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Hulu as a potential purchase: Hulu has begun meeting with potential buyers including Google, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. to drum up interest in a sale.
search engine) has reached an agreement with Baidu.com, China's largest incumbent search engine, to offer English search results. Baidu, previously primarily a
Beckerman Institutional uses a a fundamental, bottom-up approach to manage a concentrated, hedge-fund style investable model for Covestor.
Jason Zweig recently used his regular column in The Wall Street Journal to discuss the relatively poor performance of large cap stocks. It’s a theme we’ve pointed out a number of times in recent commentaries from Covestor managers who invest in small-caps, for example from Vivian Lewis and Jack Brown. […]
Author: Chris Dixon It is widely believed that Facebook presents a significant competitive threat to Google (Nasdaq: GOOG). Google itself seems to believe this – Larry Page recently said that all employees would have their bonuses tied to the success of Google’s social strategy. Why does Facebook present a threat […]
Online retailer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) launched a cloud-based music locker on Wednesday. From the company’s press release, the service is designed to enable customers to securely store music in the cloud and play it on any Android phone, Android tablet, Mac or PC, wherever they are. Customers can easily upload […]
For his Performance with Protection portfolio, Covestor model manager Leif Eriksen takes a top-down fundamental approach that favors large- and mid-cap companies. His goal is to outperform the market over the long run while protecting capital. Current top positions include Qualcomm Inc (QCOM), Devon Energy Corp (DVN), and NxStage Medical […]
Yahoo Inc (YHOO) is reportedly in advanced talks to exit its Japanese joint venture. This is the company’s latest effort to to cut costs and raise capital for its fight against Google (GOOG) and Facebook. Reuters reports: A deal to transfer Yahoo’s 35 percent stake in Yahoo Japan to Softbank […]
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) revealed some positive information on the company’s 2011 employment front today. On the company’s blog, Alan Eustace, the SVP of Engineering and Research states: I love Google because of our people. It’s inspiring to be part of the team. And that’s why I am excited about 2011—because […]
With a model like Dividend Growth, one of the goals is to find equities paying high dividends—but another is to look for positions that have the opportunity to grow and create greater returns for investors. To that end, model manager James Hofmann has added additional shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) […]
ETF model is no longer available on Covestor Model manager Analytic Investment added several new positions to the Focus ETF model at the beginning of December.