It is like fighting an army with a pea-shooter. Microsoft (MSFT) is changing the subscription model for its Apple (AAPL) iPod knock-off, the Zune. According to Reuters, MSFT "announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection.". With 180 million iPods sold around the world since it...
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What type of blogger am I? According to Typealyzer : I am ESTJ - The Guardians The organizing and efficient type. They are especially attuned to setting goals and managing available resources to get the job done. Once they´ve made up their mind on something, it can be quite difficult to convince otherwise. They listen to hard facts and can have a hard time accepting new or innovative ways of d...
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Thursday announced a new music subscription plan for owners of its Zune players, which would allow them to keep 10 tracks per month and add them to their permanent collection.
Simon Constable reports: Demand for gold coins and bars from retail investors more than doubled during the third quarter, as financial-market turmoil prompted a flight to safety, according to new data released from the World Gold Council Wednesday. <embed src="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/main.swf" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoGUID={7A7EED88-DEC2-4455-B80C-E3B26706E7C3}&playerid=1000...
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The events of 2008 have completely reshaped the landscape of the U.S. commercial banking industry. At this point it looks as if four major banks will emerge as the dominant players: two relatively strong ones; and two that face a more challenging competitive environment. Here the charts identify the players nicely. From the peak of October 2007, Wells Fargo (WFC) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) have e...
Prices of Treasury coupon securities surged today as persistent buying in the long end of the market sparked a rally across the curve. Money managers and pension fund players in need of duration waved in the 10 year sector and the 30 year sector.The yield on the 2 year note slipped 4 basis points to 1.13 percent and now sits at approximately the all-time low attained in the heady days of June 2...
Jim Cramer calls CEO Jerry Yang's departure a game-changer but cautions that this trade is for speculative players only.
It used to be that buying a stock was like buying a house. You’d find a house that looked super from the street – and inspect it carefully, before committing to a deal. But what if you couldn’t get inside? Or even worse, what if the property changed after you carefully inspected it, so that you ended up buying a house with a trashed interior, or a crumbling foundation that mad...
Look for a nice bounce in Yahoo (YHOO) shares tomorrow, as investors celebrate the exit of Jerry “The Stumbling Block” Yang as the company’s CEO. The initial read from the Street is fairly predictable. One, the thinking is that the stock will rally Tuesday morning on anticipation of more change to come. Two, there will be renewed speculation that, with Yang exiting stage left,...