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- Yahoo Catalysts and Problems - Weisel
- While chopping estimates slightly for Yahoo YHOO, Thomas Weisel analyst Christa Quarles asks in a report today “Will They or Won’t They,” and takes a look at “2009 Potential Catalysts” for Yahoo shares, revolving, of course, around the matter of a potential deal with Microsoft MSFT to sell Yahoo assets....
- External links 2008-12-22
- Should Google Buy Facebook?
- Should Google GOOG buy privately held social networking Web site Facebook? It’s been a subject of endless speculation, and a piece yesterday on TechCrunch opines that a marriage of the search-engine giant with Facebook would allow users to search the news feed of their Facebook pages, where friends and loved...
- External links 2008-12-29
- Facebook Users Could Eclipse Google in 2011
- If social networking site Facebook ever finds a way to make money – and that’s a big “if,” I’d imagine – it could pose a threat to Google GOOG, according to a 15-page note out today from RBC Capital Markets analyst Ross Sandler, chockablock with charts and graphs and tables....
- External links 2009-03-18
- eBay Q1: Sales and Profit Ahead of Estimates
- EBay EBAY Wednesday afternoon reported sales and profit for Q1 that beat estimates. Revenue fell 7.8% to $2.02 billion, while profit fell to 39 cents per share. That compared to analysts’ estimates for $1.94 billion and 34 cents per share. For Q2, the company forecast sales of...
- External links 2009-04-22
- LogMein IPO: Jumps 25% on First Day
- Only five U.S. startup companies have gone public this year, down from 86 in 2007, according to data from the National Venture Capital Association, as related by Bloomberg. Supply, then, is so thin, that today it drove a 25% stock price appreciation on the first day of one...
- External links 2009-07-02
- Bing's Future Unclear
- Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Marriane Wolk has scoured the Internet for intelligence on Microsoft’s MSFT new search engine Bing, and come up with the conclusion that the appeal of the new service, and its staying power, is uncertain. “The long term verdict for Bing and its ability to drive sustainable...
- External links 2009-07-02
- Overstock Spikes 17% as Q2 Swings to Profit
- Shares of online discount shop Overstock.com OSTK are on a tear Wednesday morning, rising $2.17, or 17.7%, to $14.43, after the company announced it recorded a net profit of $389,000 in Q2, compared to a $7.4 million loss a year earlier, or 2 cents per share, compared to negative 32...
- External links 2009-07-22
- eBay Surprises the Naysayers
- eBay EBAY surprised the naysayers tonight, reporting Q2 sales fell 4%, year over year, not as bad as expected, to $2.1 billion, ahead of the consensus $1.99 billion estimate, and profit per share, excluding some costs, was 37 cents, ahead of the average 36-cent estimate. The company forecast Q3 revenue...
- External links 2009-07-22
- Amazon Q2: Sales Miss, Forecast Light
- Good grief! It’s the fall of the giants. The same afternoon Microsoft MSFT misses badly with its Q4, Amazon.com AMZN is reporting Q2 sales slightly below estimates and profit that was in line. The company forecast Q3 sales in line with estimates. Amazon stock is down $7.55, or...
- External links 2009-07-23
- Akamai Q2: Sales and Profits Miss Estimates
- Shares of Internet bandwidth optimizer Akamai Technologies AKAM are coming under pressure Wednesday evening after the company reported Q2 sales and profit that missed analysts’ estimates. Revenue rose 5% in the second quarter to $204.6 million, yielding non-GAAP profit per share of 40 cents. That compares to Street...
- External links 2009-07-29
- Akamai Downgraded by Four on Soft Q2, Price Wars
- And here come the downgrades. Four of ‘em Thursday for Akamai Technologies AKAM, which last night missed Q2 estimates and offered a disappointing forecast. Katherine Egbert, Jefferies & Co.: Downgrades the stock from “Buy” to “Hold,” and cuts her price target from $25 to $20. Egbert writes Akamai...
- External links 2009-07-30
- Orbitz Q2: Earns Profit Instead of Expected Loss
- Online travel booking site Orbitz OWW is soaring Wednesday morning, up 79 cents, or 21%, at $4.52 after the company reported Q2 sales that were in line with estimates and a profit per share where a loss had been expected. Net revenue fell 19%, year over year, the...
- External links 2009-08-05
- Amazon: No Major Threat from Target's New E-Commerce Initiative
- Target’s TGT decision Friday to build out its e-commerce infrastructure won’t likely hurt Amazon.com AMZN, writes J.P. Morgan analyst Imran Khan in a note to clients. In fact, it could help. Target announced Friday it would construct its own order-fulfillment services for its online sales, which totaled $1.8...
- External links 2009-08-08
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- Comverse Says Business Slows; Stock Sinks
- Shares of telecom software provider Comverse Technology CMVT are plunging today, down over 20%, or $3.42, at $13.50, after the company last night filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission that indicates signs business is slowing. The company said in its filings that “”slower momentum, in particular...
- External links 2008-08-15
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