Payroll Providers Using Acquisitions To Grow In Still-Shaky Market

Analysts estimate that the third-party payroll services industry accounts for $45 billion annually in the U.S. Industry observers project growth in the sector in the following year as the economic conditions improve. Meanwhile, payroll service providers in the country are already seeing strong results.

U.S. Solar Industry Reorganizes In The Face Of Challenges

Reduced feed-in-tariffs from European markets, lower prices, and increased competition from Chinese manufacturers continued to hurt the solar power sector. Three U.S. solar players have already announced bankruptcy this year and the recent quarterly results of the country’s two major solar powers, SunPower and First Solar, don’t look promising.

LinkedIn’s Mounting Challenges With Large Address Books

Researcher eMarketer projects ad revenues from social networks to grow to $5.54 billion this year and double by 2013. Although half of the current year spending is in the U.S., researchers expect that trend to shift to a point that the non-U.S. market will account for 52% of the market. They expect the professional social

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Overvalued At 80 Billion, Facebook Expects 4.27 Billion In Revenue For 2011

According to a comScore report released for the third quarter of the year, Facebook accounted for 15% of total online display advertising spend, compared with Google’s and Yahoo’s 10% share each. Within the U.S., Facebook owns 28% market share of all display ads, compared with 23% a year ago. Surprisingly, though, Facebook is ranked fourth

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Athenahealth Takes Leading Role In Healthcare Administration Changes

A Frost and Sullivan report, U.S. Hospital EHR Market, 2009–2016: Charting the Course for Dramatic Change, published earlier last month, reveals that the electronic health records (EHR) market is on path to grow more than six times its 2009 revenues of under a billion dollars to $6.5 billion in 2012, a clear indication that the implementation of

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Expensive Mistakes And Rising Costs Plague Netflix

In the past quarter, Netflix has managed to not only disappoint its investors but also its customers. Contrary to other online players such as Hulu, which has added customers at a rapid pace during the quarter, Netflix’s loss of subscribers is a shock. The stock price has fallen 75% since the all-time high it attained this

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New Kindle Heats Up E-Reader Market

According to a Goldman Sachs report published earlier this year, Kindle accounts for 67% market share [of e-readers] in the U.S., followed by Nook with a 22% share. Amazon also leads in digital book sales with 58% market share, followed by Barnes & Noble’s at 27% and Apple at 9%. The way Amazon is rolling out

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Comcast, Viacom Shifting With The Times

The cable TV industry continues to face stiff competition. With players like Hulu eating into other player’s share of content and subscriber base, the war on cable remains heated. Furthermore, Microsoft recently announced the plans to offer TV content on Xbox 360 for Xbox 360 Live users, making it possible for people to watch programming

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