Is Tesla the One Automaker the Government Should Consider Bailing Out?

The initial vision for TechTicker was to blend commentary from the heart of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, to get the innovation-side and capitalization-side of technology news. One issue in the news today shows why geography matters: Tesla. Tesla is a S

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Holiday 2008: A Year of Profit-less Prosperity?

As Henry and Aaron discussed this morning, Black Friday was better than expected both online and offline. But did consumers make out better than the actual retailers? Data shows nearly 40 percent of consumers say their holiday shopping is done after

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Market Mauled — Indices Down 9 Percent

From ClusterStock, Dec. 1, 2008:Whoa, so the market really didn’t like the Hillary Clinton
announcement. Not really, but since the media will come up with all
kinds of reasons why the market tanked — the official recession announceme

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GM Finally Figuring Out How to Save Itself

From ClusterStock, Dec. 1, 2008:You would think that having a survival plan would be the first order
of business for most management teams, but apparently not GM’s. Only
now that it has been provisionally stiffed by the US taxpayer and
ordered to come

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Yahoo Fact and Fiction: Icahn Ups Stake, But No Microsoft Search Deal (Yet)

Not a day goes by, it seems, that Yahoo isn’t in the news or the subject of some rumor. Over the long holiday weekend, Tech Ticker’s parent provided fodder for conversation at some dinner tables, regarding the following:Late last week, regulatory filings

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Black Friday Actually Better Than Expected, Including eCommerce

From ClusterStock:It wasn’t anything to scream and yell about, but retail sales on
Black Friday appear to have been better than expected, including
eCommerce.
Retail sales jumped 3% year over year, according to one research
firm (some have expected ho

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Thanksgiving Rally Looking Like a Turkey

Coming off the best 5-day rally since the 1930s, stocks struggled Monday morning as traders returned from the holiday weekend in a selling mood.In recent trading, the major averages were each down more than 4%, with the Dow down 374 points to 8,454.Althou

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Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding

From All Things Digital, Dec. 1, 2008:A BoomTown Interview with Oak Investment’s Fred HarmanThe Huffington Post will announce this morning that it has raised $25 million, in a single investment from Oak Investment Partners.The large round by Oa

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