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Stock Investing > The Longish View

Closing In: The Optimum Corporation Size is Approaching One

Tom Hughes | Mon, 12/29/2008 - 1:30pm | GOOG, Google, Home Office, Microsoft, MSFT, Research in Motion, rimm |  15 comments

An article in today's New York Times describes the evolution of the modern (mostly New York) hedge fund as the markets reshape that industry.  There are inevitable euphemisms: a person is not being "laid off," the Times identifies the phrase du jour as "It looks like we’ll ... Read more

Trading > 247Wallst

Video Game Sales Fall Back In October

247Wallst | Fri, 11/13/2009 - 9:30am | Microsoft, MSFT, Playstation 3, PS3, SNY, Sony Inc, tech, Tech Stocks, video games, Xbox |  12 comments

September sales for video game consoles were relatively good given the economy. Price cuts on the Nintendo Wii, Sony (NYSE:SNE) PS3, and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox stimulated activity. It appears that the initial surge in sales that those discounts caused is already over. Video game sales, includ ... Read more

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Microsoft (MSFT) Overpowers Earnings Forecast Helped By Server Numbers, Shares Soar

247Wallst | Fri, 10/23/2009 - 12:31pm | Microsoft, Microsoft earnings, MSFT, MSFT revenues, MSFT share prices |  6 comments

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted EPS for its fiscal first quarter of  $.40 compared with $.48 last year. The company has revenue $12.92 billion. Both numbers were well ahead of Wall St. forecasts of  $.32 a share on revenues of $12.4 billion. The revenue figure was off 14% for the three mon ... Read more

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The Instantaneous Collapse Of Social Network Values

247Wallst | Wed, 06/17/2009 - 4:28pm | AOL, Ask.com, Facebook, Microsoft, MSFT, myspace, social network values, twitter, Yahoo, YHOO |  2 comments

The valuations of large social networks like MySpace (NWS), Facebook, and Twitters is that a visitor to a social network as the same value as a visitor to Yahoo! (YHOO), AOL, or Ask.com (IACI). Facebook is worth $10 billion because its number of members is close to the number of people who come to Y ... Read more

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Microsoft’s (MSFT) Key Bargaining Chip—Yahoo!’s (YHOO) Earnings

247Wallst | Mon, 04/13/2009 - 8:50am | GOOG, Google, Microsoft, MSFT, Search engine buyout saga, Yahoo, Yahoo earnings, YHOO |  3 comments

There have been a number of news reports recently saying that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! are back in the process of negotiating a combination of their search businesses to take on the industry leader, Google (GOOG). Since Microsoft is a distant third in US market share with less than 10% by most ... Read more

Stock Investing > Organizations and Markets

Raising Rivals’ Costs

| Tue, 02/03/2009 - 3:50pm | advertisements, Google, Microsoft, online advertising, tech lobbying, tech news |  Add a comment

| Peter Klein | Last spring, Microsoft supported bills in the New York and Connecticut legislatures to impose strict regulations on businesses that gather personal information online for marketing purposes. The bills would hurt Microsoft, too, given that it also wants to sell advertisements based o ... Read more

Stock Investing > The Prudent Investor

Technical Problems Converge With a Berlin Trip

The Prudent Investor | Fri, 11/14/2008 - 4:15pm | Microsoft, travel |  Add a comment

Due to lasting technical problems with both my computers that converge with a trip to Berlin blogging will cease for a week. The situation again strengthens my belief that Microsoft is a long term short play. After my MacBook - which survived the Indian monsoon, a crossing of the Sahara and my ... Read more