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5 Things to Watch This Week: Pop, Streams, Mickey Mouse, Wireless, and DVDs
11:35AM 2/06/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Earnings, Coca-Cola Company, Netflix, Pepsico, Sprint Nextel Corp, Avis Budget Group, Walt Disney, Market News
There's never a dull moment on Wall Street, especially now that the market is hitting multiyear highs. Let's go over some of the news that will help shape the week that lies ahead.
3 Ways to Profit From the Mobile Computing Wave
12:20PM 11/16/2011
Technology, Investing, Netflix, Apple, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems
Step aside, old-fangled computers: Mobile computing has taken over. And although this shift has been coming for a while, it's not too late for investors to buy into the trend.
Six dollars. This is what had the internet boiling yesterday. Six dollars a month, or just less than 20 cents a day. As someone in my Twitter stream raged: "Here's a quarter...now shut up."
But for the thousands of Netflix subscribers upset about the decision by the...
Now that electronics makers have unveiled their latest gadgets and stores are slashing prices on old inventory and TVs for the Super Bowl, there are plenty of gadgets worth buying right now.
Here's our short list of gizmos and electronics you should shop for.
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In This Corner, Netflix. In the Other Corner. . .Amazon?
4:03PM 2/02/2011
Company News, Technology, Media, Netflix, Blockbuster, Amazon.com, Stocks in the News
Netflix, whose DVD-by-mail service hastened the demise of several video rental chains, may soon find itself under siege from Amazon. The world's largest online retailer appears to be on the verge of launching its own unlimited movie and TV-show streaming service.
Embracing Change: Why Netflix Keeps Winning
3:15PM 11/25/2010
In its transition from mail-order DVDs to streaming video, Netflix's latest move -- a new plan that offers unlimited downloads and no DVDs for $7.99 per month -- highlights why the company has been so successful.
Hulu Drops Price on Subscription Service After Traffic Declines
1:15PM 11/17/2010
Hulu lowered the price of its newly launched Hulu Plus subscription service by $2 to $7.99 Wednesday, just days after the online streaming video service saw its rank decline on a closely watched Internet ranking service for the month of October.
Is Hulu Ready to Go Public?
1:45PM 10/09/2010
Company News, Technology, Google , Netflix, Apple, Wal-Mart Stores, McDonald's, Amazon.com, News Corp, Walt Disney
Hulu is considering raising up to $300 million in an IPO next year to add more shows to its subscription service, Reuters reported Friday. Will that be enough capital to keep Hulu competitive with Netflix, as well as services from companies such as Apple, Amazon and Wal-Mart?
Google Eyeing Pay-Per-View Movies on YouTube?
8:00PM 8/29/2010
Google is talking to Hollywood studios about a pay-per-view video service based on YouTube, according to a new report. The move comes as Google girds for battle with Apple, and telecom and media companies jostle for control over the next generation of high-speed content delivery.
Sears Holdings, which owns Sears and Kmart stores, announced this week that the company would soon enter the digital video marketplace by selling and renting videos on Sears.com and Kmart.com. The new service, dubbed Alphaline Entertainment, is scheduled to go live later this year on numerous...
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