samedi 20 novembre 2010

i.n.c.r.o.y.a.b.l.e



The amount of content consumption taking place on the popular social network has also grown substantially where nearly 1 in 4 page views in the US took place on Facebook.com for the week ending November 13, 2010
The market share of
page views for Facebook.com was 24.27% last week, 3.8x the volume of the 2nd ranked website YouTube.com with 6.93%. More than one of ten internet visits are to Facebook which demonstrates the huge number of pages viewed by each visitor. The numbers do not include mobile traffic.

Investigation Of Insider Trading May Be Biggest Ever



""Federal authorities are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers , hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders and analysts across the nation.
The criminal and civil probes, which authorities say could eclipse the impact on the financial industry of any previous such investigation, are examining whether multiple insider-trading rings reaped illegal profits totaling tens of millions of dollars.""

jeudi 18 novembre 2010

Une image vaut mille mots


ATVI


Les chiffres sont spectaculaires....mais le stock "taponne".....

To call the new mega-hit game “Call of Duty: Black Ops” a success would be the understatement of 2010 in video games. Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) has set a record in sales and been given much gamer praise. The game’s first five days broke $650 million in global sales. The game launch did not do any magic for GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) in its earnings this morning as the release was after its quarter-end.
Here is the thing to consider. “Call of Duty: Black Ops” was not only a record in-store video game debut sales. It is a record for box office sales, online video game sales, apps, and other media sales. Selling a game for $59.95 a pop and having a mega-hit can pass most forms of media when you consider a movie average now around $10.00 plus or minus a bit in most cities. This is a call of duty to gamers. When you consider that Black Friday is on the way and the praised Christmas and holiday season is around the corner, this game launch has a shot at being a $1 billion game even before the end of calendar-2010.

Un peu de lecture....


For years now, The Economist has computed its Big Mac index, a measure of purchasing power parity in the countries in which Big Macs from McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) are sold. The October 14th index shows that a Big Mac in the US cost $3.71, and a Big Mac in China cost $2.18 at then-current exchange rates. The comparison indicates that the yuan is undervalued by about 40%. Big Macs are a big bargain in Beijing. This may have much larger implications for Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) over McDonald’s due to its much larger footprint in China.
Unfortunately for Chinese consumers, though, McDonald’s has announced that has raised prices by 0.5-1.0 yuan (noted as $0.075 to $0.15), according to Bloomberg. McDonald’s has about 1,500 stores in China, Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) has about 3,500 Pizza Hut stores and more than 2,100 KFC stores, privately-held Burger King has 12,000, and Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) has 400 and plans to open more. It shouldn’t be too long before prices rise at all these stores.
Restaurateurs have been dealing with wage increases for Chinese workers, and now they are going to have to deal with higher food costs. Vegetable prices in China have popped more than 62% in the first 10 days of November and have risen more than 11% since the beginning of the year. Corn and rice prices sit at all-time highs, and the government has dug into its stockpiles in an effort to keep prices down.
Chinese officials had targeted inflation for 2010 at 3%, but at the latest read inflation was 4.4%. The government’s biggest fear is that food and energy inflation will set off social unrest, something it would dearly like to avoid.
Rising prices haven’t hit all Chinese industries equally, of course. In the past, food sellers, including restaurants, get hit early and often, both with higher wage demands and higher prices for their inputs. Other, usually larger industries, such as banks IT, chemicals, and telecommunications can prosper from moderate inflation.

mercredi 17 novembre 2010

BITA


Bitauto Holdings Limited, which is a leading provider of Internet content for the automotive industry in China. The Beijing-based company plans to raise $117 million by offering 10.6 million ADSs at top of price range of $10-$12. Bitauto will command a market value of $471 million. Bitauto, which was founded in 2005 with 1 204 Employees booked $44 million in sales last year, plans to list on the NYSE under the symbol BITA.


PVH.nyse


PVH, the American clothing company that owns brands such as IZOD, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, is planning to start selling its IZOD apparel in China in November and to open 3,000 outlets in the country over the next five years. PVH will partner with Shandong province-based Dishang Group to market the brand together, said deputy managing director Michael Kelly. Dishang is engaged in manufacturing and exporting garments. It employs 15,000 people and generated ¥5 billion ($1 = ¥6.6) in revenue last year. IZOD is expected to be launched in Shanghai, Beijing and Shandong by the end of November before expanding to second tier cities within five years, added Kelly.

mardi 16 novembre 2010

Le bonhomme...


Avec 35 milliards de dollars en cash, tout le monde se demande où le bonhomme Buffet va mettre son argent. "SURPRISE" !!...c'est plutôt un petit ménage qu'il a fait.
Buffett cashed out of stakes in home improvement retailer Home Depot (HD), power generation firm NRG Energy (NRG), information management player Iron Mountain (IRM), waste management company Republic Services (RSG), used car dealer CarMax (KMX), and life insurance company Symetra Financial (SYA).....et il a vendu une partie des ses parts dans NIKE pour 300 millions.

Il possède toujours 8,7% du capital de Coca-Cola, soit 12,6 milliards de dollars. Il en a profité pour se renforcer sur le secteur bancaire, en achetant notamment 10 millions d'actions Wells Fargo et près de 2 millions de titres Bank of New York Mellon.

166 passagers


COMAC Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, viens d'annoncer que la compagnie a conclue une vente de 100 avions C-919 et qui seront livrés en 2016.Cette nouvelle peut paraître sans intérêts mais le C-919 est un avion de 166 places....!!! Les Chinois arrivent dans le créneau des airbus A-320 ..Boeing 737...les nouveaux avions de Bombardier et d'Embraer.
Le plus inquiétant c'est que le boss de COMAC assure que les ventes de ses avions vont prendre la moitié du marché intérieurs de la Chine.
"Chinese air carriers will need to buy 4,265 new passenger planes by 2030 in a domestic market that could be worth $480 billion. Comac CEO said it expects to sell in excess of 2,500 C919s over the next 20 years."

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lundi 15 novembre 2010

APPLE + BEATLES = $$$



Apple is expected on Tuesday to announce that it has finally struck a deal with the Beatles, the best-selling music group of all time, and the band’s record company, EMI, to sell the band’s music on iTunes, according to a person with knowledge of the private deal who requested anonymity because the agreement was still confidential.

Love, love me do.You know I love you,I'll always be true,So please, love me do.....

Since opening its iTunes music store seven years ago, Apple has reshaped the music industry and become the largest music retailer in the United States. But the Beatles catalog had always eluded the company and Steven P. Jobs its tenacious chief executive.

GM ...ça pousse


Investor demand for General Motors' shares is so high that the automaker will raise the price range of its common stock to US$32 to US$33 when its initial public offering begins on Thursday, a person briefed on the sale said Monday night.
Souvenons-nous que c'était entre 25$ et 28$ il y a quelques mois !

Ferrari en bourse pour avoir du cash pour Chrysler !!!


- Fiat envisage de mettre Ferrari en Bourse et de se séparer de l'équipementier Marelli pour préparer sa montée dans le capital de l'américain Chrysler.
Le constructeur automobile turinois détient actuellement 20% de Chrysler et il prévoit de monter à 35% dès que les objectifs de restructuration auront été atteints. Il a en outre une option lui permettant de monter à 51%.
Des analystes qui ont rencontré l'administrateur délégué de Fiat Sergio Marchionne la semaine dernière ont déclaré que celui-ci comptait intégrer les activités automobiles de Fiat et de Chrysler au sein d'une seule entité cotée d'ici 2014.

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