9 posts and columns on Dow

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The Atlantic Joins the iTunes Newsstand

in Media on September 3, 2010 at 5:30 am PT

It’s $4.99 a pop at Apple’s digital store, and publisher Atlantic Media Company got Dow to pony up for the right to be the “launch sponsor” for the app. App developer RareWire did the technical heavy lifting.

The Web Survives the Stock Market Crash

in Media on May 6, 2010 at 1:31 pm PT

The Dow dropping 1,000 points is a big deal, but it didn’t seem to be a wipe-out-the-Web-sized deal.

FriendFinder Cancels the World’s First Web Porn IPO After Investors Yawn

in Media on February 5, 2010 at 4:03 am PT

Last month, we posed this question in a headline about FriendFinder Networks: “Are Investors Finally Ready for an Internet Porn IPO?” Today we know the answer: No.

Market to HP: DISAPPOINTED

in News on February 18, 2009 at 2:24 pm PT

With the Dow near its lowest point in a decade and global PC shipments down for the first time since 2002, according to market research firm IDC, Hewlett-Packard reported fiscal first-quarter earnings today, and though they met Wall Street’s expectations, they were clearly not what the market had been hoping for.

A Yahoo! Morale Booster

in News on October 22, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

AAPLause, Please

in News on October 21, 2008 at 2:20 pm PT

What a lousy day to report earnings. The Dow fell 231.77 points, or 2.5 percent, to finish at 9,033.66, and Nasdaq dropped 73.35 points, or 4.1 percent, to finish at 1,696.68, in a market that beat most tech issues into bloody submission. Not the sort of jovial earnings report atmosphere you hope for when you’re a company whose share price has lost half its value since the beginning of the year. But lo and behold! When Apple reported quarterly results today, they were good … very good.

Voices

Tech Companies Vulnerable to Wall Street Woes

in News on September 30, 2008 at 5:04 am PT

Until this week, most technology companies seemed to be weathering the meltdown on Wall Street. But Monday’s sharp selloff on tech shares–which pushed the Nasdaq to its lowest level in more than three years–shows that the ripple effects of the crisis in the financial sector and the near-collapse of the credit markets are being felt.

Grave New World

in News on September 22, 2008 at 12:00 pm PT