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  • 2 Companies With Deeply Flawed Business Models

    By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, GME, P

    There are plenty of companies that appear to have shaky businesses. But some are worse than others.

    Both GameStop (NYSE: GME) and Pandora (NYSE: P) appear to be facing immense challenges. GameStop’s product, video games, is rapidly becoming digital-only, while Pandora is facing an onslaught of competitors that offer a far better service than itself.

    GameStop is today’s Tower Records

    Tower Records was the dominant music retailer for more »

  • The Microsoft Nook?

    By Reuben Brewer - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT

    Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rumored to be looking to purchase the Nook business from Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). Does a deal make sense?

    TechCrunch

    TechCrunch leaked the news of a potential billion dollar deal between Microsoft and Barnes & Noble, precipitating a huge run up in the Nook owner's shares. That's not surprising, since it would mean an instant payday for the beleaguered book seller. However, what the deal more »

  • Monday’s Market-Moving Upgrades Worth Noting

    By Brian Nichols - May 22, 2013 | Tickers: DDD, BKS, TSO

    While the market remained somewhat quiet on Monday, there were a handful of analysts who were a bit more vocal in their opinions of certain stocks. In this piece I am looking at those calls to determine if they were good and if investors should “buy.”

    “Sum-of-the-Parts” Value?

    Shares of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) were recently trading higher by 7.50% to erase last week’s loss following false acquisition more »

  • There's No Such Thing as a Halfway Nook

    By Michael Carter - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, DELL, GOOG, HPQ, MSFT

    Over $2 trillion is spent each year on acquisitions, including purchases of entire companies, divisions, or company components. However, study after study puts the failure rate of mergers and acquisitions of all variations between 70%-90%. This month's TechCrunch report, citing leaked internal documents concerning Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) possibly dropping $1 billion to take the NOOK e-reader business off Barnes & Noble’s (NYSE: BKS) hands, sent Barnes’ stock up more »

  • Microsoft Makes Money by Hook or by Nook

    By Eric Whiteside - May 20, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, GOOG, MSFT

    Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) finally positioned to provide a decent return to investors? Is the recent jump in price of over 20% justified, or is it just a temporary illusion created by traders?

    Death of the PC

    The minute the first iPads were placed in customers’ hands, people knew that Apple was on to something big and the computer business would never be the same again. Apple had eliminated many more »

  • Where Will Barnes & Noble Invest the $1 Billion It Gets From Microsoft?

    By Alexander Cho - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, MSFT

    To what extent will Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) benefit from the sell-off of its Nook division to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) if, in the event it were to materialize? The question is on the minds of investors as the company struggles to find an identity in a market that’s becoming more and more dominated by digital media format books. The retail business model is low growth, but at least there more »

  • 3 Must Buy Online Retailers

    By Shweta Dubey - May 15, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, EBAY

    The United States is one of the largest and rapidly growing online retail markets. Sales have grown significantly in the last few years, driven by e-shopping trends and adoption of mobile payments. For online retailers, e-commerce contributed $231 billion sales in 2012 and it is expected to generate $260 billion by the end of 2013.

    I have picked up three online retail companies Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKSmore »)

  • Microsoft's Response to Apple Is the Nook

    By Alexander Cho - May 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, MSFT

    How will Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) benefit from an acquisition of the Nook? To me it seems that Microsoft is looking for a way to compete in entry-level tablets. This deal could potentially benefit Microsoft more than it could benefit Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS).

    Barnes & Noble

    In the latest quarterly filing, Barnes & Noble reported that it saw a pretty significant decline in year-over-year revenues from the Nook division. The Nook reported more »

  • Meet the Piranhas and Crocodiles Protecting Google and Apple

    By Jason Johnson - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BKS, GOOG

    Investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett often suggests that businesses worth your investment dollar have their own defenses against competition built right-in. He refers to these strengths as “a moat with crocodiles and piranhas.”

    Without these defenses, a business can fall easy prey to the wiles of competition, and lose investor confidence to boot. These days in the tech sector, it seems that piranhas and crocodiles come in all shapes and sizes more »

  • Why Does Microsoft Need the Nook?

    By Leo Sun - May 10, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, GOOG, MSFT | Editor's Choice

    Shares of Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) surged over 20% on May 9, after tech website TechCrunch reported that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was considering a complete acquisition of the bookstore’s Nook Media business for $1 billion. Nook Media consists of Barnes & Noble’s Nook e-reader and tablet division as well as its college bookstores. Barnes & Noble originally intended for its Nook devices to compete with Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle more »

  • Will Google Save Barnes & Noble?

    By Nate Wooley - May 8, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, BKS, GOOG

    "The future of tablet computer isn't e-readers." Huh. Nice to know...I guess.

    That's the statement by Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch in a recent interview. Lynch was discussing the move by the bookstore – and tablet – company to add a new feature to its Nook tablets. That feature? Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play.

    By adding Google's app store to the Nook, Barnes & Noble is accomplishing two more »

  • Did This Company Just Surprise Everyone?

    By Chad Henage - May 7, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, GOOG

    Sometimes, even seemingly boring companies can pull a rabbit out of the proverbial hat. That is certainly what happened when Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) revealed that their Nook HD lineup would now add Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Play to its products. I won't suggest that this move will solve all of Barnes & Noble's ills, but it is a massive step in the direction toward changing the tablet game.

    The more »

  • Is Amazon Big Enough to Take Over the World?

    By Nauman Aly - May 2, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, BKS, NFLX

    Once referred to as the world's largest online bookstore, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is that and so much more today. As the company has added more products and services to its overall mix, its customers, merchants, and shareholders have all benefited -- and it looks like this may continue to be the case moving forward.

    Continuing to expand

    Recently, Amazon reported very solid first-quarter 2013 profits. These were due in more »

  • A Threat in New Technology: The Kindle Fire

    By JACLYN WILSON - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, GOOG

         The Kindle Fire (NASDAQ: AMZN) was announced on September 28, 2011, making it a fairly new technology.The use of the Kindle Fire brings thousands of books as well as movies and TV shows right at your fingertips and is also inspired by Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG)  Android operating system.  The positive and negative effects that the Kindle Fire has on our society and our economic change are many. While more »

  • Physical and Digital Retailers Deserve Consideration

    By Nihar Patel - April 24, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, COST

    Almost everybody I know loves Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST). I just cannot handle the lines there sometimes. The fact that after work or on a weekend Costco becomes impenetrable for someone with my patience is what turned me against the company. It is just a shame that by the time I got my lazy self to look closely at it, the stock was already up a lot.

    Growing horde of more »

  • Barnes & Noble Is Not Doomed

    By Alexander Cho - April 18, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, SWY, SLM

    Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) is well on its way to becoming profitable again, despite all the negative attention associated with Barnes & Noble and the sensationalizing of digital media formatted books along with the cheaper content collection provided through the Amazon book store. The fact is that there are people who prefer buying books in a retail store. In fact, I prefer buying books in person. The current short interest as more »

  • Billionaire Michael Price’s Small-Cap Picks

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 17, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, JCP, KALU, SYA

    The most popular small cap stocks (which we define as those with market capitalizations between $1 billion and $5 billion) among hedge funds outperform the S&P 500 by an average of 18 percentage points per year, according to our analysis of 13F filings. This makes sense to us since most small cap stocks are ignored by large institutional investors such as mutual funds, as it is hard for them more »

  • H7N9 – More Trouble for Yum! and Mac D

    By Sonali Ray - April 16, 2013 | Tickers: BKS, DPZ, MCD, YUM

    Just when the quick service majors Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) and McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) seemed to be recovering from the December 2012 chicken debacle in China, here’s more bad news.

    Another epidemic?

    In the last few days, there have been at least 28 reported cases of H7N9 infections in China, including nine deaths. And even as I write this report the numbers are rising. Eleven have been infected more »

  • Barnes and Noble Is Not Doomed

    By Alexander Cho - April 13, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS

    Barnes and Noble is well on its way to becoming profitable again. Despite all the negative attention associated with Barnes and Noble and the sensationalizing of digital media formatted books along with the cheaper content collection provided through the Amazon book store. The fact is that there are people who prefer buying books in a retail store. In fact, I prefer buying books in person. The current short interest as more »

  • This Amazon Story Is Becoming A Thriller

    By Nicholas Kitonyi - April 10, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, BKS, EBAY

    Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is arguably one of the most overrated stocks in the market. The company is currently trading at about 3,500 times P/E ratio, compared to rivals eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), which is currently pegged at about 27 times P/E, while Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which owns the Nook business, a rival of Amazon’s Kindle reader, trades at about 20 times P/E.

    AMZN PE Ratio more »

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