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Blogs	Description	Date Updated
Does Sumner Redstone care about Midway Games?	Filed under: Earnings reports, Viacom (VIA), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)You honestly have to wonder what Sumner Redstone, the chairman of both Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and CBS (NYSE: CBS), thinks about Midway Games (NYSE: MWY). The guy has a huge investment in the struggling software publisher. He owns something like 87% of the company's shares. He controls Midway. I mean, does he look at the performance of this business? Does it make him angry? Confused? Anyw...	August 07, 2008
PRE-MARKET: 10% PRICE GAP DOWNS	As of 8:50 AM EST we are seeing many stocks that are gapping downn more than 10% in pre-market trading on generalyl active volume. Here we have yesterday’s close, the indicated trade levels and the volume as of 8:50 AM EST. COMPANY NAME (TICKER) CLOSE 8:50AM %DROP VOLUME Bare Escentuals, Inc. (NASDAQ: BARE) $16.93 $12.40 26.76% 163,945 Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) $31.25 $25.63 ...	July 31, 2008
THQ: FY Q1 In Line, But Stock Off On Weak Guidance	THQ (THQI) shares are trading lower after hours on disappointing financial guidance from the video game maker. For FY Q1 ended June, the company posted non-GAAP sales of $121.1 million and a non-GAAP loss of 38 cents a share, right in line with expectations. However, THQ said FY Q2 sales will be $160 million to $170 million, with a net loss per share of 35-39 cents. The Street has been looking for $229 million and a profit of 12 cents. for the March 2009 fiscal year, THQ sees sales of $1.15 bil...	July 30, 2008
THQ: Pacific Crest Cuts Ests Ahead Of Results Wed.	THQ (THQI) shares are under pressure ahead of the company’s fiscal first quarter results coming up on Wednesday following cautious comments on the stock this morning from Pacific Crest’s Evan Wilson. Wilson cut his EPS estimate for the March 2009 fiscal year to 95 cents from $1 to reflect the delayed launch of the company’s Saints Row 2 game to October from August and “slow” initial sell-through of the company’s Wall-E game. He cut his unit forecast for Wall-E...	July 28, 2008
THQ: A Wall-E Play	It’s opening day for Wall-E, the new Disney (DIS)/Pixar movie. And it’s getting raves. Rotten Tomatoes, the movie review tracking site, says Wall-E is one of the best-reviewed films to open so far in 2008, and also “one of the best-reviewed films in Pixar’s history.” One way to play the arrival of Wall-E is THQ (THQI), which is producing a Wall-E video game. Citigroup’s Brent Thill today says that the game could be “a source of revenue upside” for ...	June 27, 2008
Activision reached a new 52-week high -- how high is it going?	Filed under: Industry, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI), Stocks to BuyAt least one of my stocks is doing pretty well in this terrible, depressing market environment. Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) hit a new 52-week high of $36.84 on Tuesday. It closed a little below that, but it was a great, high-volume day for the stock, one that saw the shares rise almost 5%. Yes, with the Dow Jones index shedding 100 points, with every other stock in my portfol...	June 18, 2008
Video Game Software Sales Up 41% In May, NPD Says	The latest data on video game software sales from market research firm NPD shows continued robust demand. In May, video game software sales rose 41% on a year-over-year basis. Pacific Crest’s Evan Wilson, in his review of the data, noted that console hardware sales saw little benefit from the launch of Take-Two’s (TTWO) Grand Theft Auto IV. He also noted that third-party titles continue to find it difficult to gain any traction on the Nintendo Wii. He notes that 10 of the top 15 tile...	June 13, 2008
Despite Arrival of Grand Theft Auto IV, April Video Game Software Sales Miss Expectations	Video game software stocks are under some selling pressure today after industry tracker NPD reported April sales that came up short of some estimates. NPD said video game software sales grew 68% year over year in the quarter. Pacific Crest’s Evan Wilson this morning writes that he had had expected 120% growth. “Results for April are much lower than we had expected across the board, and other forecasts we have seen are not far from our expectations,” he wrote. “Although th...	May 16, 2008
Earnings highlights: AIG, Fannie Mae, Toyota, Warner Music, Qwest, MGM and others	Filed under: Earnings reports, Hansen Natural (HANS), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Teva Pharm Indus ADR (TEVA), Qwest Communications Intl (Q)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage from BloggingStocks: American International Group Inc. (NYE: AIG) reported a loss of $7.8 billion but raised its dividend. Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NYSE: BRL) missed earnings estimates and lowered its guidance. D.R. Horton Inc. ...	May 10, 2008
Activision heeds its call of duty to beat expectations	Filed under: Earnings reports, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Activision Inc (ATVI)No matter how you slice it, whether you look at GAAP or non-GAAP statistics, Activision, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) kicked it during the quarter. And I mean really kicked it. Net sales for Q4 set off at warp factor 11, rising 93% to $602.5 million. Earnings per diluted share on a reported basis came in at $0.14, reversing a year-ago loss of $0.05 per share. For the full fiscal year, Acti...	May 08, 2008

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