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antfromtashkent on 05 August 2008

this sounds like something i would wright in a drunken stupor...omfg im quiting my job and becoming an annnalyst....



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NJ5 on 05 August 2008
Pristine20 said:

I just found out that PetroChina is more valuable than ExxonMobil even though it made less profit. What gives?

 

The latest company profits don't matter that much. For example, many banks have lost a lot of money recently, but that doesn't mean they don't have assets anymore.

What can happen is that when a company makes small profits or loses money for a long enough time, investors can decide that it means the assets are not worth as much anymore. As a consequence, there will be a sell-off and the stock price (and market cap) will go down.

 



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siberdib on 05 August 2008

This article cant be serious, totally pointless...



sieanr on 05 August 2008
ssj12 said:
Reasonable said:
MS could also do with buying Google and other companies that are giving it trouble around its core business, and Apple would be handy too.

I mean, its not the analysis is flawed as such, its just that you could say that about any competitive company - hell, all Sony has to do is buy Nintendo and the job's done for this generation, right?

Or maybe Apple buys MS entertainment division and shuts down Zune, etc. and uses 360 to get into gaming...

What's missing, apart from a few too vague statements in my opinion, is any real reason for Sony to make such a sale, big losses or not at this stage in time, particularly given how crucial PS3 is right now for BR adoption.

 

M$ can not afford Google, Nintendo, Apple, or Sony. These companies, and many others, are the world's power houses and therefore would cost as much as a small country to purchase. None of them can afford one another.

As for Blu-ray it  has made some large increases as of late. It has held about 7 - 8% of the US disc based movie market gaining between 7.5 - 9 million dollars in revenue each week. BR adoption doesnt seem to bad for how much it costs.

You have to be a joke poster.

The fact that you think those companies are "the world's power houses" would be funny if it wasn't so naive.



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goddog on 05 August 2008

ah now i wish the rumors of apple buying nintendo were true... was suposed to happen before the wii launched... that way it would be a new MS/apple battle, and as an apple fanboy my soul would be torn asunder



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DTG on 05 August 2008

Sony is the most successful console manufacturer of all time, they are not in a position to be bought out.

Not to mention that Sony is the industries last bastion of artistic and intellectually stimulating games, if it were to disappear it would be all casual games from then on ala the Wii designed purely for disposable `fun`



dlguy on 05 August 2008

Long time lurker here. I feel the need to chip in. SCE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corp:

http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200311/03-054E/

This means Sony Corp controls 100% of SCE's stocks, and SCE's stocks are not available for public trading.

MSFT buying SCE is not an option, unless MSFT were to buy all of Sony Corp.



Ail on 05 August 2008
sieanr said:
ssj12 said:
Reasonable said:
MS could also do with buying Google and other companies that are giving it trouble around its core business, and Apple would be handy too.

I mean, its not the analysis is flawed as such, its just that you could say that about any competitive company - hell, all Sony has to do is buy Nintendo and the job's done for this generation, right?

Or maybe Apple buys MS entertainment division and shuts down Zune, etc. and uses 360 to get into gaming...

What's missing, apart from a few too vague statements in my opinion, is any real reason for Sony to make such a sale, big losses or not at this stage in time, particularly given how crucial PS3 is right now for BR adoption.

 

M$ can not afford Google, Nintendo, Apple, or Sony. These companies, and many others, are the world's power houses and therefore would cost as much as a small country to purchase. None of them can afford one another.

As for Blu-ray it  has made some large increases as of late. It has held about 7 - 8% of the US disc based movie market gaining between 7.5 - 9 million dollars in revenue each week. BR adoption doesnt seem to bad for how much it costs.

You have to be a joke poster.

The fact that you think those companies are "the world's power houses" would be funny if it wasn't so naive.

Facts :

Google market cap : 145 Billion $

Apple market cap : 140 Billion $

Sony market cap : 38.4 Billion $

Nintendo market cap : 67.2 Billion $

By comparison Microsoft market cap : 231.3 Billion $

Top 2 software companies worldwide by Market cap : Microsoft and Google.

Top electronics company worldwide for Market cap : Apple ( Intel is only at 128.3 Billion $).

 

 

 

 



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

gebx on 05 August 2008
DTG said:
Sony is the most successful console manufacturer of all time, they are not in a position to be bought out.

Not to mention that Sony is the industries last bastion of artistic and intellectually stimulating games, if it were to disappear it would be all casual games from then on ala the Wii designed purely for disposable `fun`

I really hope your trying to be funny..

 



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goddog on 05 August 2008

@DTG, so, simcity, civilization, and europa universales

are not intellectually stimulating ....

sorry but id have to disagree, and as for artistic id have to say gears was mighty impressive with the scenery, though to each their own,

have a BFA could be an art nazi

 

@ali thanks for the list i do remeber when nintendo was much cheaper... apple had all that cash just laying around ... and still does... maybe they could buy sony



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