Jason Del Rey in News on August 1, 2013 at 1:42 pm PT
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David Benoit, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 7, 2012 at 3:49 pm PT
Facebook is doing some poking on Wall Street.
The social networking giant has just added five more lead investment banks to its IPO from the original six, according to an updated filing. On top of that, Facebook added another 20 investment banks that will get a piece of the action.
Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2010 at 12:43 pm PT
Cablevision would very much like its three million cable TV subscribers to keep subscribing. But while it fights with Fox over programming fees, it’s going to show its customers how to live without cable. Today’s lesson: How to get legal streams of the World Series over the Web.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 30, 2010 at 6:20 am PT
Bloomberg’s report Tuesday claiming Verizon Wireless will begin selling Apple’s iPhone in January 2011 has, predictably, inspired all manner of analyst notes reflecting on the implications of such an event. Evidently, the two go hand in hand–just like AT&T and dropped calls. So if, come January, Verizon were to offer the iPhone, what might happen? Well, for one thing, Apple would sell a hell of a lot more iPhones.
John Paczkowski in News on June 22, 2010 at 8:20 am PT
Some more iPad trumpet-blowing from Apple: The company sold three million iPads as of Monday–80 days after its U.S. launch. That’s approximately 37,500 iPads a day.
John Paczkowski in News on May 28, 2010 at 2:01 pm PT
After a false start, Apple’s iPad made its international debut Friday and by most accounts, it was a strong one. Indeed, some analysts are already saying the launch went better than expected. Noting that the nine countries in which the iPad debuted today are among Apple’s strongest international markets, RBC analyst Mike Abramsky said he expects the company to sell more iPads than Macs internationally.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 20, 2010 at 6:19 am PT
Here’s a stunner of a data point: Apple is selling more than 200,000 iPads per week. Which means, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, that sales of the company’s new device have outpaced those of the Mac in the United States and are closing in on those of the iPhone 3GS.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 25, 2010 at 5:20 am PT
We’re still a few days away from the presumed unveiling of Apple’s mythical tablet computer and already, analysts are trying to divine the impact the new device will have on the company’s bottom line. RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky expects Apple to sell five million tablets in the product’s first year at market.
John Paczkowski in News on January 20, 2010 at 2:00 am PT
The winter holidays were particularly kind to Sirius XM. Consider this: For the satellite radio company’s current quarter, RBC Capital Markets expected Sirius to add 49,000 new subscribers. At the time it was issued, that projection was described as “cautiously optimistic.” And it was…far too cautious. Because after market close Tuesday, Sirius said it added 257,028 net new subscribers in the fourth quarter.
John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 8, 2010 at 8:28 am PT
For Palm, the coming year won’t be an easy one. The company is still in hairy financial straits after posting an $85.4 million loss in its last quarter and there’s much to be done to reinvigorate its brand, especially as competition in the…[sigh]…”superphone” market continues to heat up thanks to Apple and Google. But according to RBC analyst Mike Abramsky, Palm is coming around, and 2010 will be an inflection point for the company.
