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		<title>Measuring Retail: Holiday Results Trickle In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, some expectations consumers  would open their wallets to buy electronics were high.&#160; The November Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)-CNET Index of  Consumer Technology &#160;Expectations  (ICTE), which measures consumer expectations about planned technology spending,  was at 93.5 on November 24th. That was the index&#8217; highest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/11-30-2009/comscore-2009-sales-data/</link>
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		<title>Viacom Q3: A Quick Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When corporate earnings reports come in clusters there is  often a macro tone about industry that echoes in the details like a PR reps  list of talking points.&#160; In Viacom&#8217;s  third quarter earnings there were references to &#8220;financial discipline&#8221; and &#8220;renewed  optimism.&#8221;&#160; There were hints of a  cautious recovery in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/11-03-2009/viacom-q3-earnings/</link>
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		<title>Yahoo Outlook Improves through 3rd Quarter</title>
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Every company that struggles inevitably reaches a stage in its life when  managers introspectively ask: what kind of company are we? &#160; Yahoo in the Carol Bartz era decided it&#8217;s a media  company. The company wants to be at the center of people&#8217;s online lives. 
For the last two quarters Yahoo has trimmed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-20-2009/yahoo-q3-earnings-2/</link>
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		<title>Apple Runs Away with Another Quarter. Hints of New Product?</title>
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There comes a point when calling each successive performance  a record starts to get a little ridiculous.&#160;  Apple crossed that threshold a long time ago but the fiscal rocket ship  flying out of Cupertino isn&#8217;t showing any signs of slowing down either.&#160;&#160; Even in spite of lofty expectations and  market acceptance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-19-2009/apple-q4-earnings-outperform/</link>
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		<title>Oddly Timed Staff Cuts Announced at the New York Times</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times Co. is set to announce quarterly earnings  later this week.&#160; Monday, bad news came  early and by surprise.
With a need for greater cost reductions, the Times announced  a plan to cut 100 newsroom jobs (8% of total) by year end.&#160; This on top of budget cuts and a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-19-2009/new-york-times-staff-cut/</link>
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		<title>Looking Forward: Interactive Entertainment&#8217;s Next Generation?</title>
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There is a transformation underway in the world of video  games.&#160; Fueled by changing technology and  the opportunity to evolve outdated business models everything from who plays,  to what they play, to how they play it, are in states of transition.
For the analyst, the executive, entrepreneurs or for simply  curious fans, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-16-2009/video-games-trends-future-looks-predictions/</link>
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		<title>Google and Verizon Tie Up for Android Devices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon, the biggest wireless service provider in the US has  been loosely linked to Google&#8217;s Android operating  system in the past but Tuesday the companies ratcheted up the stakes with word  of a strategic partnership.
In a joint announcement (release), timed  to coincide with the CTIA Wireless show, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-06-2009/google-verizon-partnership-android/</link>
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		<title>Settlement Proposed for Kindle Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amazon apologized verbally in July for inappropriately deleting  copies of 1984 (and Animal Farm) from customer&#8217;s Kindles.&#160; Now the company appears to have apologized  with its check book.
According to court documents first reported on Seattle news  site Tech Flash, a proposed settlement has been submitted to the court for the  Case [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://metue.com/10-02-2009/settlment-proposed-kindle-deletions-orwellian-case-amazon/</link>
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