Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Annual shareholders meeting was schedule to be held on June 25, 11 a.m., ET at Santa Clara. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reported key outcomes of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Annual shareholders meeting. The Shareholders meeting kicked off right on time. Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) took the stage and spoke about her turnaround plan for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), her focus was on social mobile native ads and video. She also talked about what she has accomplished, noting growth in mobile traffic, which increased to 430 million users and the fact that Tumblr goes 183 million blogs. Mayer…
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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Android has been a huge hit and most phones in the world currently run on Android, however it doesn’t stop there. The #1 brand in the world is looking to increase the impact of Android on our lives. CNBC’s Josh Lipton discussed the products unveiled in the developers conference. He said that thousands of developers attended the I/O 2014 and almost 1 million people watched the event online. There were protestors too disturbing the event and they had to be escorted out. The event continued and the theme was simple, Android all the way. Google Inc…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) developer conference I/O started today and there might be many announcements related to new services by the company. There might something related to the cloud storage, NEST project and many more. Let’s take a look at the top 5 projects of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) that might set the trend in future as compiled by Bloomberg. #5 NEST This project of Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has a lot of expectations and it is seen as a competitor for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s home pack where a user can control most appliances at home via an iPhone or an iPad. NEST…
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) has struck a vital breakthrough with its drug for Cystic Fibrosis, as we have recently reported.Now it’s time to find out what’s in store for the company in the future. Meg Tirrell, CNBC’s Business news started talking about the Cystic Fibrosis Drugs and how they work. Tirrell started by saying that Cystic Fibrosis drugs have met and even exceeded the expectations. She also said that Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX) has reported positive trend. This drug is a combo of medicines that improves lung function in patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is caused by mutations in a gene…
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) has innovated and changed its style on tweets, photos and videos related to the soccer World Cup 2014. It’s CEO Dick Costolo was more involved in this move after the resignation of COO Ali Rowghani. The World Cup has been the most trending topic on Twitter this month. Greg Gunn, VP of Business Development at Hootsuite was on Fox Business recently and he was discussing about the impact of Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) on advertising. Gunn was asked to provide to give the numbers for Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) use for the World Cup. Gunn said that their analyst…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has gone through a cultural shift in terms of key focus areas and people inside the company voicing their opinions publicly. The company has a consumer oriented approach and this is being appreciated by the customers of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Godfrey Sullivan, CEO and Chairman of Splunk Inc (NASDAQ:SPLK) was on CNBC and he discussed about this cultural shift in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). He was also the former VP of marketing at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Sullivan believes the company’s engineering excellence is a key component of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s culture. Regarding the customer driven approach, here is…
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a company that is making a lot of competitors sweat in most of its new ventures. A domain registration service gets added to the list and it might have an impact on lot of market players like Godaddy.com. Sascha Segan, lead analyst at PCMag.com spoke to Julia Boorstin on CNBC and the point of discussion was Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s domain registration service. Boorstin asked Segan about the impact of this new step taken by the #1 brand in the world and how it could impact companies like GoDaddy.com, to which Sasha replied stating: “Well Google’s just dipping…
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has been on a roll in the recent times. Investors seem to like the idea of opening up patents to increase the market share of electric vehicles. However that’s not it. There is a lot more that drives the company’s stock price. Ben Kallo, Senior Research Analyst at Robert W. Baird, was on CNBC today and he was discussing about the e-mail sent by Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) to the Model – X reservation holders affirming about the timelines for the delivery of the vehicles. The email also stated that the actual production models will hit the…
Jon Fortt, on CNBC, has discussed the details regarding Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) stock reports. He mentioned that Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) stock went up after an hour and expectations were pretty high. He compared the Q3 expected EPS of $0.70 against the reported $0.79 which is higher. Company revenues also were higher in Q3 $3.98 billion, compared to expected $3.89 billion. Fortt also mentioned the expenses of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) under control. SG&A costs of $174 million (expected from $170 million to $180 million) and R&D costs at $349 million (expected from $345 million to $355…
In CNBC’s Business News, Cadie Thompson started with Samsung’s plan to introduce its Newest Android Wear/Smartwatch in Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Developers Conference. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Developers Conference is scheduled to happen later this week on Wednesday. Zach Honig, Deputy Managing Editor of Engadget joined Thompson to talk about his views on the Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Developers Conference and Samsung’s Smartwatch. When Honig was asked about what is special about an Android wear and what is expected out of this conference and what his expectation is.Here is what he thought about the watches: “They have had two Galaxy gear…
salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) is the #1 SaaS provider in the world today and the company is looking to venture a lot in the cloud industry. Similarly Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) also has made some exciting announcements with a couple of new drugs getting launched. However, these companies are not getting the required push so far on the market and are in the under performer category. Noah Blackstein of Dynamic Funds was on CNBC yesterday along with Kristina Hooper of Allianz Global Investors and they explained why they loved under performers and how to on under performing companies like Biogen Idec…
Energy stocks have been on a high recently on the markets. This year has been a tremendous year for the energy sector. Companies like Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) have been on upside for some time now. Abigail Doolittle was on CNBC earlier today and she was discussing about her favorite energy stocks. She felt if the Dow goes above the 17,000 mark, the energy sector would be having the top spot however that might be short lived. Doolittle thinks that most of the names are frothy and people should look for…