LookSmart Performs Despite MSN Split and Acquisitions
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LookSmart Performs Despite MSN Split and Acquisitions  LookSmart more or less broke even last quarter to the surprise of many analysts after LookSmart announced their financial results for the third quarter which ended on September 30, 2004. LookSmart currently provides paid search results through a distribution network that includes Lycos, CNET, ...
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Two months ago I pitted a struggling Hot Topic (Nasdaq: HOTT) against a vibrant American Eagle Outfitters (Nasdaq: AEOS). With the former expanding despite a troubling dip in same-store sales while the latter
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These days, numbers just seem to blur together. Microsoft is thinking about paying $500 million for 5 percent of Facebook, which would make that company worth $10 billion. VMware, in which parent company EMC recently sold a stake to the public, is currently valued at $30 billion (that's just for VMware, not the whole of EMC).
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Thumbs up: Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) on Tuesday said investors paved the way for a one-time-only $3 dividend. Shareholders in the software colossus OK&#39;d amendments to the company&#39;s stock plans
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Direct sales aren't working the same magic they once did for the PC maker. Can it now cash in at retail?
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Privately-owned British fashion retailer New Look may be sold for 2 billion pounds ($3.91 billion) after private-equity firms Apax and Permira received at least three bid approaches for the firm, The Sunday Times said.
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MSN Beta Search Engine Somewhat Launched  It's finally happened, MSN has launched their new beta test of the autonomous MSN Search - their own search engine. No longer is MSN dependent upon Looksmart or Inktomi and other partners (wasn't Direct Hit one of them in the past?) to produce search results ...
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Stock splits are meaningless ... except maybe they're not.
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The fashion company continues to build and buy in the face of disappointing sales.
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Swatch, the innovative, trend-setting watch brand from Switzerland-based Swatch Group, the leading global watch corporation, has joined with MSNÂ® Direct, a division of Microsoft Corp.
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Today, Seesmic, the company founded by Loic Lemeur, announced their initial $6 million funding. Several people noticed that my name isn't on the list of investors.  I'll probably end up kicking myself when Seesmic becomes the next Google or YouTube. I remain a fan of the company and Loic and his team and will be rooting for them.  Why did I get cold feet? It has nothing to do with the product or the company, both of which appear to be outstanding. It's the stock market. I had to make the final Seesmic decision as I was getting out of stock, at a significant loss. The only stock I hold now is AAPL, and sadly, it's way under the price I paid for it a few months ago. Like a lot of other investors, right now stocks give me the willies. I will likely get back in, slowly, a little bit every week to average out the price, hoping the market has found a bottom.
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FEW things stir the heart of stock investors like a huge merger deal. And last week&#39;s shotgun wedding between Kmart and Sears, two limping retailers, was no exception.
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By Bloomberg News  Micron Technology Inc., the largest U.S. maker of computer memory chips, said prices for the products may have stabilized after an inventory glut sent them plummeting earlier this year.
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Microsoft continues to make acquisitions to boost its online services and advertising strategy. Early Wednesday, the company said it snapped up Multimap, a U.K. company that provides online mapping for Europe, North America, and Australia.
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Comps still look good, even if the Mimi Cafe chain does need some help.
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The Mac maker splits its stock 2-for-1 for the first time since the dot-com days. Big whoop.
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NEW YORK - Finally, there is some good news for Microsoft in its struggle to gain a foothold in the living room. The third try is always the charm when Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) takes a run at a new market.