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Nike takes on Under Armour
Under Armour (NYSE: UA) shareholders may want to nag. Nike (NYSE: NKE) announced on Monday that it is launching Nike Sparq Training, which will combine “high performance products, online experiences at nike.com, a new organization with Velocity Sports Performance Centers, and a multi-media campaign …
eBay (EBAY) sellers already planning next boycott
If nothing else… eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) users are a feisty bunch. After just coming off a multi-week sellers strike, they are already planning their next revolt, tentatively set to launch May 1.
The most recent strike was orchestrated in reaction to recent changes made on the site and las…
As Boeing and Airbus battle, China walks in a side door
Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Airbus go toe to tor for nearly very major commercial airline contract in the world. They haul each other into court by universal trade practice questions. For pure blood sport, the competition can hardly be matched.
Over the course of the final week, the battle amoung t…
Chasing Value: February review — 8 stocks for 2008 — checking my ‘metal’
Two months into the year and investors’ true ‘metal’ was tested, and mine more than most. February showed signs of improvement by January, but the final week ended hopes of any rally. The final day of January saw a 370 point drop in the Dow and February’s final trading day closed with similar result…
Sony (SNE): A PlayStation3 resurrection?
Imagine whether the Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS3 actually came out of the shadow of the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox 360. During 2007, PS3 ran in third place in sales in most regions and most months. The machine was viewed as too expensive and did not have decent new games to run on it.
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Microsoft (MSFT) to drop price of Vista
Two pieces of news have come out of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) in the final day. One is that the software company will cut the retail price of Vista. The other is that Microsoft knew that the specs for the new operating system encouraged users with slow machines to buy the software. Redmond was aware t…
Pilots’ seniority issue won’t ground Delta / Northwest deal for long
Look for the stalled Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) / Northwest Airline (NYSE: NWA) deal talks to regain momentum and the merger to be announced in the week ahead, an analyst confidently told BloggingStocks Thursday.
Independent stock analyst C. Leonard Bauer, previously of Prudential, said the …
BMW to slash 8,100 jobs to boost profitability
Luxury car maker BMW AG revealed nowadays its plans to slash another 5,600 jobs by the end of 2008 as part of a restructuring effort aimed at boosting company’s profits. Its decision is expected to bring annual savings of 500 million euros ($752 million) starting in 2009.
According to a BMW spoke…
Best Buy: China will be our largest market external the U.S.
Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) continues to remain dominant in the U.S. when it comes to large consumer electronics stores, but that doesn’t mean that is ignoring other potentially lucrative markets. Six to eight new locations in the Shanghai area that year will help assemble China become its moment…
Microsoft (MSFT) puts pressure on VMware (VMW)
The server virtualization commerce is the next big thing in corporate computing as it allows servers to run several programs where before they might have been able to run only one. That allows enterprises to save on hardware costs. The leader in the industry has been VMware (NYSE: VMW), which had it…
FCC warns Comcast (CMCSA) on Net speeds
The FCC says that cable company Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is slowing service to some of its customers, particularly those who use a great deal of bandwidth on video downloads and peer-to-peer software applications. Comcast says it is simply managing its network so that it does not get overloaded …
eBay moves Silverman to Skype CEO
This will be a year of change for eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), no doubt, particularly after Meg Witman stepped down to be replaced by John Donahoe, President and CEO-elect. The new Skype CEO will be Josh Silverman, currently CEO of Shopping.com. Silverman will join Skype on March 24, 2008 and report d…
Google’s Brin speaks out about a combined Micro-Hoo
We know that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) exec David Drummond has said that he’s not fond of the proposed acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) by software giant Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Drummond indicated that he believes Microsoft could influence the Web too much like it has done in…
eBay sellers extend strike to March 3
Last week I wrote a couple pieces on the current seller strike by at e-commerce giant eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY). The strike was supposed to final until nowadays, but now it has been extended another week. Initial details is showing that the current eBay strike has lowered the items listed for sale o…
