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As YouTube comes of age, Google eyes studios

scgadmin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:09:52 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO -(MarketWatch)- Google Inc. GOOG is taking a hands-on approach to revamping the Hollywood star system. The Mountain View, Calif., company is spending more time and money on the creators of YouTube videos, in a bid to draw more interest from big-spending advertisers with a better-looking product.

Volcker, others clash on speculative trading rule

scgadmin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:55:50 +0000

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is expected Monday to submit a comment letter on a controversial proposal to rein in proprietary trading that bears his name

Audio: Hasbro putting iPads at center of game table

scgadmin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:50:48 +0000

The iPad is being invited to family game night. Hasbro is one of many toy makers at the 2012 Toy Fair showing off games that use tablets as game boards. Hasbro’s chief marketing officer John Frascotti talks about that and the outlook for Hasbro for the next holiday season.

Paul B. Farrell: Doomsday Capitalists’ winning strategy

scgadmin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:27:36 +0000

Doomsday Capitalists know how to get rich by playing the short-term stock market and ignoring long-term warnings of a global economic collapse. How? They have a secret weapon, a Doomsday Capitalists Winning Strategy.

An option trade for this uncertainty

scgadmin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:49:06 +0000

Last Friday, the 50-day moving average on the S&P 500 shook hands with the 200-day moving average. As it passed through, pundits, bloggers and chartist websites started repeating “golden cross” over and over …

Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

scgadmin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:48:02 +0000

A roundup of the latest corporate earnings reports and what companies are saying about future quarters.

Commodities Corner: Natural-gas output cuts grow as prices languish

scgadmin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:57:34 +0000

Natural-gas producers have been announcing reductions to output levels lately, and that could be the start of a new trend that helps rejuvenate the fuel’s prices, which have languished at unprofitable levels for many producers.

Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Hollywood’s move to digital will end an era

scgadmin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:13:00 +0000

With the clock ticking on Hollywood’s move to digital, the sad end of celluloid could also spell trouble for small theaters that can’t afford the transition, writes Therese Poletti.

3 real reasons for Google stock drop

scgadmin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:52:26 +0000

Shares of Google (GOOG) lost about 8% after earnings miss.

US Silica sees 11.8m-share IPO pricing at $16-$18

scgadmin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:16:24 +0000

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. unveiled estimated terms of its initial public offering, saying it expects to price 11.8 million shares at $16 to $18 each. The sand mining company is offering 2.94 million shares while the rest are being offered by stockholders. U.S. Silica filed plans in July for an IPO valued at up to $200 million, looking to expand production of a material increasingly used in oil and gas production.