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Amazon (NASD: AMZN) Expanding in Digital Book Market
Amazon (NASD: AMZN) has become a dominant presence in the market for digital books through their Kindly product, and now, it appears that the firm is trying to increase its reach in this space. Amazon recently announced they will by Goodreads, a popular site aimed at book recommendations. Although a relatively small firm, they are [...]
Falling Cola Demand Irks Pepsico (NYSE: PEP), Coca Cola (NYSE: KO)
The market for cola is changing rapidly in the United States, and Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) and Coca Cola (NYSE: KO) must take notice. According to recent data, U.S. soda consumption fell in 2012 for the eighth-straight year, this time by 1.2 percent to levels not seen since the Clinton administration. On a consumption per capita [...]
Oracle (NASD: ORCL) Hits Bump In The Road
Oracle (NASD: ORCL) missed earnings and revenue expectations for the most recent quarter after a woeful performance from the new sales team. The quarter presented various challenges for the tech giant that seem to have temporarily sapped profitability, and has sent the stock price falling. The company blamed the team tasked with sourcing for new [...]
Is Apple (NASD: AAPL) A Risk to Intel (NASD: INTC)
Intel (NASD: INTC) has become ubiquitous in the microprocessor industry. The firm has largely dominated the landscape for the better part of four decades, and while competitor AMD (NYSE: AMD) has had spurts of success, Intel has been consistent. Is that about to change? Intel has held about a 90% share of the market throughout [...]
Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) Targets Mobile Market
For all it’s shortcomings, Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) remains a powerful global brand with millions of daily visitors. The firm has struggled to monetize this in the past, but with the enormous reach has the ability to reap impressive gains with the right strategy. Yahoo powers a lot of the content on Apple (NASD: AAPL) products, [...]
McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) Sales Falling, Eyeing New Opportunities
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), the world’s largest purveyor of fast foods, had been consistently outperforming – until last fall, that is. Global sales fell by 1.5%, beating analysts’ forecasts calling for a decline of around 1.7%. While the business continued to struggle in Japan — where sales declined by 12% for stores opened for at least [...]
Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) To Offer Cash Payment Online Shopping
While the online market place has grown exponentially in the past decade, some consumers remain worried to share their credit card information online, following a rash of identity theft losses and mounting hacking attacks. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), ever the innovator, is launching a new model for their e-commerce: paying in cash. The world’s largest retailer [...]
Ford (NYSE: F) Looking At Challenging 2013
Ford (NYSE: F) expects 2013 is going to be a challenging year. With rivals like General Motors (NYSE: GM) earning early accolades for designs of new cars, Ford has fallen out of focus a bit. While consumers are clamoring for the new Camaro SS and Z28, along with the Corvette Stingray and Cadillac CTS V, [...]
JC Penney (NYSE: JCP) Loses Another Executive
The losses keep piling up for struggling retailer J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP). While the firm has struggled to turnaround the firm and focus on the new client market Chief Executive Ron Johnson wants to focus on, the inconsistent strategy over the past year has also led to shake-ups in the ranks of executives. The loss [...]
Google (NASD: GOOG) Joins Amazon (NASD: AMZN) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) In Same Day Delivery Market
The one complaint the e-commerce shoppers have consistently voiced is the delay in receiving their goods. While consumers have flocked to shopping online for the past decade, when something is needed today, they have reluctantly schlepped to a local store, and pay whatever price was being asked. That may all be on the brink of [...]
As the shareholders in Germany opposes the re-election of Mr Flint as Chairman and Mr Gulliver CEO of HSBC Holdings ...
Since Obama seems to never know anything about any issue at any given time on any given subject from any ...
a one year high of $63.82? On May 15th?
What a nonsense, the shares were at $77.11!