Google is allegedly worried about ticking off Washington officials who might think that if Google is playing ball with Yahoo, Google has become an antitrust violator that must be terminated. As if Google isn't already close to monopoly power in search. It gets 67% of all searches, and that share keeps growing. Google worrying that a Yahoo deal will push it over the brink in antitrust is like Kim Jong-il worrying that if he puts on a party hat he'll be considered crazy.
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Ballmer's Facebook Lust: Just Like High School?
If
you hang around the tech industry long enough, you realize: It's just
like high school. These grown men and women may have millions or
billions of dollars, but it's the same old set of dramas on a bigger
canvas. Which seems exactly the way to view the action these days around the
Microsoft (MSFT)-Yahoo (YHOO) ordeal. Today's news: Steve Ballmer has put out
"feelers" about buying Facebook in the wake of ending his pursuit of
Yahoo. Let's parse the Reuters story with this perspective in mind. Why Google Never Really Wanted the Yahoo Search Deal
Quite simply: Yahoo! has been played
like a fiddle. Worse off, by even doing that little test with Google,
Yahoo! is now less desirable to Microsoft (MSFT). In MSFT’s eyes, YHOO’s search is
tainted, it’s as if a groom finds out on the eve of his wedding that
his wife is not quite a virgin. Of course, I still think that MSFT has the hots for YHOO… but it
will take its time, deservedly so. After all, just because a girl
tells you she is not interested or plays hard to get to the point of
frustrating you does not mean you stop liking her. Not Enough Money to Go Around for Google/Viacom
Peter Kafka of SAI is right to state that Viacom’s (VIA) $1B lawsuit against Google’s (GOOG) YouTube can be
fixed with a big-sized check, the problem, however, is that Google
won’t write it because it won’t be able to meet Viacom’s price. Indeed, this will go all the way to the Supreme Court, as states YouTube’s VP of content partnerships David Eun. Move, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN) Q1 2008 Earnings Call Electronic Arts Pays $30M to Napster Founder for Rupture
Shawn Fanning, best known for founding Napster, has a new job. He
will be working at Electronic Arts, which has bought his
social-network-gaming startup Rupture
for $30 million, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. His
co-founder Jon Baudanza will also join Electronic Arts. We first heard
of a possible deal back in February,
but did not know who was the buyer. Rupture’s first product was a
social network for players of the online video game World of Warcraft,
but it only came out with a beta version and kept delaying its public
launch. DivX Looks into the Future of Web Video
DivX (DIVX) reported their 1st quarter earnings
on Monday and while I’m still waiting to read the actual 10k before
digging too far into the numbers, I did want to comment on what I see
as a significant shift in strategy. Over the last 7 years, DivX has
done an impressive job of building an eco-system around a single file
format. The first time that I came across a DivX file, I actually
thought that it was some kind of a virus. It took me two weeks before I
worked up the courage to download the DivX media player so that I could
play the movie, but once I did, I realized that my fears were
unfounded. The file not only offered a superior video experience, but
it was a lot smaller than the MPEG files that I was used to
downloading. Since I was on a dial-up connection at the time, every
little byte made a big difference. SoundBite's Poor Quarter: Bump in Road, or Edge of Cliff?
It looks like I’ll be eating my first dose of humble
pie since I started PeakStocks.com about 7 months ago. In a business
where if you get slightly over 50% of your picks right, you attain rock
star status, it looks like we’ll be adding SoundBite to the “losing”
side of the scorecard, at least for now.
SoundBite Communications (SDBT),
a leading provider of on-demand customer contact solutions, reported
its fiscal 1st quarter 2008 earnings on Wednesday May 7th after the
market closed, and to say they were bad would probably not serve the
word “bad” properly. Bullish on Search: Google, Yahoo Both Get a 'Buy' from UBS
UBS Internet analyst Benjamin Schachter today advised investors to buy both Google (GOOG) and Yahoo (YHOO), though for different reasons. Let’s start with Yahoo. Schachter today lowered his price target on
the stock today - but not nearly as much as many of his peers. His new
target is $30, down from $34; he maintains his Buy rating. Schachter
figures there are three scenarios for the stock - it is a similar
approach to the one taken my Citigroup’s Mark Mahaney, but Schachter reached a slightly different conclusion. Here is a look at Schachter’s 3 scenarios:
What Should Jerry Do? My Advice to Yahoo
Alright, alright, I know. It’s
funny to pick on Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Jerry Yang. It seems that a lot of people are doing
it now. But before I get any more calls telling me what a nice
guy he is, let me explain something. I don’t doubt Jerry is a
nice guy. Hell, if I had a couple of billion lying around the
office, I think I would be a lot nicer too. I would even give
my wife the extra $300 she wanted to go buy some more junk at the farmer’s
market. Ok, ok, maybe not. Sprint Deal: Moving Toward an All-Wireless, Always-Connected Future
Amazing how things change. We all hate wires now. Wires were OK back
when people didn't mind moving themselves somewhere to do what they
needed to do -- like, to make a phone call, you'd go to a room with a
phone, or to work you'd go to the office. Just 15 years ago, pretty
much everyone was programmed that way. And that programming has only
been completely wiped out in the past five years, thanks to stuff like
WiFi, mobile e-mail and cheap cell phone service. In fact, now our expectations have gotten ahead of the technology.
It's truly annoying to open a laptop and not find an Internet
connection. Doesn't matter whether you're at a bus stop in a rural
town, a friend's apartment in Manhattan or a busy airport gate. We want
full-on wireless Internet all the time, everywhere, and we want it now.
This is classic pent-up demand. How Microsoft Could Kill Google on the Web
It's wrong to consider Microsoft (MSFT) down and out in the race for the
Internet just because it walked away from the Yahoo (YHOO) bid. I think that
was a good decision because it saved $40+ billion and avoided a
multi-year company integration that would have likely failed to produce
anything on a par with Google's (GOOG) properties anyway. When we look
at Microsoft history, what is it that has consistently put it on top?
Innovation? No. Most of its products are obvious knock-offs not as
well-done as the original. Customer loyalty? No. Almost everybody hates
the company, but it's hard to get a day of work done without using one
of its products. Computer users are loyal to Microsoft the way North
Koreans are loyal to Kim Jong Il. What choice do they have? Microsoft Talking to Facebook for Possible Deal - AllThingsD
Additionally, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told the press in Tokyo
yesterday that the company “isn’t pursuing other deals following the
withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo.” Their
experience dealing with Yahoo, apparently, has put them off
acquisitions altogether. But then again, just Monday Gates said “I wouldn’t rule out some
partnerships but we don’t have anything imminent there” following a
meeting and dinner with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Business Intelligence: An Interview With IBM's Rob Ashe
Rob Ashe, general manager of IBM’s business intelligence and
performance management unit, has had a busy year. He sold his company,
Cognos, to IBM (IBM) for $5 billion and has stayed on as a member of IBM’s
leadership team. Yahoo Worth $23 On Fundamentals - Lehman
With Microsoft’s (MSFT) withdrawal of its takeover bid for Yahoo (YHOO), multiple analysts have weighed in on what happens to Yahoo from here. This morning, Lehman’s Douglas Anmuth offered his view, and it is a sobering one for several reasons. Anmuth today reinstated coverage of the stock with an Equal Weight
rating and a $23 price target, below the current level. He notes that
while Yahoo’s management is under “significant pressure” to improve
operational performance and drive the stock price higher, he thinks
the company will find both goals “challenging in the near-term.” Cisco Sees Long-Term Growth, But U.S. Customers Are Cautious (Update)
Speaking on the company’s post-earnings conference call, Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers Tuesday afternoon said he remains comfortable with the company long-term growth rate forecast of 12%-17%. For fiscal Q4, the company sees revenue growth of 9% to 10%.
Chambers thinks there is a “relatively short-term challenge going
forward.” He said they continue to see caution from U.S. customers and
some European customers.
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Indian techies snubbing US jobs to stay home
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Lets start with the "factiods"
Google earned $4.12 per share. Discounting the stock given to employees, GOOG would have made $4.84 per share. This is higher than the average analyst expectation of $4.52 per share.
The Google pedestal is getting taller and taller. This is the 12th time out ...
I think this is the second time in Google's brief history of trading that the stock's 200 day simple moving average has turned down.
Yesterday's price low tagged the lower 2.0% Bollinger Bands.
So What You Say
For those predicting doom-and-gloom, consider this a normal fluctuation within a large move.
Previously we ...
Your stock drops 10%.
Microsoft Corp. today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion.
"Fire"
Looks like that is what the sheeple have heard in the crowded "GOOG" movie theater.
Stock is down $49.7299 to a still lofty $683.21 as of this posting.
Don't recall if this has happened before or not for Google's stock - going through two century marks in one calendar month.
Google goes through the $600 mark on 8 October 2007 and through the $700 mark on 31 October 2007.
Kind of like a blue moon.
Hopefully for ...
As I write this post and look at the daily stock chart for Google, I can't help but notice that the stock has been on an almost uninterrupted rise in price for more than two months. In mid-August 2007, the stock briefly pierced the rising 200 day moving average ...
Finally, Google hit $600 exactly in the AM on 8 October 2007.
You can almost smell it, Google's stock price at $600.
Those round century numbers act like a magnet. Today's and yesterday's large range bars look like a sprinter heading for the finishing line - the $600 per share finish line.
Don't act too surprised when GOOG hits $600.
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The UK's largest listed software company beat expectations with a 9% rise in half-year sales, despite a poor performance at its US healthcare business
Huawei Technologies is looking to sell a stake in its handset and mobile devices division to an external strategic investor, according to people familiar with the company's plans
Retail prices for laptop computers are poised to rise as manufacturers increase prices for the first time amid soaring raw material and assembly costs
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The world's biggest maker of internet switches and routers beat the conservative expectations it set three months ago after strong showings in China, India and Japan
The world's leading chipmakers have agreed to collaborate in the transition to new manufacturing methods to lower development costs and speed up technology migration
Apple has struck deals with Vodafone and Telecom Italia under which both mobile phone operators will sell the US computer company's phone
An expected realignment of the consumer internet sector was thrown into doubt over the weekend following Microsoft's surprise abandonment of its $46.5bn takeover offer for Yahoo
World's largest semiconductor maker plans to be more acquisitive in strategic areas such as consumer electronics, high-end smart phones and mobile internet devices
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T-Mobile USA, the fourth-largest US mobile network operator, added 981,000 net new customers in the first quarter and reported a 14 per cent increase in revenues to $4.6bn
Deutsche Telekom shrugged off the credit market turmoil by noting it could easily draw on upwards of €20bn ($30.8bn) for takeovers without endangering its investment-grade rating
Carphone Warehouse's deal with Best Buy prompted some to predict Carphone would quit the retail sector, while others said the company's rivals could bid for its telecoms business. But Chief executive Charles Dunstone is rejecting both ideas
Best Buy and the UK's Carphone Warehouse are setting up a joint venture to sell consumer electronics goods in Europe, with the US group taking a 50% stake in Carphone's European and US retail interests for £1.1bn
The billionaire Wall Street investor has spent a total of $2.36bn in the troubled US mobile phone maker to raise his stake to 7.6 per cent
UK's leading fixed-line telecommunications group unveiled two mobile phones for the consumer market that it hopes will revive its troubled wireless handset strategy
BT is trying to breathe new life into its faltering mobile phone strategy by unveiling a BlackBerry-style handset, offering web surfing and music and video playback as well as basic phone calls and text messaging
A seven-member consortium including Intel, Google, Comcast and Time Warner Cable has agreed to invest $3.2bn in a new joint venture led by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to build a 4G nationwide wireless broadband network in the US, based on WiMax technology
A boom in mobile subscriptions and telecom revenue is expected as operators flood the archipelago with ads promising the cheapest deals and best call quality
Shares in MTN hit a record high after India's Bharti Airtel confirmed that it was in talks which could lead to it buying a controlling stake in the mobile phone operator
If MTN is devoted to shareholder value it should only accept a bid for all of its shares and no doubt several global operators would be happy to oblige
Vanco issued a shock profits warning, its shares were suspended and its chief executive left.
Motorola chief executive Greg Brown drew fire from disgruntled shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Chicago after management admitted 2007 had been a "punishing year"
India's leading mobile operator has tabled an indicative bid for 51 per cent of the equity of South Africa telecoms group at about R165 a share
Vittorio Colao is being hailed as front runner to replace Arun Sarin, with his only real rivals being Andy Halford, chief financial officer, and Paul Donavan, head of emerging markets
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An online advertising partnership between
Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. is facing opposition from consumer and
civic groups that didn't wait for an official deal announcement to
voice their discontent.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has denied a request
from owners of thousands of low-power television stations to force
a ban on government-subsidized converter boxes that can't display
their signals.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Three film studios have filed a series of
federal lawsuits to stop what they say is the illegal sharing of
movies online.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Google Inc.'s top executives on
Thursday expressed hope that the Internet search leader will be
able to form a potentially lucrative advertising partnership with
Yahoo Inc. - a deal that would lower the odds of Microsoft Corp.
renewing its attempts to buy Yahoo.
SEATTLE (AP) - Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft
bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is
facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online
services business into a Google-killer.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Facebook, the world's second-largest
social networking Web site, will add more than 40 new safeguards to
protect young users from sexual predators and cyberbullies,
attorneys general from Florida and other states said Thursday.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Computer attacks typically do not inflict
physical pain on their victims.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The six major Hollywood studios have won a
$111 million (euro72 million) judgment for copyright infringement
against the shut-down file-sharing Web site TorrentSpy.com.
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NBC is relying heavily on Microsoft's Silverlight to present its online Olympic coverage which will include about 2,200 hours of free on-demand video. Perkins Miller is counting down the days to the start of the Olympic Games in Beijing this year. NBC's senior vice president of...
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Songdo, a new Korean city currently under construction, will offer ubiquitous technology for citizens, government, education. JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
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RealNetworks Inc. reported a 14 percent increase in revenues for the first quarter of 2008, in part due to its games business, which the company also announced it plans to spin off into a separate business.
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The insurer reported a woeful first quarter, and the bank is expected to sell a hefty chunk of its assets.
NEW YORK (AP) - Internet software and services stocks mostly declined Friday morning with the overall market after insurer American International Group Inc. reported wider-than-anticipated losses and oil prices continued to rise.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc expects to launch new products for its YouTube Web video service in the next few months and sees reason for closer cooperation with Yahoo Inc , Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) - Internet software and services stocks rose Thursday along with the overall market, which increased despite record-high oil prices.
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Apple Inc. will give refunds to customers ranging from $25 to $79 to settle lawsuits claiming some of the company's power adapters tended to spark.
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Apple Inc. will give its customers refunds of $25 to $79 to settle lawsuits alleging some of the company's power adapters tended to spark.
Apple Inc. will give refunds to customers ranging from $25 to $79 to settle lawsuits claiming some of the company's power adapters tended to spark.
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The view of Wednesday's action seems to be as a mere speed bump, but I'm not so sure.
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA), today announced it has entered into a multi-year agreement with On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT) to add comprehensive video capabilities, using On2 Technologies
Scale Venture Partners hired Rob Theis, a 25-year tech industry veteran from DCM-Doll Capital Management, where he was a general partner for eight years.
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Huawei May Sell a Handset Stake
NEW YORK (AP) - Most handset stocks dipped Wednesday, with Motorola Inc.'s shares declining even as an analyst indicated the struggling cell phone maker is likely to benefit from the combination of Clearwire and Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless broadband units.
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The investor has upped his share count to 172.2 million shares, or 7.6% of the total.
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The company was fined $1.4 billion in February.
The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) hasexpanded its relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM), signing a five-yearcontract for global information technology to support Hertz's overallreengineering and efficiency improvement efforts.
The Hertz Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) hasexpanded its relationship with IBM (NYSE: IBM), signing a five-yearcontract for global information technology to support Hertz's overallreengineering and efficiency improvement efforts.
LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in British engineering software firm Flomerics Group surged on Friday after rejecting a buyout offer from larger U.S. rival Mentor Graphics, saying it would explore interest from several other parties.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announcedtoday that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology AdvanceInnovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. Theinteractive online portal will be used by Vietnamese governmentinstitutions and universities to develop education programs for ServiceScience Management and Engineering (SSME), an emerging academic disciplineand research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering,management science, business strategy, and social science.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announcedtoday that the Vietnam Information for Science and Technology AdvanceInnovation Portal goes live on an IBM cloud computing infrastructure. Theinteractive online portal will be used by Vietnamese governmentinstitutions and universities to develop education programs for ServiceScience Management and Engineering (SSME), an emerging academic disciplineand research area that integrates aspects of computer science, engineering,management science, business strategy, and social science.
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