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The Decade in Tech Stocks: Hope You Had GOOG and AAPL [Y2k10]
Dec 31st
Turns out it was a tough decade for tech companies. First the bubble they helped create burst and took the rest of the economy down with them; now the credit markets have sunk them in return—with two notable exceptions.
I’ll admit that this chart would be more readable if it had been a more competitive field. But isn’t that kind of the point? While everyone else was mucking around trying to recover from the mistakes of the late Read more ...
Exclusive: Luke Wilson’s Internal Motivational Speech to AT&T Troops [Att]
Dec 23rd
This internal motivational speech by Luke Wilson to the AT&T ground troops actually says little more than the obvious about celebrity endorsements, but it says something larger about morale inside of AT&T at the moment.
It can’t be great, truthfully. Given the bad press and public sentiment toward AT&T, it’s easy to see how troops on the ground, the real people who deal with us and our reception problems everyday, maybe aren’t feeling so great about the company they work for. Like the guys who work at Goldman or Lehman Bros. who had Read more ...
The Incredible Shrinking Dell [Charts]
Dec 4th
Not too long ago, Dell was one of the fastest growing companies in the world. Now, it’s the only major PC manufacturer actually getting smaller.
iSuppli’s quarterly report on computer shipments is a little dry, but today’s report that Dell’s shipments declined 5.9% caught our eye. It’s easy enough to blame the economy, but not when your major competitors are all Read more ...
