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eBay 公布 2009 年第三季度财报
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-26
eBay发布了2009财年第三季度财报。 报告显示 ，eBay第三季度的净营收为22.38亿美元，比去年同期的21.18亿美元增长6%；净利润为3.497亿美元，比去年同期的4.922亿美元下滑29%。
在截至9月30日的这一财季，eBay的净营收为22.38亿美元，比去年同期的21.18亿美元增长6%；按照美国通用会计准则，eBay第三季度运营利润率为19.8%，低于去年同期的24.7%；按照美国通用会
计准则，eBay第三季度净利润为3.497亿美元，比去年同期的4.922亿美元下滑29%；按照美国通用会计准则，eBay第三季度每股摊薄收益为0.27美元，比去年同期的...
Skype 发布 2009 年第三季度财报
in Wangtam, on 2009-10-26
尽管深陷与其创立者的法律纠纷中，Skype 仍然保持强劲的增长势头。其母公司 eBay 发布的三季度财报显示，公司非常满意 Skype 的表现。
Skype 在本财季用户增长了 41% 达到 5.21 亿人。仅在过去三个月中，公司的用户就增加了 4000 万人。
Skype 在本财季营收增加 29% 达 1.85 亿美元。Skype 拨打 Skype 电话（免费电话）通话时长增加 74%，达 277 亿分钟，而 SkypeOut（电脑对电话）的付费通话时间增长 44%，达到 31 亿分钟。
如果继续保持此势头，到 2011 年公司将轻松超越其每年营收 10 亿美元的...
FBI probes BoFA-Merrill deal
in Sox First, on September 21, 2009
Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch was already stinking to high heaven with the Bank of America being forced to pay $33 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for misleading shareholders about the billions of dollars of bonuses paid to executives at the failed finan...
A W-shaped recovery
in Sox First, on August 12, 2009
...what will happen after October when the stimulus starts to wear off. You would have to agree with MarketWatch chief economist Irwin Kellner who says it will probably be a W-shaped recession. Kellne...
最终幻想7 神之子 FF7 克劳德 Cloud 所持大刀 First Tsurugi
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-29
• 最终幻想7 神之子 FF7 克劳德 Cloud 所持大刀 First Tsurugi
• Amazon Acquisitions and Investments
• Amazon Faces a Fight Over Its E-Books
• Verizon二季度净利下跌21% 面临激烈竞争
Happy 4th Birthday, Mashable!
• Official Final Fantasy XIII Site Updated: 新角色 Hope Estheim
• Scout Labs Now Features A Real-Time Focus Gr...
For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-28
• For Mozilla and Google, Group Hugs Get Tricky
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• 七龙珠/魔人布欧树脂手办
• Twitter Generates $48 Million of Media Coverage in a Month
• 巴菲特：看卡通，跟我学理财
• PNG Optimization Guide: More Clever Techniques
• Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
• Ericsson Wins Auction to Bu...
The bailouts stink: Bernanke
in Sox First, on July 27, 2009
The US Government bailout of banks left a lot to be desired. In the final analysis, the US Government rewarded excessive and dangerous risk taking by bailing out banks that deserved to be put out of business. It was not prepared to stand by and let the market do its work. Those bailouts did stin...
Buffett cleans up on Goldman Sachs
in Sox First, on July 25, 2009
...Buffett even better and everyone's happy. But is that an illusion? As David Weidner writes in MarketWatch , the banking business stinks because of all the bad loans and investment banking isn...
Bonuses for bankers, despite losses
in Sox First, on July 23, 2009
Never stand between a banker and a bag of money. Despite their massive losses, bankers are still raking in enormous bonuses. The Guardian reports that the House of Mack, Morgan Stanley has set aside $3.9 billion, or 72% of its net revenues, to pay bonuses. That's despite the investment ba...
Google 的经典骗局
in Wangtam, on 2009-07-13
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MarketWatch 今天撰文称 ，Google 突然宣布了开发免费操作系统的消息可能纯属烟幕，Google 这样做只是为了让微软的视线从 Android 身上移开，因为这才是关键所在，才是 Google 真正的新操作系统的源头。以下是全文译文：
这一次， Google 究竟是虚张声势，还是要玩儿真的了呢？
不消说，大家都知道，微软刚刚推出了自己的新搜索引擎 Bing，而在这当口...
Climate change: the lawyers' picnic
in Sox First, on June 28, 2009
By the narrowest of margins, Congress has passed the "cap and trade" energy bill which will bring in tough new greenhouse gas emissions standards for US companies. Given that it passed by the narrowest of margins and business opposition, we can expect to see it open up a spate of lit...
Pay cuts fail to save HP jobs
in The CIO Weblog, on May 28, 2009
Despite the across-the-board pay cuts HP CEO Mark Hurd made (and I lauded ) two months ago, the latest quarterly results have proven disappointing and the outlook no better, leading the company to announce that it will be making recession-related layoffs after all... 6000 jobs over the next ...
No recovery in sight
in Sox First, on April 30, 2009
With the US economy convulsing in its sharpest contraction since 1958 . down 6.1%, the Fed now seems to be sitting on the side lines. In its latest statement , the Fed said the economic outlook had improved "modestly" but that economic activity was "likely to remain weak for a t...
Take Your Digital Camera On A Photo Cruise
in Digital Shot, on April 25, 2009
Here's something for digital photographers who also like ships and life at sea, at least on a temporary basis.
This may not be an exclusive business, but Crystal Cruises is conducting a "Photography Experiences of Discovery" experience, on two Mediterranean cruises this summer and...
One more step to bank nationalization
in Sox First, on April 25, 2009
While the Federal Reserve says most US banks are well capitalized and will be okay in these stress tests, chances are the public and investors will still have to confront the n-word. Nationalization is on its way. Read carefully between the lines of this otherwise bland New York Time piece ...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 11, 2009
First, we had Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke talking about "green shoots" and how the recession will come to an end this year. Now we have Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council saying that the economic disaster will come to an end in t...
50 个被 Blogger 们链接最多的媒体网站
in Wangtam, on 2009-03-13
Blog 搜索引擎 Technorati 日前 发布统计报告 ，报告显示了媒体被 Blogger 们链接最多的媒体网站。以下是 TOP50 的排名表：
1. YouTube
2. New York Times
3. BBC News
4. CNN.com
5. MSN
6. guardian.co.uk
7. Washington Post
8. Yahoo! News
9. Reuters
10. Los Angeles Times
The long slump
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
...nd 2010 will be much worse than people expected." There are some other worrying figures too. MarketWatch reports that personal savings have suddenly soared to a 14 year high, a sure sign that ...
Blackwater - what's in a name?
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
Private military contractor (hush, let's not use the word mercenary) Blackwater is rebranding itself . Its futuristic new name is Xe (pronounced, as my American friends do, like the last letter of the alphabet). As the LA Times says, what else can you do when your employees are facing man...
US unemployment gets worse
in Sox First, on February 7, 2009
...from a year ago), followed by Rhode Island (10%), South Carolina (9.5%) and California (9.3%). As MarketWatch points out, The Optimists would say that job losses and jobless claims typically pe...
Bank bailout failure
in Sox First, on February 3, 2009
If nothing else, the latest events are showing us that Bush's bank bailout strategy was a complete and absolute failure. First, we had the reports last week of four banks closing in January. The year had barely started. And Obama has warned that no matter how much gets handed out, some ...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 28, 2009
It's the year of the axe with companies axing more than 75,000 jobs, led by Caterpillar which is sacking 20,000 . For a good breakdown, check this little table from the Financial Times . The news everywhere looks bad. American Express earnings have fallen 79% , a sure sign of the credit ...
British Pound Sinks To Seven Year Low
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 20, 2009
With each passing day another country gets hit with the effects of the burgeoning worldwide recession and today it seems is Great Britain's turn.
Britain's small businesses and real estate industry have started receiving their economic stimulus payments but it will take a while before these...
Rise of the new consumer
in Sox First, on January 7, 2009
The market meltdown is changing consumer behavior. And it will produce a new consumer. Retailers tell me consumers are still buying, they're just not spending as much. Instead of a $20 bunch of flowers, it's now $10. People have been learning to live on less, and that will have massive ...
Looking for a Raise in 2009? Don't Hold Your Breath...
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on December 23, 2008
... MarketWatch ran a story last week on pay raises for 2009. According to a survey conducted by Hewitt Associates, a human-resources consulting firm, the average pay raise in 2009 will be less the 3%. ...
China: from inflation to deflation
in Sox First, on December 11, 2008
Worrying figures with China's annual inflation rate falling to 2.4% in November. It's the lowest rate of increase in almost two years. In the year to February 2008, it was 8.7% which means basically that China has shifted from inflation to deflation in less than a year. With commodity...
No quick fix for US housing market
in Sox First, on December 6, 2008
... their property. The latest figures from the Mortgage Bankers' Association are the result. As MarketWatch points out, the numbers show that everything done so far has failed abysmally. What'...
Running on empty - the global recession unfolds
in Sox First, on December 6, 2008
Banks around tbe world are slashing interest rates to contain the global recession. The Bank of England has gone for a full percentage point cut, Sweden has slashed by 1.75% and New Zealand by 1.5%. But the bad news keeps coming. The US economy shed 533,000 jobs in November , the worst rate ...
The no surprise recession
in Sox First, on December 3, 2008
...s now estimate industrial production will fall to its lowest level since 1980. Irwin Kellner from MarketWatch feels it wont be as bad as 109-91 but who knows? As Ben Bernanke told the Greater Aus...
Malaysia, Singapore Get Perfect World's "Zhu Xian" MMORPG
in Web 2.0, on December 1, 2008
If you think online games and virtual worlds are confined to the English-speaking Internet, it's time to wake up...
Zhu Xian is one of China's most popular MMORPGs (massive multiplayer online role-playing game), and Market Watch is reporting that the game has been launched in Malaysia...
Nimbuzz: Free VoIP for the iPhone
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 27, 2008
Nimbuzz this week launched a free iPhone app which supports VoIP and chat on a huge range of networks including Skype , Yahoo! Messenger , Facebook , MySpace , AIM , Windows Live Messenger , Google Talk , ICQ and Jabber , among others.
"Key features include the ability to ...
Dreadful US data package
in Sox First, on November 27, 2008
This Thanksgiving looks grim and there is every sign that it will be one very bad Christmas for retailers with the latest economic data coming through. Consumer spending fell 1% in October, the biggest slump in seven years. Orders for US-made durable goods fell 6.2% and orders for trans...
Do we get depressed?
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
...a replay of 1929. There are different views on it. The most alarming comes from Paul B Farrell at MarketWatch . in his piece, Farrell gives 30 reasons why we will be in the Great Depression for thre...
TaskComplete - Web-Based Task List and Calendar
in Wangtam, on 2008-11-22
• TaskComplete - Web-Based Task List and Calendar
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• 戴尔第三季每股盈利增长9%,高于市场预期
• 新闻集团与福克斯CEO续约5年
• RantPile - Let off Some Steam, Rage Out, Have a Stress, Flip Out, Rant Away
• SingsBOX
• Social travel guide, reviews and mobile trip planning - Gridpop
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Times are Tough, But This AOC Monitor Displays a Bright Side
in The Gadgets Weblog, on November 21, 2008
Here in the United States, some might say that we are in the middle of an economic free fall , while others might say that we are in the middle of a financial meltdown . Personally, I think they both might be right. On the bright side, many companies, itching to stay in business, are offering ...
US market: it's back to 1997
in Sox First, on November 21, 2008
1997 was the year Tony Blair was appointed Prime Minister of Britain, it was the year Diana Princess of Wales was killed in a car crash. And Bill Clinton was riding high. US stocks and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index have collapsed, plunging to the lowest level since 1997. Bloomber...
Automakers flew to Washington in private jets
in Sox First, on November 20, 2008
General Motors' finance arm GMAC has applied with the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company and the automakers have taken their case to the public with General Motors behind a website gmfactsandfiction.com which purportedly seeks to set the record straight.
According to the...
Comcast, Time Warner Top Keynote VoIP Study
in The VoIP Weblog, on November 12, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto
Keynote Competitive Research today announced the results of its latest VoIP Service Provider Study , which compares the reliability and audio quality of eight VoIP providers ( AT&T CallVantage , Comcast Digital Voice , EarthLink trueVoice , Lingo , Pac...
Consumer patterns in crunch
in Sox First, on November 12, 2008
We are seeing some interesting patterns with mcdonalds announcing strong results despite the downturn. Forbes has gone so far as to suggest it's all because of McDonalds' "recession-proof menu" but the picture is more complicated than that. As a rule, discretionary spe...
Obama's to-do list
in Sox First, on November 8, 2008
... the economy is in meltdown. Expect to see the automakers and tech industry clamoring for favors. MarketWatch provides insights into how an Obama presidency will affect US taxpayers. We might well ...
Banks stockpiling cash
in Sox First, on November 6, 2008
...rs , but the banks are still hoarding cash. They have made it even harder for people to get money. MarketWatch reports that a record 85% of banks said they had tightened standards for commercial and...
iPhone production to be cut? Blame the economy
in Sox First, on November 4, 2008
Another sign that the financial crisis is hitting the real economy with reports that one analyst from FBR, Craig Berger, suggesting that Apple could scale back its production of 3G iPhone by as much as 40% in the fourth quarter Berger puts it down to the weakening economy. Eric Zeman at ...
Donaldson reaches near 100 Percent Order Accuracy With Manhattan Associates
in Supplychainer, on October 31, 2008
Donaldson Company Inc., producer of filtration systems and replacement parts, announced last week that it has achieved near 100 percent efficiency with a solution from Manhattan Associates.
According to Market Watch , with a long history of relying on third parties to fulfil customer orders a...
House sales rise, no recovery
in Sox First, on October 28, 2008
Home sales in the US have risen unexpectedly but let's hold off on the cheering. Look closely at the figures and you'll see that the US housing market is still in bad shape. Sales are still lower than they were a year ago and sales prices are at their lowest in four years. There ...
Greenspan's legacy
in Sox First, on October 26, 2008
... problem is that Greenspan was completely blinded, and ultimately blind-sided, by his ideology. As MarketWatch points out, that's not ideology, it's zealotry.
...
Europe catches the US car industry disease
in Sox First, on October 24, 2008
In another sign that the global economy is deteriorating fast, the European car industry is in serious strife. First, we have Fiat admitting that it's burning cash and it warns that its profit could fall 65%. The only reason its third quarter earnings were anywhere near respectable was on...
$100 (ish) Blu-Ray Player From Best Buy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 22, 2008
© DeclanTM
How does America's #1 retailer celebrate the craptastic implosion of its competitor ? The sell a Blu-Ray Player for $200 and give away $100 dollars in coupons with it. This $199 nail to Circuit City's coffin comes in the form of the Insignia NS-BRDVD Blu-Ray player on sale...
Corporate governance takes a back seat
in Sox First, on October 20, 2008
...its. Great rhetoric but it's not borne out in reality. Corporate governance experts have told MarketWatch that Treasury isn't replacing any of the directors on the boards of the banks it...
Nokai 公布 2008 年第三季度财报
in Wangtam, on 2008-10-18
Nokia 今天公布了 2008 财年第三季度财报 。财报显示，该公司第三季度利润下滑 30%，销售额下滑 5%。但 Nokia 旗下各部门毛利率有所增长，该公司重申未来业绩预期。
财报显示，截至 9 月 30 日的第三季度， Nokia 净利润从去年同期的 15.6 亿欧元下滑至今年的 10.9 亿欧元，每股收益从 0.40 欧元下滑至 0.29 欧元。调整后的每股收益为 0.33 欧元，达到市场平均预期。
由于美元走弱， Nokia 三季度销售额下滑 5%，至 122 亿欧元，而分析师平均预期的是 127 亿欧元。如果按照固定汇率计算， Nokia 销售额增长 1%。 Noki...
Diabetes 2.0
in Daily Diabetic, on October 15, 2008
...esearch and the psycho-social issues associated with the disease.
Read more about this event from MarketWatch .
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A Time to Renegotiate
in The Outsourcing Weblog, on October 14, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Jacob Wackerhausen
With many offshore vendors needing to address lost revenues caused by the financial crisis , now may be the perfect time for customers to initiate renegotiation proceedings. By offering to extend the term of a deal at a time when other dea...
American Airlines to Filter In-Flight Wi-Fi For Porn
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 9, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto
American Airlines this week said it plans to filter its Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service for porn.
" In a statement it put out early Tuesday evening , the carrier said it made the decision 'based on the feedback of our customers and employees,'&quo...
Product Reviews
in Web 2.0, on October 3, 2008
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New research says people are more swayed by online reviews than they are by their own friends.
Places like Amazon have pioneered the reader review, and its obviously taken hold. Just about every site nowadays has a place for people to voice an opinion on a product, book, mo...
Tiberium "suspended"
in PCGamers Blog, on September 30, 2008
...her promising.
Some staff will be lost due to this, although EA have not specified how many.
Via MarketWatch ...
Open Source OpenSSO for identity management Unveiled by Sun
in Java Entrepreneur, on September 30, 2008
Organizations of today face problems with respect to Single Sign On or SSO and keeping this in mind the OpenSSO Enterprise software, the first open solution for access management from Sun seeks to address this issue. It aims at offering flexible and scalable solutions for simplifying proces...
China Stock Investors Get New Rules
in China Venture News, on September 29, 2008
Market Watch is among a number of news sources reporting that China will begin allowing margin trading and short selling on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission proposed the new rules and China's State Council has approved the proposal, acc...
Smartparts Intros World's Largest Wi-Fi Digital Picture Frame
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 23, 2008
Smartparts, Inc. today introduced what the company says is the world's largest Wi-Fi digital picture frame, the 32-inch SP3200WF , which is fully compatible with Windows Live Photo Gallery and comes with Smartparts' OptiPix Pro software.
"The resolution for the frame is 136...
The fall of the investment banks
in Sox First, on September 22, 2008
And then there were none! Last week's implosion of Lehman Brothers has brought about the end of Wall Street as we know it with Goldman Sachs and Morgan stanley now moving to become bank holding companies . The significance of this latest development should not be under-estimated. They w...
Win A Seat At The Bellagio Las Vegas Festa Al Lago Poker Tournament
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 17, 2008
Here's an unusual opportunity for Poker tournament fans to win a seat to the prestigious Sixth Annual Las Vegas Festa Al Lago Poker Classic Tournament At The Bellagio Las Vegas Casino.
The online casino, "Spade Club.com" , is offering Poker fans a chance to win a seat to this tou...
Steve Jobs Not Dead - iPod Touch More Alive Than Ever
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 10, 2008
In case you were hiding under a rock hiding from today's scheduled " end of the world, " yesterday was a major day for Apple and their darling iPod family. Oh yeah, and steve Jobs is not dead as was previously rumored.
First, the new iPod Nano brings a new form factor. Gone i...
Fannie and Freddie fallout
in Sox First, on September 9, 2008
So The Dow Jones gained nearly 300 points on the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Don't expect the party to last. Home loans are being foreclosed more than ever, growing at their fastest pace in three decades . Does anyone really think that saving Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wil...
Las Vegas Art Expo II Starts September 18
in Play Las Vegas, on September 9, 2008
Art lovers alert! Las Vegas continues attracting more fine arts related events and exhibits as part of its effort to make the city more than just a gambler's paradise.
This is the second of what will probably be an annual event here, and if the success of the first one is an indicator of po...
Microsoft's Zune Adds Wi-Fi Downloads, FM Tagging and More
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 8, 2008
...e wireless link."
More here from Gizmodo ... more here from Zunerama ... more here from MarketWatch ... more here from AppleInsider ... more here from eFluxMedia ... more here from Z...
Samsung Bets On Big Flash Market Buy
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 8, 2008
© gruntzooki
I bet you can name at least 3 flash device manufacturers. I also bet that the names of Sandisk or samsung were two of the three you named. Well, if Samsung has its way, it will own Sandisk, and be the largest flash manufacturer on the planet. We will have to refer to Samsung ...
Virgin America & HBO Inaugurate New York To Las Vegas Flights
in Play Las Vegas, on September 5, 2008
This is a unique way to kick off a new airline service, but then the route goes to Las Vegas, where the unusual is commonplace.
Virgin America Airlines has teamed up with, believe it or not, "HBO" cable TV to kick off its new JFK New York to Las Vegas airline service.
The hook ...
Table Mountain Casino Has Free Bonus In Every Slot Machine
in The Gambling Weblog, on September 2, 2008
The Native American Casinos continue offering unique gambling opportunities, and today we have news about a special slot machine available in California's, "Table Mountain Casino" .
There are 2000 slot machines in the Table Mountain Casino and every one of them has a new, built ...
MGM Mirage Sponsoring "48 Hours in Vegas" Confessional Sweepstakes
in Play Las Vegas, on September 1, 2008
The enormously popular, "48 Hours in Vegas Confessional", which has even caused a few readers to post "confessions" on this blog, has been extended to May 2009.
MGM Mirage has partnered with "About.com" to install even more, "confession", booths thr...
World Poker Tour Premiers On Canada Television Series
in The Gambling Weblog, on August 31, 2008
Televised Poker Tournaments are among the most popular types of TV programming in North America.
The latest broadcaster to join the action is the Canada Television Series which begins coverage of The World Poker Tour next week on four of its Sportsnet outlets.
Here's the full report on...
