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  • May 2008

    • Why Yahoo Should Sell— Before Microsoft Wakes Up

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 20, 08 10:08 AM CDT

      Why Yahoo Should Sell— Before Microsoft Wakes Up

      (Newser) - Yahoo needs to sell to Microsoft, or it’ll wind up a cautionary tale, writes Dennis Berman in the Wall Street Journal. Yahoo currently trades at 48 times earnings—for comparison, GE trades at 15 times earnings, and Google at 33, even though both are growing faster than Yahoo’s sad 9% rate. Lagging in growth isn’t a recipe for success: just ask AOL. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • AOL  • profit growth

  • April 2008
  • December 2007

    • Retailers Put Brakes on Expansion

      CNN  |  Dec 7, 07 2:15 PM CST

      Retailers Put Brakes on Expansion

      (Newser) - America's biggest retailers are beginning to ease up on the construction of new stores, reversing the if-we-build-it-they-will-come trend of recent years, CNNMoney reports. Faced with decreasing sales in a slowing economy, chains such as Wal-Mart, Target, Starbucks, McDonald's, and Walgreen either have cut back on new stores or are considering doing so. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • Target  • retail stores  • expansion  • profit growth

  • October 2007

    • Apple Fourth Quarter Swamps Wall Street Estimates

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Oct 22, 07 11:57 PM CDT

      Apple Fourth Quarter Swamps Wall Street Estimates

      (Newser) - Apple reported yesterday that it dramatically outstripped estimates for fourth-quarter profits, news that bumped the company's stock up 6% in after-hours trading. Apple saw $6.22 billion in sales this quarter for earnings of $904 million ($1.01 per share), a 67% improvement over the same time last year. Analysts were expecting earnings of 86 cents on sales of $6.07 billion, repors the Merc-News. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • computer  • earnings reports  • iPod  • laptop  • Macintosh  • profit growth

    • Google Search Finds $1B Profit

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 19, 07 12:42 AM CDT

      Google Search Finds $1B Profit

      (Newser) - Google's search for profit growth produced a 57% jump in revenue and a 46% increase in profits to $1B in the third quarter. The Wall Street Journal reports the boost in net income came from its core search-advertising business, as well as its brokering of ads that appear on partner Web sites. Shares have risen 39% so far this year. More »

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      Google  • Nasdaq  • Eric Schmidt  • search advertising  • profit growth

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