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Welcome to Online BlackjackNews about internet: U.S. Stocks Gain as Internet Stocks RiseBy Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Tuesday as sharply stronger consumer confidence data cheered investors and boosted retailers, while Internet stocks rose following a brokerage's upgrade of Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) . Beaten-down drug maker Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) also helped, lifting the Stand...Stocks Slip, Hurt by Internet Shares, OilBy Anupama Chandrasekaran NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, with oil prices close to $52 a barrel ahead of U.S. crude inventory data, while shares of search engine companies Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) and Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) took a beating after a brokerage downgrade. After RBC Financial Group reduced its ratings on Google and Yahoo, Google fell 5 percent to $184 and Yahoo slipped 4.5 percent to $30.68. Viacom Inc....US Stocks Rise on Data,Internet CompaniesBy Anupama Chandrasekaran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday after sharply stronger consumer confidence data cheered investors, while Internet stocks received a lift from a brokerage's upgrade of Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) . Amazon climbed 6 percent to $44.80 after Bear Stearns upgraded the company, which said on Monday it logged its busiest holiday shopping season this year. Shares of other Internet companies were...Late Surge Boosts Holiday Internet SalesBy Lisa Baertlein SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Holiday Web sales are running ahead of forecast as online gift certificates helped give Internet retailers a chance to participate in U.S. consumers' last-minute shopping spree, Internet research firm comScore Networks said on Wednesday. Online sales from No...Data, Internet Shares Lift StocksBy Anupama Chandrasekaran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Friday, led by the technology sector, on positive U.S. economic data and gains in Internet shares after brokerage Piper Jaffray upgraded its rating on Ask Jeeves Inc. (ASKJ.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) and raised its price target on Yahoo Inc. (YHOO.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) Yahoo rose 1.5 percent to $35.96 and Ask Jeeves jumped 6.7 at $28.86 on Nasdaq. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 23.27 points, or 0.22 percent...Hughes Sees Opening In Rural Internet FieldWednesday September 14, 7:00 pm ET Reinhardt Krause There's no shortage of long-range ideas for bringing high-speed services to rural America. Broadband over power lines and WiMax, a wireless Internet technology, get plenty of ink. If you listen to Hughes Network Systems, though, they already got rural America covered with satellite-based data services. ...Dow Dips, Others Inch Up on Internet TalkNEW YORK (Reuters) - The blue-chip Dow average ended lower on Tuesday, while the other two indexes finished marginally higher after unconfirmed Internet talk about Sen. John Kerry doing well in exit polls triggered a sharp reversal late in the day. The mid-afternoon turnabout wiped out gains built on declining oil prices an...Murdoch calls second summit to discuss internet plansSeptember 08, 2005 by Julia Pearlman LONDON - Rupert Murdoch is holding his second summit in just seven months on News Corporation's internet plans, with executives meeting to discuss the next stage of investment, having spent A£314m since February. The summit is due to take place on Friday and Saturday in Carmel, near Murdoch's Californian ranch, and comes following the announcement that News Corp is prepared to spend up to $2bn (A£1.1bn) on inter...Stocks Seen Higher; Internet Mergers EyedBy Anupama Chandrasekaran NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks futures pointed to a slightly higher market open on Monday amid merger activity in the Internet sector, while oil prices edged up. In merger action, IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) , the Internet conglomerate run by media mogul Barry Diller, is ne...Google Rekindles Internet Fervor After ResultsBy Eric Auchard NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote , Profile , Research ) jumped 13 percent to $167 on Friday after the Web search leader posted its first results as a public company, and one broker said the stock could hit $200, rekindling dot.com-era fervor. Prudential Equity Group analyst Mark Rowen repeated his "overweight" investment rating on Google and raised his price target for the stock to $200 from $130 after ...Putnam Internet firm launches wireless access branchBy Charles Shumaker Staff writer SCOTT DEPOT — Greg Eiler hopes CIS Internet’s venture into the world of WiFi wireless Internet service will make work a little easier for anyone who needs a quick place to check their e-mail or peruse the Internet. His hopes for Work While U Wait are endless. The wireless branch of the 7-year-old CIS Internet, or Christian Interne...Internet deals: A tangled WebInternet deals: A tangled Web Merger mania is alive and well online. But are niche Internet media stocks priced to perfection? September 20, 2005: 12:22 PM EDT By Paul R. La Monica, CNN/Money senior writer NEW YORK (CNN/Money) Round and round the Internet merger wheel goes. Where it stops, nobody knows. Frenetic is the best way to describe the pace of consol...Rich Keeping Super-Yacht Builders BusyBy Jane Sutton MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - As the rich get richer and more numerous, the yachting industry is enjoying a frenzied race for bigger and ever more ostentatious vessels. "The market is on fire right now," said yacht broker Jim McConville of International Yacht Collection in Fort Lauderdale. He usually does two or three deals a month, but is currently working five. Three hours...Aber Reports Improved Earnings of 40% over the Prior QuarterWednesday September 7, 8:00 am ET TORONTO, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - ABER DIAMOND CORPORATION (TSX-ABZ, NASDAQ-ABER) announces its second quarter results for the period ended July 31, 2005. Commenting on Aber's results, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Gannicott stated, "This robust improvement in our financial results comes in a quarter when we have had only two sales. This underscores the improvement in the performance of the Diavik Mine enhanced by r...Disaster reveals benefits, hazards of technologySaturday, September 03, 2005 By Corilyn Shropshire, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette After fleeing New Orleans last Saturday, Amina Ferrouillet has no idea if she'll get paid next week -- or for the next few months. Her employer's Web site was active again yesterday after being down for several days, but there was no word on the status of paychecks due next Thursday. Still, if it weren't for technology, Ferrouillet, a New Orleans native and resident, would be...                  Sitemap HTML || Sitemap XML   |
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