markets in Europe were off slightly at 6.20 AM New York time. The FTSE fell .2% to 5,845. Barclays (BCS) was down 1.2% to 598. Rio Tinto (RTP) was down 2.5% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:22am ET
Investing
Nasdaq Gets Slapped Down Again
The NASDAQ Stock Market (NDAQ) struggle for months to buy the London Stock Exchange to expands it global reach. It got nowhere. London kept turning it away. It looked like NDAQ finally…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:02am ET
Investing
Dell Has Problems Getting Notebooks
Dell (DELL) is having problems getting enough notebooks to meet rising demand. According to the Taiwam Economic Times DELL suppliers Quanta Computer Inc. and Wistron Corp. are being asked to up their…
Douglas A. McIntyre 4:54am ET
Investing
Sun Microsystems Keeps Scrambling For Revenue
Sun Microsystems (SUNW) has come up with another new way to make revenue. It sales were flat in the last quarter, and that does not seem likely to change in the next…
4:44am ET
Investing
More Bad News For Qualcomm
Qualcomm (QCOM) got more bad news yesterday. It largest customer, Nokia (NOK) filed a complaint with the ITC to ban imports of handsets that the big European company says infringe on its…
4:33am ET
Investing
The Boston Scientific Fire Sale
Boston Scientific (BSX) has indicated that it will consider selling two more of its units. Wall St. has speculated that sales of the company’s key products like drug coated stents have fallen…
Douglas A. McIntyre