As stated in my June 13th posting on TradeMediaBlog, Yahoo! is now partnering with Google and Eric Schmidt and his boys are laughing all the way to global domination.
A few related articles that you may find of interest:
New York Times - Oh Jerry, It’s No Longer Your Baby
TechCrunch - NYTimes Article Reverberates Through Yahoo; Who’s [...]

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Looks like the boys at Microsoft have finally walked away from Yahoo! after Jerry Yang tried to get them to revive their last takeover bid of US$47.5 billion.
Yahoo said Microsoft “unequivocally” rejected the notion of buying the entire company in a meeting held Sunday.
Now what?
Well, the company’s annual meeting is August 1st where they will [...]

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Global Sources released their Q1-08 earnings on May 22nd and the numbers look good.
- Revenue was $40.6 million, up 16% from $34.9 million.
- Online revenue was $21.9 million, up 27% from $17.3 million.
- Exhibitions revenue was $6.0 million, up 24% from $4.8 million.
- Print revenue was $11.6 million, down 1% from $11.8 million.
- Revenue from [...]

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Lots of online media news in the last week that I will try to capture below along with a some comments. Forgive me for this long posting but worth a read!
On May 6th, Alibaba.com reported great Q1-08 numbers that beat all analysts’ expectations. The company saw net income double Y-O-Y (US$43 million) and sales increased [...]

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As stated in my April 21st post on TradeMediaBlog, the world was watching for Yahoo!’s results on April 24th and they just weren’t that great.
Mass media reported solid revenue and profit growth but if you looked a bit closer you soon realized that most of this lift was provided by a one-time gain from the [...]

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All eyes on Yahoo! this week as they release their most important earnings data in the company’s history April 22nd. Google, Microsoft and Alibaba Group will be watching closely to see if they can deliver the numbers they reaffirmed with analysts. We will also be looking for signs of traction from tweaks to its advertising [...]

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My April 1st posting, Google Slowing?, detailed interpretations of recent Comscore data that showed that the almighty Google may actually be losing strength.
However, Google just released their Q1-08 earnings and hit the ball out of the park! Check out these numbers:
- Q1-08 earnings of US$1.31 billion or $4.12 per share versus US$1 billion or $3.18 [...]

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Keep your eyes on the upcoming earnings release from Hong Kong listed Alibaba.com as this is the company’s first ever announcement and should provide insight into sales trends and the possible mergers & acquisitions they keep making reference to.
Alibaba.com’s investor relations site.
Alibaba to announce 2007 Full Year Financial Results
Date: 18 March 2008 (Tuesday)
Time: After the [...]

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Global Sources (NASDAQ: GSOL) stock rode the Alibaba.com wave up to a 52 week high of US$35 in October before dropping recently to below US$14.
One reason is that the company reported the end of January that it expected lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue than forecasted due to a write-down and compensation expenses.
Keep in mind that [...]

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