FA Notes Thursday November 18, 2010
8:41 Taiwan Q3 GDP rose 9.8% y/y. Link
5:49 TWC – Time Warner Cable to launch new low-end cable package without ESPN for $39.95. Link
12:37 GOOG – Report that Google and/or another company tried to buy Twitter for $2.5 to $4 billion. Link
12:14 TTWO – Positive preview of upcoming Take-Two game L.A. Noire. Link
11:59 HPQ – HP starts selling the Palm Pre 2 for $449.99. Link
11:21 Rolls-Royce may have to replace 40 engines in the Airbus A380 plans. Link
11:07 ATVI – Call of Duty Blackops sells $650M in first 5 days, $100M more than last year’s Modern Warfare 2. Link
11:06 Investor sentiment drops highest fall week on week in 2 years. LOL Link
8:13 Investor sentiment readings are very high now after QE2 rally. Link
8:09 NTAP – Bloomberg News was able to get NetApp’s earnings early yesterday by typing in un-linked URLs on NetApp’s investor relations web-site. Link
7:47 OnLive to release $99 device to play their streaming games on a TV. Link
7:43 NFLX – Netflix CEO says in the next 3-5 years their plan is to “get everywhere” including Europe. Link
7:37 Ireland’s central bank governor Patrick Honohan expects his country to ask for and receive a bailout from the European Union and IMF worth “tens of billions” of euros. Link
7:35 Steve Wozniak says Android will become the dominant smart-phone OS like Microsoft Windows was for PCs. Link
7:32 NFLX – Netflix CEO says U.S. streaming only plan will be available “shortly.” Link