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Tellabs, Zagg: Early Volume Plays

TheStreet.com | 2 hours 31 minutes ago

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Several stocks trading near $5 were poised to move on above-average volume during Tuesday's session.... (more)

Solar Feels Polysilicon Price Pinch

TheStreet.com | 2 hours 33 minutes ago

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Most solar panel manufacturers rely on polysilicon as their primary raw material to capture electricity from the sun. However, the price of the commodity has fluctuated sharply over the past two years as polysilicon producers ramped up production capacity to match rising demand for solar modules.... (more)

Zale Widens Loss, Cuts Back Discounting

TheStreet.com | 2 hours 34 minutes ago

NEW YORK(TheStreet) -- After postponing its earnings release several times, Zale(ZLC Quote) announced today that it widened its loss in the third quarter, but still managed to beat expectations.... (more)

GoogleAd firm acquisition

San Jose Mercury News (Calif.) | 3 hours 37 minutes ago

Google Ad firm acquisition Google has snapped up another startup in its quest to sell more visual advertising on the Web.... (more)

Google documents Iraqi museum treasures

Seattle Times, The | 3 hours 37 minutes ago

Google is documenting Iraq's national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday.... (more)

Google Loses Ground to Bing with Small Biz Search Advertisers

Search Engine Watch | 3 hours 37 minutes ago

Small business marketers spent more with Microsoft's search engine last quarter, seemingly at Google's expense.... (more)

Medtronic Tops Estimates, Ups Guidance

TheStreet.com | 3 hours 38 minutes ago

MINNEAPOLIS (TheStreet) -- Medtronic(MDT Quote) reported second-quarter earnings of $868 million, or 78 cents a share, an increase of almost 60% from a year earlier as it raised its 2010 earnings guidance.... (more)

Updates, advisories and surprises

Investor's Business Daily | 3 hours 43 minutes ago

Heinz net income falls 14%, raises full-year view... (more)

Google Records Deal With TiVo, Will Use DVR Data To Enhance TV Ad Buys

MediaPost Communications | 3 hours 43 minutes ago

In its ongoing quest to entice advertisers and agencies to buy TV advertising time via its online, auction-based Google TV Ads platform, Google has cut a deal with TiVo giving media buyers access digital set-top data generated by subscribers of the digital video recorder service... (more)

Ad Industry Works on Ads About Ads

Wall Street Journal, The | 3 hours 45 minutes ago

Madison Avenue has joined forces with Internet companies in a last-ditch attempt to stop privacy regulations over the $29 billion online-ad industry.... (more)

Google scoops up display ad specialist Teracent

Yahoo! | 4 hours 26 minutes ago

Google Inc. has snapped up another startup in its quest to sell more visual advertising on the Web.... (more)

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

Yahoo! | 4 hours 31 minutes ago

Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.... (more)

Underwhelmed By Chrome OS? That's Kinda the Point

Yahoo! | 4 hours 31 minutes ago

Google unveiled its open source Chrome OS on Thursday, many commentators were quick to dismiss the new operating system as unimpressive and underwhelming. Citing everything from the browser interface that represents the entirety of the user experience to its limited hardware support and inability to install apps or play PC games, early critics have slammed Google's cloud-based OS for being exactly what it is intended to be: lean, fast, and simple.... (more)

Canada woman to fight insurance co. over Facebook

Yahoo! | 4 hours 32 minutes ago

A Canadian woman on sick leave for depression said Monday she would fight an insurance company's decision to cut her benefits after her agent found photos on Facebook of her vacationing, at a bar and at a party.... (more)

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