Meg Whitman is a star CEO. She built eBay from 30 employees to 15,000 employees. The New York Times hailed her as a potential first woman President of the United States. She ran to become Governor of California, but lost to Jerry Brown. In January 2011, Hewlett-Packard fired its CEO Leo Apotheker
Gun control legislation in Washington is moving at a snail’s pace, if at all, but technological developments are moving at a much faster one. The world’s first gun made mostly with a 3D printer has been test fired and now you can buy 3D printers at Staples SPLS. Soon blueprints to print a 3D
I was surprised at the number of emails I received telling me that I was wrong in response to my article Five Reasons To Buy New iPad From Apple. The crux of most of such emails is that the new iPad from Apple (AAPL) is an evolutionary upgrade and not
Speculation of Yahoo (YHOO) buying Netflix (NFLX) is rampant in the trading circles. The trigger for this speculation is appointment of Scott Thompson as the new CEO Yahoo.Thompson has been President of PayPal, which is a crown jewel of eBay (EBAY). Thompson has significant background in technology, mobile, and international.
eBay (EBAY) shares have fallen on weaker than expected guidance. It appears Amazon (AMZN) is doing a better job in the marketplace. Guidance from eBay was below whisper numbers. It appears that Amazon is providing stiff competition to eBay in Europe, especially in Germany. It is