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Analyst: WoW Made Up Half of Acti-Blizz Earnings
Blizzard's subscription-based World of Warcraft business made up about half of Activision Blizzard's earnings for fiscal 2009, one analyst estimated on Wednesday. Arvind Bhatia with Stern Agee said in a Wednesday research note that he expects WoW subscriptions amounted to earnings per share of ...
Judge's ruling that WoW bot violates DMCA is troubling
Judge's ruling that WoW bot violates DMCA is troubling
arstechnica.com — Blizzard notched another victory in its legal campaign against World of Warcraft bots when a judge on... Wednesday ruled that a leading bot violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. MDY Industries LLC, the firm that develops and sells ... (more) Judge's ruling that WoW bot violates DMCA is troubling
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Analyst: WoW Accounted for Half of Activision Blizzard’s Earnings
Maximum PC — ... lurking in a system of Alderaans, is about the only game company to avoid placing hundreds of jobs on the chopping block in order to fuel rapidly waning economic fires, and there’s a reason for that: World of Warcraft . According to Stern Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia, WoW subscriptions likely made up about half of Acti-Blizz’s earnings during its previous fiscal year. This means that World of Warcraft was responsible for earnings per share of around 30 cents out of a total 60 cents. The bottom line for those who don’t follow @thestockmarket on Twitter: Activision Blizzard ...

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CPU3D.com / News Feed — ... net neutrality, broadband into stimulus Ars Technica and DailyTech report hard drive makers settle on new disk encryption standard US News & World Report: Charter to launch nation's fastest broadband service TechFlash reports Amazon surprises with Q4 results, beating estimates WD announces Q2 revenue of $1.8 billion and net income of $14 million, or $0.06 per share Sony sinks to Q3 loss , Nintendo cuts outlook Analyst: WoW made up half of Acti-Blizz earnings VentureBeat: Will Intel let Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang ...

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