Tag Archives: Fourth Quarter

No News Is Bad News: JC Penney Tanks After Saying Zilch About Holiday Sales

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If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. JC Penney apparently took that old adage to heart, when it released “Comments on Holiday Performance.” The press release was only...
    






Samsung’s Weak Earnings Forecast Heightens Smartphone Worries Even As Chipset Prices Soar

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Samsung Electronics issued weak preliminary guidance for the fourth quarter of 2013, predicting a sequential drop in operating profits of over 18% on nearly flat revenues. The company said that its...
    






Hyundai Super Bowl 2014 Ads feature Elantra and Genesis

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The Super Bowl 2014 takes place on February 2, 2014 and will have besides the big game a huge line-up of Super Bowl ads. Fox managed to charge $4 million on average for 30 second spots. Here is...

Samsung’s 4Q profit hit by slowing mobile growth

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Samsung's profit falls for first time in 2 years, highlights smartphone challenges. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Quarterly earnings at Samsung Electronics Co. fell for the first time in...
    






Why One Analyst Says Facebook Stock Is Hot Despite Site’s Dwindling Cool Factor

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As parents and grandparents have joined the ranks of Facebook’s most active users, the site’s bread and butter — the teenage and Millennial sets — have increasingly turned their attention to sites...
    






Will Venture Capital Beat The Market in 2014?

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Venture capital used to be a great place to put money. But in the last 15 years, it has been a lousy investment. 2013 was the strongest year since 2007 for VC and there are promising developments...
    






China Chips Away At Taiwan’s Prized Tablet PC Industry

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This threat to the Taiwanese economy, which depends on grabbing sizable shares of new IT hardware trends, has already hit contracts for lower-end tablets and begun taking aim at the premium ones,...
    






The Best And Worst Sports Stocks Of 2013

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The stock market has been on a tear this year with the S&P 500 up 27%, fueled in part by the Federal Reserve’s easy money policies. It would mark the best performance since 2007 if the gains...