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Friday, February 8, 2013

GOOG: Here's a sign of good relative strength:...

2:12 PM Here's a sign of good relative strength: Google (GOOG +1.5%) is closing a week that saw two downgrades and a Neutral coverage launch by making new highs. Morgan Stanley's Scott Devitt added the search giant to his Best Ideas list today. He thinks Google can post a 15% free cash flow CAGR over the next 5 years as online ads keep gaining share over offline alternatives, and also argues YouTube has the potential to grab ~6% of global TV ad spend by 2010, a $20B opportunity. Read comments

GOOG price at time of publication: $785.92. Check GOOG price now »

Focus Articles on GOOG

Google Now: Trading Your Privacy For The Future by Matt Cilderman
Google's Secret Profit Weapon Is Shopping by Dana Blankenhorn
Google: Apple's Successor... Only Bigger by Dr. Stephen Leeb

Press Releases on GOOG

Southwest Chelsea to Become First WiFi Neighborhood in Manhattan (Business Wire)
Google Announces Date of Fourth Quarter 2012 Financial Results Conference Call (Business Wire)
Google to Present at the Piper Jaffray TMT Conference (Business Wire)

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AMZN,EBAY: U.S. e-commerce sales rose 15% in 2012 to...

1:57 PM U.S. e-commerce sales rose 15% in 2012 to $186B, says comScore - that's the strongest annual rate posted since the financial crisis. Q4 sales rose 14% in spite of holiday season lumpiness, fueled by strong demand for media, electronics, toys, and apparel. Meanwhile, eMarketer thinks global B2C e-commerce sales (harder to estimate) rose 21% in 2012 to $1.02T, driven by 33% Asia-Pac growth. Amazon (AMZN -27% 2012 sales growth) continues to gain share, and eBay (EBAY - 16% Q4 Marketplaces growth) is halting its share losses. Read comments

AMZN price at time of publication: $262.34. Check AMZN price now »

Focus Articles on AMZN

One Truth About Amazon (That You Probably Didn't Know) by Insider Monkey
Amazon's Diving Sales Growth by Stephen Rosenman
Amazon: The Empire Of Kindle Faces Competition by The Outsider

Press Releases on AMZN

Amazon.com Announces the Top 20 Most Romantic Cities in the US (Business Wire)
Introducing Amazon Coins (Business Wire)
Prime Instant Video to be the Exclusive Subscription Streaming Home for Carnival/Masterpiece Co-Production "Downton Abbey" on PBS (Business Wire)

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