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Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Suing a Bunch of Tech Companies
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1:05am | 235Paul Allen, one of the co-founders of Microsoft (MSFT), is suing Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo (YHOO), eBay (EBAY), Netflix (NFLX), AOL (AOL), Office Depot (ODP), OfficeMax (OMX), and Staples (SPLS). He is claiming that the companies are infringing on the patents held by...
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School Specialty Upgraded - Analyst Blog
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 2:07pm | 440We recently upgraded our recommendation on School Specialty Inc. (SCHS) to Neutral with a target price of $14.00. Earlier, we had an Underperform rating on the stock. School Specialty is the leading provider of supplemental educational products for the PreK-12 market in the U.S. and Canada. The...
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Amazon.com Moves Into Intra Day Support At $124.75
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 11:57am | 71Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is selling into intra day support at $124.75 as the markets are hitting the 200 moving average on the intra day ten minute chart. There should be decent intra day support here on Amazon and it could see a short term bounce. Gareth Soloway Chief Market Strategist www...
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10 Stocks Surging During the Selloff
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 9:41am | 183(TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 has tumbled 5.6% in the past month as weak data spurred a migration into bonds. Not all stocks have suffered in the selloff. Here are the 10 stocks that made the biggest gains during the correction. Excluded from the list are telecom and utility stocks, which have...
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Report: Google to Offer Pay-Per-View YouTube (GOOG)
Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 8:03pm | 182Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube website is in talks with Hollywood movie studios over a pay-per-view video service that could be launched by the end of the year, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Google and YouTube "talked about how many people they could steer to this ... it's a huge number...
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J.P. Morgan Says Coinstar's RedBox Will Peak in 2011, Then Decline
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 4:37pm | 112J.P. Morgan has recently come out with a research report about Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR). The report states that Coinstar's growth will peak in 2011, and begin to decline in 2012. They feel that this will be due to greater competition between Coinstar's RedBox and online streaming media, namely...
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Netflix App for Apple's Device - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 1:36pm | 1232A leading provider of online movie rental and Web video subscription services, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) announced the release of its application to Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPod and iPhone Touch handheld devices. The application will allow streaming of movies and TV shows via both Wi-Fi and 3G networks for...
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Novell 3Q In Line, Revenue Slips - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 12:21pm | 1198Enterprise software developer, Novell Inc. (NOVL) reported third quarter 2010 earnings of 5 cents, in line with both the Zacks Consensus Estimate and the year-ago quarter. Earnings include stock based compensation but exclude one time item. The better-than-expected result was primarily driven by...
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Cisco Picks Up ExtendMedia - Analyst Blog
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 12:21pm | 974Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) has announced its intention to acquire venture capital-funded ExtendMedia, which is a maker of content management system (CMS) software. The deal, which according to some could be worth as much as $80 million, is expected to provide Cisco the necessary technology for...
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Top 4 Stocks In The Consumer Services Industry With The Highest ROE (UTA, NTRI, CTRP, EMS)
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 4:54am | 144Below are the top consumer service stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of return on equity. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at Universal Travel Group (NYSE: UTA) is 26.52%. UTA’s quarterly revenue jumped 99.60% y/y. The trailing-twelve-month return on equity at NutriSystem Inc (...
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Netflix Announces iPhone and iPod App (NFLX, AAPL)
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 3:32pm | 199Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced a new application for use on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and iPod Thursday. The app provides the company's vast selection of TV episodes and movies to users' iPhone or iPod touch at no additional cost. The app is available via both Wi-Fi and 3G networks. TV...
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CA Technologies Expands Support for Amazon Web Services
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 9:25am | 160CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA) today announced expanded support for Amazon Web Services (Nasdaq: AMZN). CA Virtual, CA Service Automation, CA Service Assurance and the Nimsoft Monitoring Solution can now easily plug into the Amazon Virtual Private Cloud for increased business agility. These solutions...
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Benzinga’s Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (MNTA, SOLF, NFLX, ARNA)
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 8:41am | 179Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: MNTA) rose 7.40% to $16.84 in the pre-market session. US District Judge Emmet Sullivan had denied the issuance of a preliminary injunction, after Sanofi requested to block the generic version of Lovenox, already being sold by the Sandoz unit of Novartis and MNTA...
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Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day Highlights: RC2, Methanex, Amazon.com, Sony and Barnes and Noble - Press Releases
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 8:04am | 1718For Immediate Release Chicago, IL –August 26, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: RC2 Corp (RCRC) as the Bull of the Day and Methanex Corp. (MEOH) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Amazon.com (AMZN), Sony Corp (SNE) and Barnes and Noble (BKS). Here...
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New Kindle Starts Shipping Today, Fastest-Selling Yet (AMZN)
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 7:35pm | 177Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) new version of the Kindle started shipping today, and the latest iteration is selling more than previous models. The Kindle is an e-reader that allows users to read published works in electronic format. The product is direct competitor to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad....