Google (GOOG) today announced the addition of free voice calling to Gmail. The service will allow you to make voice calls to any traditional phone number. Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free at least through the rest of the year, with “very low rates” for calls to [...]
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Broadwind Energy (BWEN) shares are trading lower this morning after the company provided disappointing guidance for the rest of 2010.
For Q2, the wind industry component supplier posted revenue of $36.6 million, below the Street at $40.1 million, with a loss of 13 cents a share, which is below the Street [...]
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As I noted in a post late yesterday, Zoran (ZRAN) shares trade down after hours following the company’s warned that results for the rest of the year would be negatively affected by weakness in its digital TV components business.
Today, the Street is weighing in on the issue, and in general [...]
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They look nothing like her from the neck up. As for the rest of her, I think we’re going to need her ex-husband or a doctor to make that call.
Well? How’d they do?
Hero Builders [HB via City Room]
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-Katy Perry on Miley Cyrus in Life & Style Magazine
Okay, we'll give her the outfits. They're trailer park hein… but the rest? What do you guys think? Is Miley just a Cheetoh and overnight Vegas marriage away from popping out a couple of kids and walking around gas station bathrooms barefoot. It's a slippery slope…
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So it being a 3.5 day weekend and all, I’m not sticking around much past 1PM but it’s been asked that I share the following, going down at a hedge fund that shall remain nameless. Will post updates until I have to leave.
10:30: Slow day on the desk…new guy is attempting 500 pushups during market hours. So far he has done 50 with 450 to go. The last ten were kind of tough. He’s not in very good shape. We are starting to take bets on when he breaks. Thinking around the 250-300 range.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) late yesterday priced an offering of at least 13.3 million shares at $17, above the most recent estimate of $14 to $16. The electric car company is selling 11.1 million shares, while selling holders are offering the rest.
Including $50 million of stock to be sold concurrent with [...]
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From the mailbag:
Zee Germans at Deutsche are delaying IB analyst comp a month, with payouts coming Aug. 13.
Clearly this is being done to fight inevitable attrition and avoid making any kind of leadership move (and to ensure continued below Street comp). They didn’t even give a shitty excuse for why, besides admitting “to follow the rest of the Street.” Played flawlessly like a true second-tier shop.
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Gartner analysts earlier today filed their report on the change in cellular phone and smart phone sales in Q1, and the disparity between Apple (AAPL) and the rest of the crowd is striking.
Apple’s share of phones worldwide almost doubled as a percentage of units shipped by all vendors, at 2.7% [...]
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Foxconn will ship 24 million Apple (AAPL) iPhone 4G phones starting in June, according to DigiTimes, which cites sources from Taiwan-based component makers.
The piece says Foxconn will ship 4.5 million in the first half and 19.5 million in units in the rest of 2010. Apple is expected to launch the [...]
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