Expedia shares slump after revenue grows by seven percent in Q4

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Shares of Expedia fell more than seven percent in after hours trading after the Bellevue online travel company reported fourth-quarter and year-end results that disappointed Wall Street. Marketing, administrative and technology expenses all rose during the fourth quarter, a period in which Expedia spun off its TripAdvisor unit into a separate company. Selling and marketing… Read More…

Coinstar buys NCR assets for $100M, shares soar on Redbox sales growth in Q4

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It has been a very busy day at Coinstar. The Bellevue maker of coin-counting machines already announced a strategic partnership between its Redbox video rental business and Verizon. Now, the company has released strong financial results for the fourth quarter along with the purchase of assets from NCR’s entertainment business. The asset purchase includes Blockbuster Express… Read More…

How much bigger is Apple? New site counts the many ways

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After Apple reported its blockbuster $46 billion revenue quarter last week, we had a bit of fun here at GeekWire with the headline: “Apple posts three Yahoos, two Googles and a Microsoft.”  Turns out, we weren’t alone in trying to put that massive amount of money in perspective. Western Washington University student Nicholas Quinlan and… Read More…

Amazon.com: What to watch in this week’s pivotal earnings report

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Amazon.com’s fourth-quarter financial report on Tuesday afternoon will show how the company performed in the critical holiday shopping season and shed new light on the reception for Amazon’s revamped Kindle lineup and new Kindle Fire tablet. This much is clear: Sales are expected to soar compared with the same period a year ago, with analysts… Read More…

Apple’s power explained: iPhone maker could pay off the public debt of 8 EU countries

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Where do they come up with some of this stuff? A new infographic out from MBAOnline.com attempts to put Apple’s recent mammoth quarter — you know the one where the iPhone maker just posted $46 billion in revenue (or as we termed it “three Yahoos, two Googles and a Microsoft”)– in perspective. And how do… Read More…

Howard Schultz: How Twitter and Facebook are saving Starbucks money

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Starbucks just turned in a record quarter, posting $3.4 billion in revenue and the highest quarterly earnings in the company’s history. And how did the ever-expanding coffee company do that amid what CEO Howard Schultz termed a “seismic change” in consumer behavior following the “cataclysmic” recession? Well, having 40 million fans on Facebook and two… Read More…

Marchex warns of Q4 revenue miss after weakness in legacy business

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Marchex today said that it expects revenue in the range of $38.8 million to $39 million for the fourth quarter, with the Seattle online advertising company noting in the preliminary results that “non-call-driven revenues fell short of expectations during the quarter.” The company had originally told Wall Street that it expected revenue of $40 million…. Read More…

Apple posts three Yahoos, two Googles and a Microsoft

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How powerful is Apple becoming in the tech industry? Well, take a look at the impressive quarter that the iPhone and iPad maker just reported, posting quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion. That’s the biggest quarterly revenue haul ever by a technology company. We wanted to put the number in a bit of perspective, so we… Read More…

Google CEO Larry Page pledges to keep innovating (just in fewer buckets)

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Google is doubling down on some of its most important products as it starts the new year, with CEO Larry Page telling investors today during an investor conference call that focus will be key to the search giant’s success moving forward. “There’s so many opportunities for Google today, but to make a real impact in… Read More…

F5 shares jump after revenues surge 19.9% to $322 million

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F5 Networks, whose software and hardware products speed the delivery of applications over the Internet, jumped more than five percent in after hours trading following the release of the Seattle company’s first quarter earnings report. F5 posted revenue of $322.4 million, up 2.5 percent over the previous quarter and a 19.9 percent increase over revenue… Read More…