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• Bill Gates Says Wall St. Pay Is Too High

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  Bill Gates is one of the richest men in the world and the founder of one of the most successful companies ever created. That means that the media hangs on every word he utters whether he has any background for his opinions or not.Yesterday, Gates said Wall St. management pay is too high, and then [...] [[ This is a ...
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• Why Magazine Covers Are Historically Great Contrarian Indicators- Part II

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 676
  Wade Slome submits: In my most recent article, I went Back to the Future to examine the role magazine covers play as a contrarian indicator in fear-driven markets like we experienced in the 1970s (see previous story). Investing is both an art and science. While measuring the scientific aspects of the market can ...
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• Applied Materials (AMAT): We Made Money But You’re Fired

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) can be added to the long list of American companies that made a profit in the last quarter and then fired a significant part of their workforces. It is a disturbing trend that will make it harder for the US economy to recover.Applied Materials said it expected its fiscal year sales ...
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• With Video Conferencing Deals, Polycom in Sharp Focus

  
  GigaOM — Authority: 801
  First Cisco Systems decided to buy Norwegian video conferencing equipment maker Tandberg for about $3 billion. Yesterday, Logitech, a Swiss computer peripherals maker acquired LifeSize, an Austin, Texas-based private company for about $405 million in cash. The two deals have brought the fast-growing but ...
  10 hours ago

• Is Apple closing in on Microsoft?

  
  goldmoneynews.com — Authority: 143
  Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Technology Even the thought is hard to believe for anyone who’s been watching Apple Inc. ( AAPL ) over the long run. Once upon a time, the company was presumed dead, while Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) continued its march to market dominance. ...
  13 hours ago

• Maybe The Search Engine Business Isn’t So Great (YHOO)(GOOG)(MSFT)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  Several studies show that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing search engine picked up market share in October. Combined with Yahoo! the two companies could end up with clost to 30% of the industry in the United States. The firms believe that the deal will be final in the first quarter of next year. Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) ...
  15 hours ago

• Wow! Zune HD Games Actually Pretty Nice

  
  Silicon Alley Insider — Authority: 157
  Microsoft (MSFT) is starting to roll out 3D games for its newish Zune HD gadget. Based on this video demo from Engadget , theyre actually really nice looking. But, again: Too little, too late from the Zune team -- and not nearly enough to catch Apples iPod. In 2007, this would have been really impressive. Last ...
  19 hours ago

• SIGM, BRCM, CSCO, MOT, MSFT, CLF, PRU, EM Popular Stocks

  
  Ub News — Authority: 567
  U.S. stocks were higher Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 44 points to 10291, the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose about 6 points to 1099 and the Nasdaq Composite moved up 16 points to 2167.Collins Stewart cut its stock-investment rating on Sigma Designs Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGM, $11.14, -$1.20, -9.72%) to ...
  19 hours ago

• (ERTS) Electronic Arts Beats Forecasts – Acquires Playfish

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 506
  Strong Second-Quarter Results Electronic Arts Inc. ( ERTS ) reported better-than-expected second-quarter results with a steep rise in net earnings and growth in revenue. Net income, excluding non-recurring items of 6 cents per share increased 200% from the year-ago loss per share of 6 cents. Earnings also ...
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• Microsoft bans a “small percentage” of modded consoles from Xbox Live

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 585
  “We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles have been modified to play pirated game discs… In line with our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox Live community, we are suspending these modded consoles from Xbox [...]
  21 hours ago

• Bing Captures More Search Share (MSFT, GOOG, YHOO, IACI)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  It is usually questionable if Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its new Bing.com search engine is stealing from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) or from Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) when it comes to gains in the share of internet search.  Or maybe it was IAC/InteractiveCorp. (NASDAQ: IACI) and its Ask.com distant #4 search ...
  22 hours ago

• Microsoft Gains In Search, Rivals Decline: Report

  
  FOXNews.com — Authority: 942
  Microsoft Gains In Search, Rivals Decline: Report
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• Bing Adds Wolfram Alpha Data, Plus Other Bells And Whistles

  
  Silicon Alley Insider — Authority: 157
  It certainly is good to see Microsoft working the innovation thing, especially in the consumer space with its Bing search service. The ultimate goal is to gain market share for Bing, from striking deals with hotter companies like Twitter and Facebook to doing a massive advertising and marketing ... Continue ...
  22 hours ago

• Microsoft Bing Gains Search Share In October

  
  WSJ.com: Tech Trader Daily — Authority: 664
  Microsoft (MSFT) Bing took 9.57% of the U.S. search market in October, up from 8.96% in September, according to research firm Experian Hitwise . Google (GOOG) slipped to 70.60% from 71.08%, while Yahoo (YHOO) fell to 16.14%, from 16.38%. Ask.com (IACI) inched up to 2.62%, from 2.56%. Searches were ...
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• Xboxs Natal To Launch With 5 Million Units, 14 Games

  
  Silicon Alley Insider — Authority: 157
  MCV is reporting leaked details of Microsofts plans for launching the Project Natal extension to the Xbox 360. Microsoft will be shipping 5 million of the specialty cameras, which track users movements to allow controller-free game play. They will be sold both individually and packaged with Xbox consoles. 14 ...
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• Rumor: Project Natal launch details leak, coming Nov 2010

  
  Gamer Investments — Authority: 585
  MCV is reporting that the following information was released to them by an unnamed source after a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios. November 2010 release date5m Natal units for launch, mix of console and camera bundles along with stand alone SKUsCost under £50 (as low as £30) as a ...
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• Evaluating S&P 500s Top Ten CEOs

  
  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority: 676
  Value Expectations submits: The Applied Finance Group (AFG) is an independent equity research provider that has partnered with CEO Magazine in recent years to give investors insight into which CEOs do the best job of creating value for its shareholders; after all, that is what they are hired for. The AFG/CEO ...
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• Short Sellers Abandon Finacials (WFC)(CIT)(BAC)(JPM)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 693
  Short sellers have bought into the notion that the financial industry is in full recovery.Shares sold short in Wells Farg (NYSE:WFC) fell 8% to 78.8 million shares. Shares short in CIT (NYSE:CIT) were off 4% to 78.1 million. The short interest in Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) dropped 12% to 67 million. The short interest ...
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• A Holiday Gift of Some Free Wi-Fi

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 913
  All four big tech companies had the same idea: reach holiday travelers in airports, planes and public places.
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• Is Apple closing in on Microsoft?

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 658
  Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Apple Inc (AAPL) , Technology Even the thought is hard to believe for anyone whos been watching Apple Inc. ( AAPL ) over the long run. Once upon a time, the company was presumed dead, while Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) continued its march to market dominance. ...
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