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Trimble’s Compelling Growth Strategy
On Sunday, October 23, 2004 disaster struck the residents of Niigata Prefecture, a scenic spot in Honsh?, the largest island of Japan. Starting shortly before 6 in the evening a series of 15 earthquakes for the next 66 hours rendered more than a million people homeless, and their houses became heaps of rubble. Even as
InfoSpace’s Slide Down
It all began exactly 12 years back in August 1995 when Netscape Communications came out with an IPO. With no profit in its book to show, Netscape nevertheless sold stocks worth $2.2 billion. Thus commenced the Dotcom era. InfoSpace founder Navin Jain, who then worked for MSN, soon left to start his own company in
iPhone Competitors: Motorola
In my earlier post on Motorola, I had mentioned their need for a better product mix and a better position in the SmartPhone / Convergence Device segment. There were not many changes in Motorola’s product mix in the second quarter with just upgradings to the RAZR model. This over-dependence on its RAZR model has proved
Electronic Arts (ERTS) On The Way Up
By Frank Lara, Guest Author If John Welch is building a new Electronic Arts then how is the real Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) doing and is it worth your time and money for a potential investment opportunity? The quick answer – they are worth your attention. Electronic Arts is the big daddy of the gaming
iPhone Competitors: Nokia
It won’t be too far fetched to say that today, Nokia is the Microsoft of the mobile devices industry. This Finnish giant is the one company that Apple would definitely need to bite at if it wants to create its place in the mobile devices market. On the other hand, Nokia has proven to be
iPhone Competitors: RIM
Starting with this post on RIM, I will look at some major players that the iPhone will be competing with. An earlier post on RIM can provide good background for this post. In it, I have suggested that RIM does not directly compete with the iPhone, because of its prosumer focus, whereas the iPhone is
Tom Tom + Tele Atlas: Perfect Match
If there is ever a perfect marriage, this could be it. Tom Tom’s (AMS: TOM2) planned acquisition of Tele Atlas (AMS: TA) is perfect in more senses than one. For one thing, both are Dutch companies, with synergistic businesses, and a merger integration will be dramatically easier based on that reason alone. But of course,
Take-Two (TTWO) Takes Two Steps Back
By Frank Lara, Guest Author What happens when you delay your flagship product and you exist in the cut throat gaming sector? How about a 22% drop in your company stock and plenty of time to beat yourself up questioning – what went wrong? Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) finished the week down 26% when