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The search engine giant is one of many names being tossed around in the quest for Twitter's acquisition. Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) are among the companies that are believed to be looking at Twitter, a company that is often criticized for failing...

There will be plenty more quarterly reports this week for analysts and traders to peruse. On the schedule are Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS), PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Visa (NYSE: V), Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) and Yum! Brands (NYSE:...

Halloween and the Day of the Dead arrive this week. If analysts' forecasts are correct, there are only a few earnings reports that may scare investors. For instance, Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR) earnings are predicted to have fallen 93.1% year over year to $0.58 per share. Allstate (NYSE:...

After a mountain of speculation, the Wall Street Journal is providing us with MORE speculation! Last March, word started to spread that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) was looking for Hollywood talent to bring fresh and original (and presumably scripted) content to YouTube. The news quickly died down after...

The Utah Jazz star has a new gig lined up. CNBC sports business reporter Darren Rovell reports that Gordon Hayward has signed a deal with IGN to become a spokesman for the company. “Gordon Hayward signs deal to be spokesman for video game media publishing giant IGN, which will be launching a pro...

Fox Business has reached its breakeven point one year sooner than expected. During the News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) earnings call this Wednesday, Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch announced that Fox Business has broken even. “The ratings are, in fact, improving,” he said. “Certain times of the day we...

Fox Business has reached its breakeven point one year sooner than expected. During the News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWSA) earnings call this Wednesday, Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch announced that Fox Business has broken even. “The ratings are, in fact, improving,” he said. “Certain times of the day we...

The focus this week, at least initially, will no doubt be on the effect of the downgrade of U.S. debt. But there will be plenty more earnings as well, including reports from Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS), News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Aol (NYSE: AOL). The parade of retail...

Former News of the World showbiz reporter, Sean Hoare, has been found dead at his Watford home. Hoare was the first named journalist who alleged that Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff. Coulson is the former editor of News of the World. Hoare worked under Coulson before being...

R.E.M. once sang about this moment. “It's the end of the world as we know it,” Michael Stipe sang loudly. He repeated those words a few hundred times, just be certain that we got the message. Today, we're getting that message loud and clear. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to take Hulu off the hands...