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Firms Aided Libyan Spies

in News on August 30, 2011 at 3:03 am PT

On the ground floor of a six-story building here, agents working for Moammar Gadhafi sat in an open room, spying on emails and chat messages with the help of technology Libya acquired from the West.

Apple’s Best-Case Scenario: The iPad Is the New iPod

in Media on July 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm PT

Are you an Apple bull looking for even more ammunition to bolster your faith in the company? Barclays Capital has you covered: It projects 28 million tablets will be sold in 2011, with Steve Jobs controlling most of the market.

Apple's Best-Case Scenario: The iPad Is the New iPod

in Media on July 7, 2010 at 1:46 pm PT

Are you an Apple bull looking for even more ammunition to bolster your faith in the company? Barclays Capital has you covered: It projects 28 million tablets will be sold in 2011, with Steve Jobs controlling most of the market.

Could Movies, Books and Music Be Amazon’s Achilles’ Heel?

in Media on June 22, 2009 at 8:58 am PT

Even as the rest of the retail world stumbled in the past year, Amazon kept cruising and increasing market share. So if a cratering economy can’t hurt the e-commerce giant, what could? Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney throws out a suggestion: Movies, books and music–the same stuff that helped Amazon get the lead it enjoys today.
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eBay: Plenty of Options to Unlock Value

in News on March 9, 2009 at 8:03 am PT

On Wednesday, eBay will hold a meeting with analysts to discuss the current business and strategy. There is little expectation that the company will announce any dramatic moves, and concern about the health of the business remains high, as expressed by eBay’s surprisingly low P/E–the stock trades at just seven times expected 2009 results. Of the 29 analysts tracked by Thomson who follow the company, only four rate the stock a Buy or Strong Buy.