: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition — our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles. Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...[More...]

'Nothing More Difficult' Than New IP Launch

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:10:37 GMT

Let’s get the facts out of the way first, Christian Svensson Capcom’s VP, strategic planning and business development, has given an interview to GamesIndustry.biz in which he said “There is nothing more difficult in this business than launching new IP”. This is one of the greatest truths of video game marketing and it divides the industry into three sorts of people.[More...]

Game Development Clusters

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:03:02 GMT

30 years ago commercial videogames for home computers arrived in Liverpool when I brought a pile of Apple 2 games to Microdigital that I had bought at Computers Components of Orange County in California. A couple of years later, in Liverpool, Bug Byte software was set up, one of the very first British video game publishers. From this, also in Liverpool, there came [More...]

Does Playfish Change The Outlook On Electronic Arts (ERTS)?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:55:00 GMT

9 Dividend Stocks Sending More Cash To Shareholders

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:54:28 GMT

Option implied volatility (IV) on the video game software company Electronic Arts (NYSE:ERTS) rose slightly to 49% on Monday on the news that the company was buying a London-based social network game company called Playfish. Gosh, IV fell back to 40%. Implied volatility is widely believed to be informationally superior to historical volatility, because it is the "market's" forecast of future volatility. Higher the volatility higher is the chance of an upside or a downside on a stock and its option.[More...]

You Don’t Want To Work In The Video Game Industry

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:48 GMT

There are now many hundreds of millions of people playing video games. It is inevitable that many millions of these are great gaming enthusiasts and that many of these want to work in the video game industry. My advice, based on 30 years in and around it, is don’t. And here’s why:[More...]

Wall Street Ends Mostly Lower, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:16:44 GMT

US stocks finished mixed on Tuesday as investors took a breather after Monday's sharp rally which pushed the Dow Jones industrial average to its highest level this year.[More...]

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Miners ETF Attracts Bullish Option Plays

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:15:10 GMT

Today’s tickers: GDX, CF, S, XHB, PCLN, XLF, CX, CAR, BZH, CRI & ERTS[More...]

Massive Redundancies At Electronic Arts

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:37:57 GMT

The latest news will come as no surprise to readers here. I have written multiple articles on how and why Electronic Arts is losing so much money. And I have written multiple articles about what is wrong with the games industry and why it is shedding so many staff.[More...]

Electronic Arts: Jobs Cuts For A Troubled Industry

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:31 GMT

“Electronic Arts slashing jobs and closing down several studios. It is reporting its 11th straight quarterly loss. Second quarter loss of $391 million. It expects to turn a profit in both the third and fourth quarters.” — Fox Business Network Imus in the Morning 11/9/2009[More...]

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:50:00 GMT

Dec. 4--It could be a Ferrari, but it's nearly silent.
Instead, the CMT-380 is the world's first hybrid-electric sports car powered by a microturbine.
"It's a jet engine on wheels," said Jim Crouse, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Capstone Turbine Corp. of Chatsworth, a partner in building the prototype.

: iStockAnalyst.com Symbols Feed

The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal

'Nothing More Difficult' Than New IP Launch

Game Development Clusters

Does Playfish Change The Outlook On Electronic Arts (ERTS)?

9 Dividend Stocks Sending More Cash To Shareholders

You Don’t Want To Work In The Video Game Industry

Wall Street Ends Mostly Lower, Boeing (NYSE: BA) Tumbles

Options Intelligence Report: Gold Miners ETF Attracts Bullish Option Plays

Massive Redundancies At Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts: Jobs Cuts For A Troubled Industry

Microturbine adds juice to clean-energy car

'Apps' that transform software into gold

Tech layoffs continue, despite signs of economic improvement

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Chris O'Brien column: Beware the hype around mergers

San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Chris O'Brien column: Beware the hype around mergers

MBIA, Beazer, AIG, Electronic Arts are big movers

Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Electronic Arts posts 2Q loss, plans layoffs

Electronic Arts acquires Playfish for $275 million

Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts

Pogo.Com Celebrates Ten Years of Online Innovation and Community

The First National Tween Girl Summit Announces AOL's JSYK.Com and Sharpie(R) As Official Sponsors

EA Unleashes the Gargoyles With the Release of Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Electronic Arts Developer Joins S-3D Gaming Alliance (S3DGA) Advisory Board

VH1 and VH1 Classic Celebrate The Beatles with The Beatles Anthology Premiering in Three Installments August 26, September 2, and September 9 at 9PM*

Harmonix and MTV Games Make Major Music Announcements at Gamescom 2009

Introducing 'Minis' for PSP(R) (PlayStation(R)Portable): Offering a Variety of Small Yet Mighty Downloadable Games That Pack a Punch

MTV Games and Harmonix Reveal All But One Track Featured in The Beatles(TM): Rock Band(TM)

StockPreacher.Com Issues Trading Outlook for Signature Devices Inc.

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: FLORIN GERHARD (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: LINZNER JOEL (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: HUMBLE RODNEY (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: Bene Stephen G (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: Toledano Gabrielle B (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 19 Filed by: BARKER KENNETH A (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 16 Filed by: HUMBLE RODNEY (10K)

Form 4 ELECTRONIC ARTS INC. For: Nov 11 Filed by: Bene Stephen G (10K)

Form 4 Simonson Richard A For: Nov 02 (10K)

Form 4 Paul Vivek For: Nov 02 (10K)