Posts Tagged ‘finance’

Intel Gains Almost $11B in “Best Quarter Ever”

Intel’s earnings this quarter — with revenues of $10.8 billion and net income of $2.9 billion — are the best the company has ever reported in its 42-year history, according to a release posted today on Intel Corporation’s website. Apparently, Intel’s most powerful microprocessors are selling like hotcakes, global recession be damned. “The PC and server segments are healthy and the demand for leading-edge technology will continue to increase for the foreseeable future,” said CEO Paul Otellini


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Mint Doubles Network to Include Nearly All U.S. Banks

Today, personal finance web app Mint is announcing that the number of financial institutions it works with — and the number of consumers it’s prepared to serve — will grow by leaps and bounds.


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3 Useful iPhone Apps to Help File Your Taxes

Tax season is upon us, and the iPhone is here to take the sting out of Uncle Sam’s April chore.


Twitter Hires a CFO From Pixar

This is the year that Twitter is slated to start monetizing in a big way. Along those lines, the company has just hired a Chief Financial Officer by way of Pixar Animation Studios. According to The Wall Street Journal , Ali Rowghani will join Twitter in March, after having worked in finance – most recently as CFO – at the studio since 2001.


La, La, La Lola: GoDaddy Commercial Punted From the Super Bowl [VIDEO]

And yet another commercial enters the fray: Behold the banned GoDaddy ad, a spot featuring a retired football player named “Lola” who embarks on a successful career as a lingerie designer. First Tebow , then ManCrunch , now GoDaddy.


Yelp Takes Up to $100 Million in New Funding

Local reviews powerhouse Yelp has announced that it’s taking a $25 million investment from Elevation Partners, who will also “seek to increase its total investment in Yelp to $100 million through a planned purchase of shares from vested employees and other eligible shareholders,” according to a statement from the company.


iBooks: Apple Answers the Kindle with a Digital Bookshelf Like No Other

There’s no doubt about it, Apple’s newly unveiled iPad is the ebook reader that will change the game, especially since it is directly attacking Amazon’s Kindle. And Steve Jobs wasn’t being coy about it, saying this morning: “Amazon’s done a great job of pioneering this functionality with the Kindle