Record breaking sales for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
First day sales for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” hit 8.3 million copies. It is amazing that so many people have the will, not to mention time, to read the 759 page tome! Deathly Hallows sales join the 325 million copies of all Harry Potter books sold worldwide.
Amazon’s sales jump 35%
From WSJ: Amazon’s profit more than tripled to $78 million as the Internet retailer logged strong growth across product lines and kept expenses in check. Quarterly revenue jumped 35% to $2.89 billion, including 27% growth in its core business selling books, movies and music. The company forecast sales will rise between 30% and 38% in the current quarter.
Another hit for Andreessen: HP to acquire Opsware for 1.6 billion
HP has announced that it will acquire Opsware for $1.6 billion. The company was founded by Marc Andreessen, who was also founder of Netscape, and a major force behind making the Internet what what it is today. The company, originally called Loudcloud, settled on the enterprise software arena, after several forays into other areas, including web hosting. Loudcloud had an IPO in 2001.
Google Double click acquisition under investigation
Google is having a bad week. First earnings were below expectations. Now it is getting scrutinized by the government for its acquisition of DoubleClick. Life is rough, sometimes, in the fast lane.
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