After Hours: CA, Tellabs shares active; tech stocks inch higher
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tech stocks move fractionally higher in late trading, capping off the sector's advance for the week.
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Tech Stocks: Major technology indexes tumble about 1%
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Technology stocks sink deeper into the red as the broader market also declines.
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Tech Stocks: Technology sector tumbles in early Friday trading
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Technology stocks tumbled early Friday morning as the broader market also sank.
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Tech Stocks: Tech stocks rise as Icahn makes move on Yahoo
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Technology shares march higher as the battle for Yahoo took a new turn after Carl Icahn put forth a 10-member slate of directors for the Internet giant, saying it had "completely botched" negotiations with Microsoft Corp.
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Tech Stocks: Yahoo leads techs higher as Icahn makes his move
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – The battle for Yahoo Inc. took a new turn Thursday when billionaire investor Carl Icahn put forth a 10-member slate of directors for the Internet giant, saying Yahoo had "completely botched" Microsoft Corp’s proposed $47 billion acquisition of the company.
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Tech Stocks Jump to the Front of Market's Charge
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
By Matt Krantz Economists may argue whether there's a recession raging or not, but tech investors aren't wasting any time betting on a recovery. Stocks Wednesday extended their more than 2-month-old recovery.
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The Economics of Bubbles
Pure Pedantry (Free subscription) | yesterday
The WSJ has a fascinating article on the economics of bubbles and why it might be rational to support a bubble until it bursts : Bubbles often keep inflating despite cautions such as Mr. Greenspan's famous warning of "irrational exuberance." Tech stocks rose for more than three years after he said that, in late 1996. Markus Brunnermeier, 39, thinks he understands why this happens. Growing...
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How and Why Do Bubbles Form?
Economist's View (Free subscription) | yesterday
What causes bubbles? Here's one set of views: Bernanke's Bubble Laboratory, by Justin Lahart, WSJ [Open Link]: First came the tech-stock bubble. Then there were bubbles in housing and credit. Chinese stocks took off like a rocket. Now, as prices...
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Before the bell: JCP, WMT, AAPL, GM, GOOG, MSFT ...
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Before the bell , Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Wal-Mart (WMT) , General Motors (GM) , Toyota Motor Corp. (TM) , Penney (J.C.) (JCP) , Kohl's Corp (KSS) , Nordstrom, Inc (JWN) Before the bell: Futures higher ahead of housing data Goldman Sachs cut its view of U.S. department stores to Neutral from...
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Newspaper wrap-up: Yahoo tries to conclude deal with Google
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Newspapers , Magazines , Google (GOOG) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Research in Motion (RIMM) , AMR Corp (AMR) , iPhone MAJOR PAPERS: According to internal company and agency documents, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FAA is investigating into why AMR Corporation's (NYSE: AMR ) American Airlines ordered mechanics to skip specific safety instructions to detect damage...
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How clever of the Fed
Dinocrat (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Fed has come up with a clever idea, establishing an enterprise to focus on bubbles before they become crises. WSJ: First came the tech-stock bubble. Then there were bubbles in housing and credit. Chinese stocks took off like a rocket. Now, as prices soar on every material from oil to corn, some suggest there’s [...]
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'Grand Theft Auto IV' fails to spark sales of video game consoles
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (Marketwatch) -- Video game sales jumped in April thanks to a strong debut by "Grand Theft Auto IV," but the blockbuster title failed to produce new sales of the next-generation gaming consoles it was designed to play on.
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Goldman bankers, Icahn meet again in Yahoo battle
Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - The battle for Internet pioneer Yahoo Inc. has brought two top Goldman Sachs technology investment bankers and billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn back together on opposite sides of the negotiating table.
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After Hours: BMC Software up after outlook; Kohl's under pressure
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Shares of BMC Software Inc. leap in late trading after the company issues a strong outlook for 2009 and posts better-than-expected quarterly results, but a light earnings forecast from Kohl's Inc. sends its shares lower.
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Google's search marketshare inches forward in April
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Marketing and advertising Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG )'s market share in April increased once again, going from 67.25% to 67.90% of all internet searches performed in the U.S. Sounds like a tiny increase, but we're talking hundreds of millions of additional searches here. Even a tenth of 1% is a major increase. Both Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:...
