Google’s Motorola Buy Has Wall Street Selling

Google is down more than 4 percent since the Motorola announcement. It should go lower, says Standard & Poor’s, which has issued a rare “sell” rating.
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Priceline: S&P Advises Taking Profits After Big Run

Standard & Poor’s analyst Scott Kessler late Thursday cut his rating on Priceline.com to Hold from Buy on a valuation basis. Kessler notes that the stock has rallied 38 percent off an early February low, and is closing in on his $100 price target.

S&P Sees Microsoft-Yahoo JV, Google-Apple Tensions

‘Tis the season to make year 2009 predictions. Today, Standard & Poor’s analysts released their predictions for the Internet in 2009. Internet analyst Scott Kessler says Microsoft and Yahoo will “finally bury the hatchet” next year “and decide to join forces to better compete against Google.”