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Never Mind the Earnings Miss, Google Will Be Just Fine in the Long Run
Google's earnings came in below expectations, and its stock got pummelled. But there are many positive factors -- from Chrome and Android to its smart acquisitions -- that will help Google remain...
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Some Big-Name Tech Stocks Look Temptingly Cheap
In this uncertain market, investors are shying away from the usually risky techs, but that has left several promising companies with low valuations. Here's a look at some of the top names in tech that...
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Demand Media's IPO: The Devil Is in the Details
Investors eyeing the IPO of Demand Media, a much-discussed content startup, may be drawn by its big-name underwriters. But they should also scrutinize details such as the company's business...
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HP After Hurd: Just Break Up the Bloated Beast
Ex-CEO Mark Hurd built HP into a sprawling, ungainly mishmash, a "one-stop-shop" for info tech that few companies are clamoring for. It's probably better off chopped into three smaller outfits that...
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HP's Management Crisis: Where Rivals Have Openings
Although HP's competitors have been quiet so far, the Mark Hurd fiasco has to smell like blood in the water around Silicon Valley. Where exactly might HP be most vulnerable? And where might it still...
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Demand Media's Bad Week: Accusations of Malware, Lies and Plunging Traffic
In an IPO market as finicky as this one, the contemporary adage that any publicity is good publicity doesn't hold. Not when your Web traffic drops suddenly and you've been rated the worst Internet...
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Netflix: Why This Movie Will Have a Happy Ending in the Long Run
Netflix's deal with Epix to add movies from Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM to its Watch Instantly service drew bearish reactions from analysts and investors. But the needed deal will help Netflix gain a...
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Heads in the Cloud: Why HP and Dell Are Crazy About 3Par
The bidding war for 3Par, which specializes in utility storage, now values the company at three times what it was worth before the offers started coming. What is it about 3Par that's so promising?...
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Apple's Stealth Plan to Conquer the Media Industry
Poor Apple. Steve Jobs and Co. have lined up all the pieces to take over the media industry, but the big music labels and movie studios keep standing in its way. So Apple has been forced to build its...
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BlackBerry Torch Fails to Brighten Future for Research In Motion
The Torch is fizzling. Now what? The Torch was Research In Motion's bid to return to the cutting edge of smartphones, a market that is at once a rare corner of the economy where consumers are eager to...
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Priceline's Long Trip from Dot-Com Disaster to E-Commerce High Flier
In 1999, Priceline saw its stock surge to absurd heights before it had earned a cent in profit, and after the bubble burst, it lost more than 99% of its value. But from that low, the discount travel...
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Why Reviving Yahoo Is Such a Difficult Task
Is Yahoo a company that's impossible to revive? Averse to innovation, technologically complacent, and stuck in a lackluster market niche, Yahoo seems to resist every effort to make it relevant again....
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Rumor or No Rumor, Microsoft Should Buy Adobe
Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer's not-so-secret meeting with Abode CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss a joint battle strategy against Apple raised the tantalizing possibility of an Adobe buyout. That deal...
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Why Apple's Stock Can Rally On (and Why It Might Not)
What factors can push Apple to keep improving its performance? And what could slow down the stock's relentless rise? Here are six things -- four positive, two negative -- that could help determine...
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Microsoft After Ray Ozzie May Be a Little Less Magical
The chief software architect was the perfect visionary foil to strategy-obsessed CEO Ballmer. His entrepreneurial mind pushed the stodgy software giant to innovate in cloud computing and more. That's...
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How Amazon Could Shake Up the E-Coupon Market
While news that Groupon has rebuffed Google's $6 billion offer has stolen the limelight, Amazon's $175 million investment in LivingSocial could end up shaking up the daily-deal business and helping...
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Motorola's Problems Can Be Summed Up in a Word: iPhone
After 80 years of tech achievements, Motorola has run into a nemesis unlike others it has overcome in the past. And it's not for lack of trying. Even as Motorola restructures and launches new...
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Youku's IPO: Could This Love Story Break Investors' Hearts?
Youku, the highly promising Chinese online-video site, had the strongest first-day rally of anyone on a U.S. exchange since China's Baidu in 2005. But the flip side to promise is risk -- and the risks...
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Youku's IPO: Could This Love Story Break Investors' Hearts?
Filed under: Company News, Technology, Investing, Google , Baidu Inc, Stocks in the NewsAmerican investors seem to be in love with Chinese Internet IPOs. This week, Chinese online-video site Youku...
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Chinese Internet IPOs: The Case for DangDang Over Youko
Among the Chinese Internet companies recently listing on U.S. exchanges, online video site Youko and e-tailer DangDang have gotten the most attention. Both present risks for investors, but it seems...
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