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Piper Jaffray's Internet Content Update
Monday, December 13, 2010 - 9:09am | 124Piper Jaffray released its Internet Content update today with reports on Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE), and Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN). Unique users of Expedia (expedia.com, hotels.com, hotwire.com, TripAdvisor network, etc.)were +1% y/y in November. This is a big decline from +9% y/y in October, and +15% y...
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How to Get Free Holiday Music Downloads - from Amazon - Legally
Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 6:47pm | 571This month, Amazon.com (AMZN) is giving away free holiday music downloads which you can transfer to your Apple (AAPL) iPod or iPhone or other mp3 player. Each day, Amazon announces a new piece of music, and so far they have given away eleven, all of which can still be downloaded for free. This free...
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Markets Go At Highs On The Day
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 5:20pm | 137The broader markets closed at their highs of the session. The Dow closed at 11,410 up 40.26 points. This was led by a rise in General Electric (NYSE: GE), which raised its quarterly dividend by 17%. The NASDAQ finished the day up 20.87 points to 2,637. Stocks like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and...
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Netflix Off Highs After S&P 500 Add
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 4:52pm | 85Shares of Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are up 2% today, but are well off the highs of the session. This comes as S&P announced last night it was adding Netflix, along with Newfield Exploration (NYSE: NFX) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) to its S&P 500 index. Shares had climbed over $200 in...
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Friday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, CSCO, AIG, NFLX)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 12:18pm | 113The market continues to consolidate at these lofty levels, which is constructive. It will be interesting to see how we close today, as well as how options expiration week fairs. Here are you mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 27,667 contracts, 79.9% calls, 20.1% puts 2. Bank of...
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F5 Networks (FFIV), Netflix (NFLX) Graduate to S&P 500, as NASDAQ is Up Every Single Day of December
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 11:12am | 783Two companies we have held on and off over the years (F5 more than Netflix) were announced as new additions to the S&P 500 last night - F5 Networks (FFIV) and Netflix (NFLX). Congrats to those management teams as this is the most widely followed index on Earth. (Youku can't be far behind!) ...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (APWR, NFLX, FFIV, DRYS)
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:35am | 144A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd (NASDAQ: APWR) rose 7.00% to $5.20 in the pre-market session. APWR signed engineering, procurement and construction contract of about $32.5 million with Hainan Century Light Investment Co. Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) added 4.74% to $200.11 in pre-market trading...
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Piper Jaffray Notes Suggested Upside for Netflix
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:11am | 152Piper Jaffray released its report on Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) suggesting upside for NFLX. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We are modeling for Netflix gross sub adds of 5.04m in Q4 (decelerating growth) and web traffic data for the first month of Q4 is showing only a slight deceleration...
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Disney Renews And Expands Deal With Netflix, Goldman Sachs Reports
Friday, December 10, 2010 - 9:09am | 168In a renewed and expanded deal with Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) will make several TV series from ABC, the Disney Channel and ABC Family available for online streaming, Goldman Sachs reports. “The deal is non-exclusive for one year with a $100 to $150 mn license fee...
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Netflix And F5 Networks To Be Added To The S&P 500 (FFIV, NFLX)
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 6:46pm | 56CNBC is reporting that Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) will be added to the S&P 500. NFLX shares have gained 4.95% to $200.50 and F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV) has jumped 4.01% to $138.92.
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Overstock.com Announces New Software Development Center
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 5:24pm | 46Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) today announced that in early 2011 the company will open a Software Development Center in Utah County. The company expects the center will employ 150 technologists, 100 of which it expects to bring aboard within 12 months.
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Akamai Says Retail Traffic Higher Than Expected Today
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 2:43pm | 240Akamai Technologies (NYSE: AKAM) is out with a report today saying that North American online retail traffic is 18% higher than normal today. This is imperative to know, as it gives traders and investors plenty of investment ideas to consider. The two obvious ones are Akamai itself, which handles...
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Strategic Move by Time Warner Cable - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 11:33am | 524Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), the second largest cable MSO (multiple system operator) in the U.S., has taken a new strategic move to consolidate its core basic Cable TV segment. For the first time, the company is into some product segmentation, offering different cable services to different...
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Strategic Move by Time Warner Cable - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 11:02am | 524Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), the second largest cable MSO (multiple system operator) in the U.S., has taken a new strategic move to consolidate its core basic Cable TV segment. For the first time, the company is into some product segmentation, offering different cable services to different...
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Amazon Still Up
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 10:46am | 165Amazon.com'S (NASDAQ: AMZN) website is still up and operational, despite reports that WikiLeaks supporters would be attacking the website. Yesterday hackers hacked the corporate websites of Mastercard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V), but credit cards were not affected and customer accounts were not...