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Apparently Two Motorolas Are Better Than One

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 4, 2011 at 3:53 pm PT

Shares of the cellphone-making unit rose in their first day of trading, while the remaining company, Motorola Solutions, held its own. The issuing of separate stock marks the end of a long process to divide the communications giant in half.

Will HP Steal Sybase From SAP?

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2010 at 9:05 am PT

Is SAP paying too much for Sybase? Some have argued that $65 per share in cash–56 percent above Sybase’s Tuesday closing price–is a bit dear for a company whose stock hasn’t really topped $50 since the mid-’90s. But SAP likely has a very good reason for offering it: Preempting a rival bid from Hewlett-Packard, which, according to Cowen analyst Peter Goldmacher, can’t afford not to buy Sybase.

News Corp.’s Fabled Subscription Plans a Month Away

Peter Kafka in Media on May 4, 2010 at 2:56 pm PT

Remember Rupert Murdoch’s plan to convince other media companies to join him behind a pay wall and offer their stuff only via subscription? It’s still around, in some form. We’ll hear more about it in “three to four weeks” Murdoch said today during News Corp.’s earnings call.

The Numbers Behind the World’s Fastest-Growing Web Site: YouTube’s Finances Revealed

Peter Kafka in Media on March 19, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Life before Google for Chad Hurley and Steve Chen: Lots of users, not much revenue, and big costs that got bigger every month. Don’t try this at home!

And if Palm’s Project JumpStart Doesn’t Work Out, There’s Always “Project Defibrillator”

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 26, 2010 at 8:05 am PT

Will lousy brand awareness be Palm’s Waterloo? With weaker than expected launches of the Pre and Pixi at new carrier partner Verizon, it’s beginning to look like it. Certainly, Palm’s leadership appears to believe that insufficient carrier support is largely to blame for its current woes.

Ad Sales, Pay Walls, and Absolutely Nothing About iPads at the New York Times Earnings Call

Peter Kafka in Media on February 10, 2010 at 8:01 am PT

The New York Times said things got better–or, if you like, no worse–during the last quarter of 2009. But investors are disappointed that the publisher isn’t more optimistic about 2010, and they’re pushing shares down this morning. Let’s see if the paper’s executives can turn that around during their earnings call.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt: “I Have a Special Spot for Apple in My Heart”

Peter Kafka in Media on January 21, 2010 at 1:46 pm PT

Eric Schmidt’s tender feelings for Apple won’t stop Google from competing directly with Apple’s iPhone: The company spent much of the time on its Q4 earnings call discussing its large mobile ambitions–without talking about specifics, of course. Meanwhile, the search giant posted a big jump in quarterly revenue. But not enough for twitchy investors, who are pushing shares down in after-hours trading.

Real Networks Share Price No Longer BUFFERING

John Paczkowski in News on January 14, 2010 at 10:58 am PT

Investors have met the decision of RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser to step down as CEO with a ringing endorsement. At $4.54, the company’s shares are trading over 17 percent higher on the news, which spiked the stock to a 52-week high of $4.59 Wednesday when it was announced.

Palm Disappoints

John Paczkowski in News on December 17, 2009 at 1:26 pm PT

The second-quarter loss Palm reported Thursday afternoon was narrower than the one it reported last year, but still fell far short of what Wall Street had been expecting. The company did manage to ship a total of 783,000 smartphone units during the quarter, though, a five percent decrease from last quarter but a year-over-year increase of 41 percent.

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