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Windfall means 'moment of reckoning' for Yahoo CEO
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed May 07, 5:16PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer faces a $10 billion decision in a few months.
What Ever Happened to All That Bitcoin Talk?
at The Street - Wed May 07, 1:51PM CDT
A new film, "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin," is sure to delight enthusiasts of the virtual currency even as is value has dropped more than 40% in 2014.
Market to Companies: No Tolerance for Spending
at The Street - Wed May 07, 1:39PM CDT
The combination of high valuation, no or low profitability and high spending are no longer getting a free pass in this market. Beware of the rotation. It is powerful and will give you whiplash if you dig in your heels and focus on the fundamentals...
Wintel Is Dying, as Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation Strike New Alliances
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 1:00PM CDT
Microsoft and Intel are more than just friends. The storied Wintel alliance made a mainstream market out of personal computers. For many consumers and businesses, Microsoft software running on Intel chips has been the default computing platform...
King's 'Candy Crush' Declining 'Faster Than Expected'
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed May 07, 12:40PM CDT
Newly public video game maker King Digital (KING) says fewer players paid to play its games in Q1 than had during the prior three months, sending its shares lower. Paying gamers jumped 190% year over year to 11.9 million in the first quarter, but...
3 Takeaways From Microsoft’s Recent Earnings
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 12:05PM CDT
Microsoft is a company trying to transform itself from a software business to one that sells devices and services. Investors have become cautiously optimistic that the company is heading in the right direction, and the stock is up just less than 7%...
Don't Gamble on BlackBerry's Fading Turnaround Hopes
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 12:05PM CDT
For the past several years, BlackBerry and its investors pinned their hopes on the company's rumored turnaround. There were a few possible catalysts for this, including new products, the value of its patents, or a possible takeover. Unfortunately,...
Are Investors Ignoring InvenSense's Potential?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 11:45AM CDT
For investors, Wall Street's short-sighted nature can be a blessing in disguise. Motion chip specialist InvenSense was beaten down last week after the company missed earnings estimates for the fourth quarter as it decided to ramp up research and...
China's Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed May 07, 11:32AM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in history.
Jim Cramer: Alibaba Is an Unstoppable Freight Train
at The Street - Wed May 07, 10:43AM CDT
Let's hope it doesn't plow into the rest of the market -- though I don't know how that won't happen.
Will These Acquisitions Help Google Compete with Amazon?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 10:05AM CDT
Google is making acquisitions to build up Google Shopping, its retail portal, in an apparent effort to turn up the heat on Amazon.com . The search giant acquired two London-based firms this year, Rangespan and DeepMind . Both could improve...
Why ARM Believes We'll See a $20 Smartphone
at The Street - Wed May 07, 9:49AM CDT
ARM Holdings expects future growth to come from both ends of the personal computing spectrum.
Intel and Google Dive Further Into Chromebooks
Chris Neiger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 9:30AM CDT
A few years ago, Google 's Chromebooks seemed a bit laughable. Netbooks had largely come and gone, so how were these supposed to be any different? But now Chromebooks pose a growing threat to both Apple and Microsoft , thanks in part to Intel...
Stock Market News for May 07, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed May 07, 9:06AM CDT
Selling pressure in Internet stocks and a decline in AIG’s quarterly income dragged the benchmarks down on Tuesday
Nokia Corporation and the Internet of Things: Taking on the Heavyweights, Again
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 9:05AM CDT
According to Nokia 's recently released earnings report, had the deal to sell its devices and services unit to Microsoft closed in Q1, it would have had an additional $6.95 billion net cash on its balance sheet. Now that the transaction has...
Android, Windows Phone 8 Grow U.S. Mobile Market Share; Is BlackBerry Near the End?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 8:51AM CDT
Phones running Google's operating system continue to lead over iPhones powered by Apple's iOS, according to the latest comScore smartphone market share report . The study also shows that Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system has...
Puget Receives First Purchase Orders from Amazon
Business Wire - Wed May 07, 7:30AM CDT
Puget Technologies (OTCBB
UGE) announces it has received the first series of purchase orders from Amazon for the award winning IdeaWerk high performance 3D printer. Through this purchase, the e-retail giant jumps further into the 3D printing space and makes this revolutionary technology more widely available to U.S. consumers and to the rapidly expanding community of makers and innovators.
5 Tech Toys More Beloved Than Apple Products
at The Street - Wed May 07, 7:30AM CDT
Apple acolytes will insist that the company's greatness overcomes every obstacle. On a daily basis, consumers around the world prove them wrong.
Why Amazon Is Selling its Fire TV on Installment Plans
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 6:21AM CDT
Paying in multiple installments is most often associated with products sold on infomercials or home shopping channels. Amazon has taken a page from a book usually reserved for products like the NuWave Oven or the Little Giant Ladder and begun...
Is the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal Really a Good Idea?
at The Street - Wed May 07, 5:00AM CDT
Comcast acquires Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion -- let's consider whether the deal is worth it.
Windfall means 'moment of reckoning' for Yahoo CEO
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed May 07, 5:16PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer faces a $10 billion decision in a few months.
What Ever Happened to All That Bitcoin Talk?
at The Street - Wed May 07, 1:51PM CDT
A new film, "The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin," is sure to delight enthusiasts of the virtual currency even as is value has dropped more than 40% in 2014.
Market to Companies: No Tolerance for Spending
at The Street - Wed May 07, 1:39PM CDT
The combination of high valuation, no or low profitability and high spending are no longer getting a free pass in this market. Beware of the rotation. It is powerful and will give you whiplash if you dig in your heels and focus on the fundamentals...
Wintel Is Dying, as Microsoft Corporation and Intel Corporation Strike New Alliances
Anders Bylund, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 1:00PM CDT
Microsoft and Intel are more than just friends. The storied Wintel alliance made a mainstream market out of personal computers. For many consumers and businesses, Microsoft software running on Intel chips has been the default computing platform...
King's 'Candy Crush' Declining 'Faster Than Expected'
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed May 07, 12:40PM CDT
Newly public video game maker King Digital (KING) says fewer players paid to play its games in Q1 than had during the prior three months, sending its shares lower. Paying gamers jumped 190% year over year to 11.9 million in the first quarter, but...
3 Takeaways From Microsoft’s Recent Earnings
Chad Henage, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 12:05PM CDT
Microsoft is a company trying to transform itself from a software business to one that sells devices and services. Investors have become cautiously optimistic that the company is heading in the right direction, and the stock is up just less than 7%...
Don't Gamble on BlackBerry's Fading Turnaround Hopes
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 12:05PM CDT
For the past several years, BlackBerry and its investors pinned their hopes on the company's rumored turnaround. There were a few possible catalysts for this, including new products, the value of its patents, or a possible takeover. Unfortunately,...
Are Investors Ignoring InvenSense's Potential?
Harsh Chauhan, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 11:45AM CDT
For investors, Wall Street's short-sighted nature can be a blessing in disguise. Motion chip specialist InvenSense was beaten down last week after the company missed earnings estimates for the fourth quarter as it decided to ramp up research and...
China's Alibaba seeks blockbuster IPO in US
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed May 07, 11:32AM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alibaba Group, the king of e-commerce in China, is dangling a deal that could turn into one of the biggest IPOs in history.
Jim Cramer: Alibaba Is an Unstoppable Freight Train
at The Street - Wed May 07, 10:43AM CDT
Let's hope it doesn't plow into the rest of the market -- though I don't know how that won't happen.
Will These Acquisitions Help Google Compete with Amazon?
David Eller, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 10:05AM CDT
Google is making acquisitions to build up Google Shopping, its retail portal, in an apparent effort to turn up the heat on Amazon.com . The search giant acquired two London-based firms this year, Rangespan and DeepMind . Both could improve...
Why ARM Believes We'll See a $20 Smartphone
at The Street - Wed May 07, 9:49AM CDT
ARM Holdings expects future growth to come from both ends of the personal computing spectrum.
Intel and Google Dive Further Into Chromebooks
Chris Neiger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 9:30AM CDT
A few years ago, Google 's Chromebooks seemed a bit laughable. Netbooks had largely come and gone, so how were these supposed to be any different? But now Chromebooks pose a growing threat to both Apple and Microsoft , thanks in part to Intel...
Stock Market News for May 07, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed May 07, 9:06AM CDT
Selling pressure in Internet stocks and a decline in AIG’s quarterly income dragged the benchmarks down on Tuesday
Nokia Corporation and the Internet of Things: Taking on the Heavyweights, Again
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 9:05AM CDT
According to Nokia 's recently released earnings report, had the deal to sell its devices and services unit to Microsoft closed in Q1, it would have had an additional $6.95 billion net cash on its balance sheet. Now that the transaction has...
Android, Windows Phone 8 Grow U.S. Mobile Market Share; Is BlackBerry Near the End?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 8:51AM CDT
Phones running Google's operating system continue to lead over iPhones powered by Apple's iOS, according to the latest comScore smartphone market share report . The study also shows that Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system has...
Puget Receives First Purchase Orders from Amazon
Business Wire - Wed May 07, 7:30AM CDT
Puget Technologies (OTCBB
UGE) announces it has received the first series of purchase orders from Amazon for the award winning IdeaWerk high performance 3D printer. Through this purchase, the e-retail giant jumps further into the 3D printing space and makes this revolutionary technology more widely available to U.S. consumers and to the rapidly expanding community of makers and innovators. 5 Tech Toys More Beloved Than Apple Products
at The Street - Wed May 07, 7:30AM CDT
Apple acolytes will insist that the company's greatness overcomes every obstacle. On a daily basis, consumers around the world prove them wrong.
Why Amazon Is Selling its Fire TV on Installment Plans
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed May 07, 6:21AM CDT
Paying in multiple installments is most often associated with products sold on infomercials or home shopping channels. Amazon has taken a page from a book usually reserved for products like the NuWave Oven or the Little Giant Ladder and begun...
Is the Comcast-Time Warner Cable Deal Really a Good Idea?
at The Street - Wed May 07, 5:00AM CDT
Comcast acquires Time Warner Cable for $45.2 billion -- let's consider whether the deal is worth it.
