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What’s Next: Microol? MiSpace? MiClick?

Written on
May 6th 2008
Author
Kathleen

ADOTAS – It remains to be seen if Microhoo will be resurrected, but in the meantime, it seems that Time Warner Inc.’s AOL has approached Microsoft for a potential merger. And AOL isn’t alone, The Times reports. A number of other companies (none named in the article) have approached [...] more...

CNet To Layoff 120

Written on
March 27th 2008
Author
Editor

ADOTAS - Today, CNet Networks announced that it will be cutting 120 jobs as part of an effort to consolidate the firm while generating more content for its news and entertainment sites. This equates to about 4.4% of CNet’s employees and will effect workers in the U.S., according to a document [...] more...

Yahoo Stalls Until Who Knows When

Written on
March 5th 2008
Author
Editor

ADOTAS - Today, Yahoo announced its decision to extend the deadline for nominating directors to its board, seeking out more time to investigate alternatives to the buyout offer from Microsoft Corp. The deadline will be extended from March 14 to 10 days after the announcement of the date for Yahoo’s [...] more...

Yahoo To Cut Hundreds Of Jobs

Written on
January 22nd 2008
Author
Editor

Yahoo Inc., which has been suffering slow revenue growth, will be laying off hundreds of workers in reports now being released across the net. The company currently employs about 14,000 employees and it has yet to be determined exactly how many people will be losing their jobs. A final decision may [...] more...

Sprint Cuts Jobs & Closes Stores

Written on
January 18th 2008
Author
Editor

Sprint has announced that 6.7% of its staff will be decreased, and 8% of stores will be closed due to falling stocks. This is one of the first steps taken by new CEO Dan Hesse who was appointed last month, reports MarketWatch. In the fourth quarter, Sprint lost 109,000 subscribers overall [...] more...

Stockapalooza

Written on
July 30th 2007
Author
DM Confidential

by the Editor of DM Confidential Every so often, we do a different type of analysis. Instead of looking at the state of mobile marketing or the current strategies of pay-per-click arbitragers, we look at a completely different market. With the second quarter over (April through June) and earnings reports from [...] more...

Yahoo Profits High, Yet Stocks Slip.

Written on
January 18th 2006
Author
Editor

Yahoo released their Q4 2005 earnings report yesterday, reporting a 39% increase in revenue over the same period in 2004. But Yahoo failed to meet Wall Street projections, and predicted lower than expected revenue growth for 2006, causing their stock price to fall almost 13% to $34.96. Search advertising, is [...] more...