Description: Google said yesterday that revenue, excluding sales passed on to partners, was $12.2 billion in the first quarter. Julie Hyman reports on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg.com – video report Date: Apr 17, 2014 Link: http://www.bloomberg.com/video/google-earnings-show-struggle-with-shift-to-mobile-JbaMuBzyQmiMHIH8ceg2xQ.html Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial information presented and the reasons provided. Do believe this… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Company Analysis
Bringing the Wal-Mart Edge to Financial Products
Description: Wal-Mart has a new way for consumers to send money across the U.S., with simple fees the retailer says cost as little as half as much as “similar offerings on the market.” Ironically, though, one of the other products it undercuts is also offered by Wal-Mart. Let me explain. Source: Businessweek.com Date: Apr 17, 2014… Read more »
Are new rules making banks safer?
Description: Years after the financial crisis, regulators announced that the big banks will have to hold more capital to protect against losses. Will it make the financial system safer? Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: April 11, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2014/04/11/investing-new-capital-rules-big-banks-safer.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: What has changed at the banks? Do you think these changes will… Read more »
Why Facebook bought Oculus
Description: Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe tells CNNMoney’s Laurie Segall why Facebook became interested in buying his company. Source: CNNMoney.com – video report Date: Apr 11, 2014 Link: http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2014/04/11/t-oculus-facebook-brendan-iribe.cnnmoney/index.html Questions for Discussions: Why did Facebook buy Oculus, according to this report? How necessary was the financial input of Facebook money for Oculus to move forward? How… Read more »
Tinder isn’t worth $5 billion, but it’s valuable, investors say
Description: Tinder may not be worth $5 billion, but investors say the dating app remains an extremely valuable product. Source: Fortune.com Date: Apr 11, 2014 Link: http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/04/11/tinder-isnt-worth-5-billion-but-its-valuable-investors-say/?iid=SF_F_River Questions for discussion: What is the business model for this app? Do you think it can generate the cash flow needed to support the valuation currently presented? Would… Read more »
Pimco’s Bill Gross Picks Up the Pieces
Description: There is no one who talks quite like Bill Gross, the co-founder of Pimco. He is perhaps the most influential financial manager of the past two decades, yet his stories involve an equal mix of whimsy and sheepishness, with fragments of Joni Mitchell songs, Howdy Doody vignettes, and references to classic American diner food… Read more »
Is the U.S. stock market rigged?
Description: Steve Kroft reports on a new book from Michael Lewis that reveals how some high-speed traders work the stock market to their advantage Source: CBSNews.com – video report Date: Mar 30, 2014 Link: http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/is-the-us-stock-market-rigged Questions for Discussions: Explain how high-speed traders were able to exploit the trading environments. How was the problem solved? How… Read more »
Teen Retailers: Who’s Worth Buying?
Description: Should you invest in what your kid’s like to wear? We put the three A’s under the spotlight: Aeropostale, American Eagle, and Ambercrombie & Fitch. Source: BNN.com – video report Date: Apr 04, 2014 Link: http://watch.bnn.ca/#clip1078271 Questions for Discussions: Summarize the financial highlights presented in this report and the reasons for the decline at… Read more »
Liberty Media’s smaller stake in Barnes & Noble may actually be a good thing: analysts
Description: Barnes & Noble Inc.’s shares fell as much as 16% on Thursday after John Malone’s Liberty Media said it’s slashing its holdings in Barnes & Noble to about 1.7% from the 17% stake it held in 2011. Source: Marketwatch.com Date: Apr 03, 2014 Link: http://blogs.marketwatch.com/behindthestorefront/2014/04/03/liberty-medias-smaller-stake-in-barnes-noble-may-actually-be-a-good-thing-analysts/ Questions for discussion: Why did the stock price fall… Read more »
The Pow! Bang! Bam! Plan to Save Marvel, Starring B-List Heroes
Description: It’s been four years since Disney purchased Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. At the time, it wasn’t hailed as a brilliant move. Disney’s stock price sank on news of the deal. Superheroes were hot properties in Hollywood, but Disney was spending billions for a company that had years ago signed away the film rights… Read more »
