It takes all kinds to make a world. Trip Chowdhry of Global Equities Research may not be very bright, but he is intrepid. According to an account in Barron's, the analyst thinks Google's (GOOG) revenue will drop for each of the next two years. "He sees the company posting revenues of $15.71 billion this year, $15.23 billion next year and $14.57 billion in 2010, with profits of $19.44 a share th...
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MySpace co-founder sees killer deals for established players that can purchase cash-strapped startups
Tue, Dec 2, 5:00 PM ET
Filed under: Next big thingNot long ago, the sentiment of Web 2.0 startup founders was fairly consistent. Basically, the IPO market would come back; the online advertising market would continue to grow; and valuations would continue to escalate. Well, it looks like things have not gone according to plan. If anything, it looks like we are seeing the return of the dot-com implosion. However, this...
GM (GM) distributed its turnaround plan to Congress. It was almost exactly what the market expected, but it fudges one key issue, which is what happens to the company's finances if it loses a great deal more market share. According to the firm, "GM is seeking a term bridge loan facility from the Federal government of $12 billion to cover operating requirements under a baseline forecast of 12 mi...
Filed under: Delta Air Lines (DAL)Delta may still be ready when you are, but in 2009 they're not going to be as big. Citing the global recession, Delta (NYSE: DAL) announced that it will cut an additional 6-8% of capacity in 2009. The move will result in an up to 10% reduction in domestic capacity, when one includes the impact of previously-announced operational cuts. Delta also said it will el...
Calm returned to US and European stock markets, although concerns about the global economic outlook kept credit spreads wide and government bonds in demand
Filed under: Products and services, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Best Buy (BBY), Black Friday Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) came in second to global PC sales leader Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) during the Black Friday shopping frenzy and the ensuing weekend, according to analyst firm Thomas Weisel Partners. The report, however, analyzed sales only at a single retailer, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY).Thomas W...
New chart from McKinsey global economic sentiment survey showing that North America, surprisingly enough, is actually among the less gloomy places on the globe with respect to thinking that the economy will weaken further from here. Maybe that shouldn't have surprised me, but it did.
Shares of Intel Corp. rise more than 5% after the chip giant unveils a joint venture with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies to develop and manufacture solid state drives for business computers.
Filed under: Forecasts, Recession, Financial CrisisA journalism professor of yours truly, Jon Sandberg, who also served in key positions for several Connecticut governors, had an interesting technique that he frequently deployed in seminars. A student would pose a question and Sandberg would say, "That's a good question. Is it acceptable and ethical to publish information that you know would sh...
The market for DRAM chips continues to collapse, making life rough for Micron Technology (MU) and other memory chip companies. According to DRAMeXchange.com, spot market prices for DRAM chips last week fell between 5% and 15%, depending on specific configuration, to new historic lows. For DDR2 1Gb chips, the price last week dropped to 68 cents, from 80 cents, with a 34% drop in November. For DD...