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To my knowledge there are no patents; it's all about the business model. The acquisition price was probably relatively trivial for MSFT. Jellyfish was an "also ran" in online shopping with a vaguely unique consumer proposition. It's not explicitly a counter to the Google CPA effort, which remains small....

Banks searching for alternative business models Need for internationalization in medium sized banks High PER values

Since last 16th August gold prices have gone through an almost vertical climb from $652.4 to $746.8 an ounce, nearly $100 in 45 days and the highest price in the last 27 years. The Equity Funds category investing in gold constitutes a profitable alternative to the unstable capital markets and to...

DirecTV has added 21 new HD Channels to their existing tier of 31 toward a goal of 100 by year end. This is great news for their subscribers and for those who understand and appreciate the big difference that viewing in HD can make. However, the question becomes whether this will add a significant number...

Earthlink's participation was predictably a significant mistake. SK Telecom has a broader agenda which justifies continued participation and funding. Earthlink acted as an appropriate partner to launch the venture but brings little to the operational phase.

The prosecutors are claiming damages for a total of €98bn from the Italian gaming concessionary companies, including €4.0bn from Lottomatica (LTO.MI) and €4.8bn from Snai (SNA.MI). While the government is still considering what to do, there's increasing pressure from the Parliament...

People get their news & information from lots of places, so the NY Times did the right thing by opening up their best content.

Sony is looking to have consumers think of buying a PS3 for Blu Ray and HOME first, and video games second.  But the PS3 is a video game console first to the consumer, making a delay of Home a minor factor.

live cinema entertainment-via national cinemedia-opens new doors to revenue streams of movie theaters-broad and niche oriented events will create audiences that are not necessarily regular movie goers-by issueing subject matter that are  not normally available.

While the format wars in the next generation DVD systems continue to confuse customers clearly indicating that there is not going to be an obvious winner for some time, if at all, VOD may be sneaking under the radar. This is still a very nascent business. The studios in making their content available...