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Why Cutting Pay Will Make Goldman Bankers RicherFri Nov 20th, 2009
Michael Comeau Should Goldman Sachs (GS) pay its vaunted legions of bankers and traders less money?According to the Wall Street Journal, some of the dominant global investment bank's major shareholders are answerin |
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Goldman to Pick Up Small Businesses by Their ShoelacesWed Nov 18th, 2009
Michael Comeau Editor's Note: Breaking news from our satire department.Goldman Sachs (GS) is dominating the headlines today with its 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative. The $500 million program will unlock the grow |
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In Video-Game Sector, Now May Be the Time to ScoreFri Nov 13th, 2009
Michael Comeau NPD reported that US video-game sales fell 19% in October as the industry suffered from tough comps and consumers pulled back from discretionary buys. It's not actually news, since we've recently see |
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Activision Is Racking Up PointsTue Nov 10th, 2009
Michael Comeau If you had any doubts about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, erase them now.Activision's (ATVI) state-of-the-art bang-bang truly delivers the steak after months and months of sizzle. Sure to sell many |
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Will Activision Be Able to Sink 'Titanic' Sales?Fri Nov 6th, 2009
Michael Comeau The video-game industry has been living on a prayer all year, but Activision (ATVI) managed to squeak past expectations with a solid third-quarter earnings report. Fourth-quarter earnings guidance wa |
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Verizon's Bad Timing Could Crush the DroidThu Nov 5th, 2009
Michael Comeau Tomorrow is the biggest day of the year for Verizon Wireless (VZ). It marks the full-scale release of the Motorola (MOT) Droid, the first Verizon Wireless smartphone that can truly compete with Apple |
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Betting on Motorola's Droid Is PrematureThu Oct 29th, 2009
Michael Comeau The upcoming Droid smartphone, based upon Google's (GOOG) new Android 2.0 operating system, has Motorola (MOT) on a little bit of a roll. The beleaguered mobile-phone maker delivered a pretty decent |
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Are Google and Facebook Destined to Clash?Tue Oct 27th, 2009
Michael Comeau Is Facebook taking over the planet? Web-analytics firm Alexa ranks Facebook as the second-most popular Internet property in the world behind Google (GOOG), while Compete puts it at number three.Googl |
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Why Microsoft's Windows 7 Won't Be Any Better than VistaThu Oct 22nd, 2009
Michael Comeau I'd like to say I'm excited about Microsoft's (MSFT) latest operating system, Windows 7, which is hitting stores at just about the time you're reading this. Windows 7 is supposed to be faster, more s |
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Five Candidates for a Dell TakeoverWed Oct 14th, 2009
Michael Comeau In a recent interview with Bloomberg News, Michael Dell made it clear that he's not done shopping. Just off the announcement of a $3.9 billion deal to buy Perot Systems (PER), Dell (DELL) wants to ma |





