Unlike rivals such as Amazon.com (AMZN), Salesforce.com (CRM), and Google (GOOG), Etelos (OTCBB: ETLO) is offering developers a way to move their LAMP-based software to the cloud with little modification needed. Etelos also has services for helping developers sell, license and scale Web applications. Platform-as-a-service providers [PAAS], such as Salesforce.com, Amazon.com and Google, offer developers a means of coding their applications and allowing a provider in the cloud to not only handle the details of hosting
We signaled Amazon.com a sell the day after earnings. We expect AMZN to trade lower into the $60's as the technology market in general drops in August and September/08, STT
With the consumer economy in the toilet, it's no surprise the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas -- early next month -- is shrinking. The Consumer Electronics Association says it'll be smaller than the 2008 or 2007 shows, which were its biggest ever. And something unheard-of is actually happening now: discounts on hotel rooms.
CNBC's Jim Goldman: Yes, you read that correctly. Hotels on the Strip are actually slashing prices ahead of the big show. In the 15 years I've been covering these shows, I have never seen anything like this, and it may just go to show just how soft this economy really
Today is "Cyber Monday," the day that comScore says is supposed to be an "accurate bellwether" for holiday e-commerce shopping. So what does it say that Amazon's (AMZN) best-selling electronic gadget, according to Amazon, is its back-ordered Kindle e-book reader -- which won't ship for three months?
It's possible, of course, that Amazon's chart is broken. Or that third-party "used and new" Kindle transactions are occurring so rapidly that they're pushing it to the top. Some 34 used Kindles start at $450 and go up to $1,500. Maybe people are buying today to avoid paying twice as much in two w
The poster child of poor capital management might just be Borders Group.
Borders, which runs one of our favorite book stores in the country (Union Square in San Francisco) and goes by the ticker BGP, is the now-beleaguered bookseller spun out of K-mart long ago in happier times.
Borders is also one of those companies that so desperately wanted to make Wall Street’s Finest happy—not to mention its own shareholders—that it spent all its cash, and more, to buy back stock.
The poster child of poor capital management might just be Borders Group.
Borders, which runs one of our favorite book stores in the country (Union Square in San Francisco) and goes by the ticker BGP, is the now-beleaguered bookseller spun out of K-mart long ago in happier times.
Borders is also one of those companies that so desperately wanted to make Wall Street’s Finest happy—not to mention its own shareholders—that it spent all its cash, and more, to buy back stock.
Is it a good entry point for AMZN?
- I like the stock as a long-term hold. It's been down 10% for the past week or so.
Is it a good entry point for Amazon? Or are you guys not even
Upside Surprises
- Amazon.com (AMZN) is set to report earnings after the markets closes on Wednesday, April 23rd. Amazon is expected to earn $0.32 per share for its 1st q...
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