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| Thursday, January 22, 2009 |
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 Apple Rocks Christmas, Guidance Strong, iPhone WeakApple sales and profits beat expectations on huge iPod sales, but iPhone sales came in weak. Apple shares are up 8.6% to $89.99 in after-hours trading. The iPod numbers are most surprising, and probably came at some expense to iPhone sales. We think the iPod touch, which offers access to the Internet and Apple's App Store, did particularly well. (There's some irony here, as the concern has always been that the iPhone would hurt iPod sales.) Apple said iPod growth came entirely during the last week of December, and that overseas sales led growth while U.S. sales dropped. Read > Apple's Tim Cook: We're Fine Without Steve JobsWill Apple Sue Palm's Pants Off?Apple On Netbooks: Mostly Garbage, But We Have Some Ideas | |
| Announcing The Create A Twitter Revenue Model Contest The startup makes zero dollars -- still. Let's finally fix that, shall we? Read > | |
| Our Plan To Fix The New York Times The New York Times Company needs a long-term plan. Current management doesn't seem to have one, so it's up to us. Here's what we would do: Cut costs 40% by 2010, continue to raise print subscription prices and explore charging an online subscription fee. Read > | |
| Meet The Guys Who Sabotaged The Google-Yahoo Search Deal Google (GOOG) executives never figured the Department of Justice would actually move to block the company's search deal with Yahoo. But it did. And three hours before the DOJ planned to file suit last fall, both companies announced they would abandon their plans to sell Google ads against Yahoo (YHOO) search results. Read > | |
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Weakness at ebay.com dragged down total revenue to $2.04 billion, down 7% y/y and below consensus estimates of $2.12 billion. Smaller units helped eBay hit EPS targets despite the shortfall: Payments (Paypal) earned $623 million in revenue, up 11% y/y, and Communications (Skype) pitched in $145 million, up 26%. Read > Obama Keeping His BlackBerry After All President Barack Obama has famously vowed to fight for his BlackBerry while in office, despite advice his phone's data could get subpoenaed by political enemies or hacked by foreign governments. Read > How Much Does It Cost To Feed Mark Hurd? About $240K HP CEO Mark Hurd received about $42.5 million in total compensation last year, SEC filings show. But dig deep into the numbers, and HP reveals its boss ate about $243,000 worth of food courtesy of HP last year. Read > Cable Companies Announce Unofficial 40% Off Sale! As competition builds between cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable and telcos like AT&T and Verizon, service providers are slashing rates to keep subscribers. Read > | |
| Intel Cans 5,000-6,000 EmployeesIs Sir Howard In Control Of Sony Or Not?What Crisis? Tech Wages Rose 4.6% In 2008Google's Inaugural Ball: "Wild" | |
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