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Japan acts to lower the yen before the upcoming G20 meeting. (Reuters) Beacon Power (NASDAQ: BCON), backed by U.S. funds, goes bankrupt. (Reuters) Young and well-educated Greeks begin to leave the...
After years in the shadows of major media sites, blogs have come into their own. They now compete directly with the most well-funded online content sites, many of which are owned by the largest media...
As the internet has developed over the past 15 years or so, a variety of business models have appeared — and some have disappeared. Revenue models are also different, running from advertising to...
You know the Wall Street rumor mill goes into overdrive from time to time.  This is not so much of a “today” issue but an “all of them, right now!” issue.  There are too many takeover and...
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today and this will set up how the investing world is willing to value content and online advertising for the next...
Updated throughout the day AOL (NYSE: AOL) has told his large investors he would like to merge with Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) (Reuters) TPG will launch a $5 billion Asia fund (Reuters) Douglas A....
Aol’s (NYSE: AOL) CEO approaches large investors about a merger with Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) The IMF says China can weather global financial and economic risks. (Reuters) Wall St. will...
Reading news stories about the next possible buyer for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) resembles nothing so much as a game of Whack-a-Mole. First there was Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) back a few years...
Advertising revenue at the New York Times (NYSE: NYT) will be off 8% in the third quarter, according the company’s CEO, Janet Robinson. She made the comments at a gathering of analysts. And she...
Web site visitors didn’t set any records last month, but they also didn’t lose any ground. Among the leading sites, some had small gains and others had small losses. Overall though, more than...
Parties of Merkel and allies parties beaten in Berlin elections. (Reuters) Obama jobs plan geared toward Democrat voters. (Reuters) Greece must take more austerity measures to get bailout money....
UBS (NYSE: UBS) trader loses $2 billion in unapproved trades. (Reuters) The head of the World Bank says the global economy has entered a danger zone. (Reuters) General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Chrysler...
The Nielsen report on social media use is not a day old, and the press has covered it extensively. But, there is still some analysis worth mentioning. It is too early to know how well advertising...
Updated throughout the day. AztraZeneca may make a large acquisition if cash flow from new drugs does not improve (Reuters) AOL (NYSE: AOL) fired TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington (Fortune)...
Now that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has fired CEO Carol Bartz about as gracelessly as it could and set out on a strategic review of its business under interim CEO Tim Morse, it’s reasonable to...