One by one, they pick up the baton and run with it. News Corp. Chairman and Rupert Murdoch had mentioned how he had become enamored with the Web because with very little...
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CBS is the New News Corp.
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CNET Bought by CBS for $1.8 Billion
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CBS is buying CNET for $1.8 billion. This vaguely makes sense for both sides (both are news and content “publishers”) and boosts CBS’s online presence...
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The Commodity Boom Revisited…OIL VEY!
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I was watching a Dodge Commercial today (owned by Daimler/Chrysler) and my jaw dropped: “We are guaranteeing $2.99 gas for three years with every Dodge...
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CBS Corp. to acquire CNET Networks for $1.8 billion
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CBS Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire CNET Networks for $11.50 per share or $1.8 billion in cash. This represents more than 40% in premium to CNET’s closing...
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Superman or Spiderman…Apple or Blackberry?
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Before you chime in with…What about Google and Android, shut your holes. Chill for a moment and just ponder: Could Mike Tyson beat Drago (Rocky 4)? We all grew up...
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Yahoo (YHOO)….The CMGI of Web 2.0?
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My buddy Phil (Gin Phil), just Twitted that Icahn is loaded up with Yahoo shares. Good swap from Motorola for the fearless raider (I should talk with my lousy Dell...
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Jack in the Box (JBX) - Is Jack in the Hole?
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Another blow up for Jack in the Box - it was not too long ago that it was Wallstrip worthy. Although I never touched the stock, too much trans fat in the box. I’ve...
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CBS Inks 'First Look' Deal With Lonelygirl Dudes [Silicon Alley Insider]
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CBS inked a production deal with the creators of lonelygirl15 and KateModern to create original Web video for the network; they'll also be helping CBS figure out how to...
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peHUB First Read [PE HUB]
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* Fortress CEO to analysts: We don’t call them “losses.” Instead, we call them cherry gumdrops with delicious centers that make the whole world...
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Ventas, Inc (VTR) on Wallstrip…’I see Locked Up Old People’
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Today, Julie takes a fun look at an all-time high that makes you go hmmmmmm . I love when we have companies nobody would sispect on Wallstrip. It’s a reminder that...
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Liiiiiiiiiinnnnkkkkkkkssssss….AND Warren Buffett is WAY TOO Loved for the Moment
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I have been lazy with links of late. Lot’s of good stuff out there. Paul started a conversation on the possible oil bubble . What do you think? I can’t...
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Layoffs and Fines…YAWN!
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It’s not like the Romans were light eaters, the Egyptians thrifty or the Germans warm and cuddly in their times. Fear and Greed have always driven bubbles,...
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peHUB First Read [PE HUB]
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* RIM and others (including Thomson Reuters) have committed $150 million to The Blackberry Fund, which will invest in startups whose applications run on their ubiquitous...
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Why Dell will not bounce back
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I love Charles Cooper of CNET and I respect the fact that he's got to print so many column inches per week in order to earn his paycheck but I have to take issue with his...
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XMSR (XMSR) and Sirius (SIRI)…Shit Squared on Wallstrip…Would You Miss Either?
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Last night I posed the following question on Twitter and in my comments…Who would you miss more - Apple or Google? Today I would have to ask…XMSR or Sirius...
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Discussing Disqus
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I love Disqus as a product. I love it as a blog tool and conversation centerpiece. I am really happy to be an investor. Daniel and Jason are awesome entrepreneurs. I...
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Ask For The Order [A VC]
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Words of wisdom from Steve Kane (actually Steve's dad):btw, the best advice my old man gave, and the advice he drilled most emphatically and repeatedly was, ASK FOR THE...
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Deep Market Thoughts…The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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The Good - Oil, Gold, Food stocks, certain transportation and logistic stocks as a group, but Eric at Blackstar sent me this list of stocks at or within 10 percent of...
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Deep Market Thoughts…Airlines
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Oil at $120, a 1,000 point plus rally in the Dow and a further imploding US Dollar keep me mostly on the sidelines. The indexes continue to mask the damage. The new...
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Doom and Gloomers…Screw You!
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No doubt that negativity sells and we are all in the business of sales. It’s just I won’t buy your dumb ass ‘Armageddon’ book because you are a...