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eBay gets boost from mobile bidders
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Jan 16, 2013
eBay reports fourth-quarter earnings amid high expectations, as tablet and smartphone user bid up business on the online auction site.
JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs see earnings soar
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Jan 16, 2013
Many of Wall Street's biggest banks are beating profit expectations as the mortgage business comes back.
Wells Fargo leads bank earnings, recovery
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Jan 11, 2013
Investors have high expectations for Wells Fargo -- the first big bank to report fourth-quarter results -- after turning in nearly three years of solid earnings.
End of the year earnings: Has the buck finally stopped?
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Jan 8, 2013
Corporate earnings season is here again. The first reports arrive today, starting with the aluminum company Alcoa. Analysts are bracing for a slew of lackluster numbers.
Zynga eyes online gambling
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Jan 15, 2013
Social gaming company Zynga looks to stage a comeback with real-money gambling, first in Europe and then the U.S.
After fiscal deal, markets settle into new reality
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Jan 7, 2013
Immediately following the fiscal agreement, U.S. stocks had their best week in more than a year last week, but will the optimism last?
Facebook and Zynga retool their relationship
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Nov 30, 2012
The game company and the giant social network loosen the ties that have bound them.
Facebook employees poised to cash in
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Oct 23, 2012
Restrictions on the sale of Facebook stock by the social media firm's employees end this week, meaning many of them will be millionaires, not just millionaires "on paper." But the sale will likely drive the stock price down.
Weak ad revenue pulls Google down
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Oct 19, 2012
Yesterday Google accidentally fired off its earnings announcement three hours ahead of schedule and profits fell quite short of expectations.
Google shares drop as declining ad prices hit profits
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Oct 18, 2012
Google's quarterly earnings report was mistakenly released while markets were open, instead of after. A 20 percent drop in profits, as prices of online and mobile ads decline, sent shares down immediately.












