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(AKAM) Akamai Technologies’ First Quarter Earnings Were Impressive
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (AKAM) reported earnings of 51 cents per share, which jumped 41.7% from the year-ago quarter and 2.0% from the previous quarter. Earnings met the mid-point of management’s guided range...3May2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Posts Mixed Earnings Results – No Breakout Numbers
Search giant/household name Google (GOOG) reported Q1 earnings after the bell Thursday, with somewhat lighter results than expected. While the headline numbers of $14 billion and earnings of nearly $11.60 per share, it’s important...2May2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo Remains a Strong Buy Post First Quarter
Yahoo (YHOO) reported first-quarter non-GAAP earnings that were up 11.6% sequentially and up 48.7% year-over-year, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10 cents, or 40.0%. The surprise history is also positive (35.1% in...1May2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo! Incorporated Remains a Work in Progress
After the bell today, Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) reported Q1 fully-diluted earnings per share of 34 cents (accounting for a restructuring reversal; the headline number was 38 cents per share) on $1.07 billion in revenues. This was a little...27Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Earnings Preview – Will it Miss?
Google Inc. (GOOG) is set to report first quarter 2013 results on Apr 18. Last quarter, it posted a 4.76% positive surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. Growth Factors this Past...27Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(EXPE) Expedia Earnings Preview: Will it Miss?
Expedia Inc. (EXPE) is set to report first quarter 2013 results on Apr 25. Last quarter, it posted a 4.0% positive surprise. Let’s see how things are shaping up for this announcement. Growth Factors This Past...24Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(LNKD) LinkedIn Continues Growth with Pulse Takeover
LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) has adopted the acquisition for growth strategy. The company recently agreed to acquire a news reading and mobile content distribution company, Pulse. Pulse is a well-known platform for content gathering...21Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo! Mail and Dropbox Team Up
Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) has announced a partnership with Dropbox to integrate the cloud storage service into Yahoo! Mail. Dropbox is a file backup service operated by Dropbox, Inc. that offers cloud-based file management,...18Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Android to Power Google Notebook
Internet search giant Google Inc. (GOOG) announced the launch of a notebook, which will be powered by its mobile OS Android in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. The new laptop will run on Google’s flagship mobile Android...18Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(FB) Zynga Prepares for Life Without Facebook
Zynga (ZNGA) reportedly has made certain adjustments to its website to allow gamers to play without logging in to their Facebook (FB) accounts. This move comes...17Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Expands High-Speed Fiber Optic Fiber Net Service
Search giant Google Inc. (GOOG) has announced that it would expand its high-speed Internet service through its fiber-optic network to Olathe, a Kansas City suburb with around 125,000 residents. The Internet and video service...9Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(FB) Facebook to Run Easy on Android
Reportedly, Facebook’s (FB) new application ‘Home’ will be made available for Google’s (GOOG) Android based smartphones from Apr 12 in the U.S. Users can download...5Apr2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo to Buy Stake in Dailymotion
According to the Wall Street Journal, Internet giant Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) is in talks to acquire a 75% controlling stake in a leading French video website called Dailymotion in a deal roughly valued at $300 million. Dailymotion...20Mar2013 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(TRIP) Best Stocks to Play The Global Travel Boom – Investment Ideas
Forget austerity. Despite a recession in Europe, a slowdown in China and a U.S. economy that is just muddling through, travel is back in vogue across the globe. The consumer is opening up his wallet and springing on travel in 2013. Tui Travel one of the largest European travel companies...10Feb2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo Acquires Snip.it
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) recently announced the acquisition of social news start-up Snip.it. First reported by AllThingsD, the news was later confirmed in a Snip.it blog post. The terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed, but media...27Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Rovi Corporation – Value
Rovi Corp. (ROVI) has been divesting non-core assets in order to focus on its core business. Most recently, this provider of digital entertainment technology solutions announced its plan to sell the Rovi Entertainment Store, leading the Zacks...15Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Rolls Out Digital Coupon Offering Called Zavers
The world’s most popular Internet search engine provider Google Inc. (GOOG) recently launched a new digital coupon offering, Zavers, in a bid to reap maximum benefits from its search engine business and expand its online shopping...14Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) Yahoo! Incorporated – Momentum
Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) has delivered 7 straight positive earnings surprises with an average beat of almost 31.6%. Shares of this Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) gained significant momentum following its third quarter results from late October, which...12Jan2013 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Small Firms to Pay for Google Apps
Google Inc. (GOOG), the world’s most popular Internet search engine provider is making efforts to expand revenue beyond its core advertising services. Small businesses, which have been using the free version of Google Apps...16Dec2012 | Shawn | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Acquires BufferBox
Google Inc. (GOOG) recently announced that it has acquired a Canadian start-up company BufferBox, which provides lockers to receive e-commerce shipments. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Waterloo,...7Dec2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Announces Data Center To Be Built In Iowa
Google Inc. (GOOG), the world’s most popular Internet search engine provider, has announced that it will build a data center in Iowa. The search engine giant will invest $200 million for the construction...4Dec2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(LNKD) Online Networking – Present and Future
Fifteen years ago, we could hardly gauge the benefits of professional/social networking platforms, though the Internet and e-mail already existed. People’s understanding and usage of technology and the Internet have evolved over the years. And although it looks like we have come a long way, the...3Dec2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Inks Music Licensing Deal
Google Inc. (GOOG), the world’s most popular Internet search engine provider, recently announced a licensing deal with several European music publishers, thus expanding the archive on Google Music. The Internet search...3Dec2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(LNKD) Online Networking, Present and Future
Fifteen years ago, we could hardly gauge the benefits of professional/social networking platforms, though the Internet and e-mail already existed. People’s understanding and usage of technology and the Internet have evolved over the years. And although it looks like we have come a long way, the...12Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google Grows But Misses Expectations in Third Quarter
Google Inc (GOOG) reported earnings of $7.35, missing our estimates by $1.53, or 17.2%. Google’s superior algorithms have consistently attracted more users and generated better conversions. However, the cost per click is...8Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Stock Market News for October 19, 2012 – Market News
Disappointing quarterly results from Google combined with mixed economic reports dragged the benchmarks into negative territory. As for domestic economic readings, initial claims increased more than expected from the previous week, while Philadelphia Fed’s monthly manufacturing report revealed...8Nov2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(YHOO) The Game is Rigged – But It Is Rigged In Your Favor
Can you get an edge over the analysts on Wall Street? Peter Lynch thinks so. In his book One Up On Wall Street, he devotes the introduction and the second chapter to highlighting the advantages an individual investor has over professional investors. Two constraints really handicap...24Oct2012 | InvestmentU | 0 comments | Continued
(AKAM) Akamai Technologies Opens Service and Support Center in Costa Rica
With the growing demand for Akamai Technologies Inc.’s (AKAM) cloud based services in the Latin American countries, the company is opening a new services and support center in Costa Rica. Through this initiative the company will...10Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Google’s Autonomous Car Gets a Boost
Google Inc. (GOOG) has for long been building a technology for self-driven cars and its lobbying to get the cars approved made some headway. Californian Governor Jerry Brown has now signed a bill at the Google headquarters for driverless...9Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued
(GOOG) Retailers to Pay for Google Shopping
Google Inc.(GOOG) is upping the ante on its online shopping services. For some time now, the Internet search giant has been building its online shopping capabilities. If Google is successful, it could give Internet retailers like...9Oct2012 | vitalstocks | Comments Off | Continued