50 Quotes by Safa Rashtchy

It is a positive move. Investors almost hated the e-commerce business because a it was low margin operation, ... What they like about Internet media companies is they get 80-to-90 percent margins on advertising and sponsorships agreements. Why bring it down by selling something that has no margins?

On the surface, you would expect that gas prices would draw people online, but I am not a big believer in that, ... Remember that people are cutting back on spending because of higher expenses such as fuel and lower consumer confidence.

Microsoft is in the midst of repositioning MSN and they are going to get a property (AOL) that is also in the midst of repositioning? Having to fix both at the same time is going to be a challenge.

We believe this level of disparity is not sustainable and the stock is likely to correct this.

We believe there is a good chance for revenue upside, and we expect the stock to react positively to any top line upside.

Yahoo's strong performance this quarter, beating estimates and raising guidance, repeats its performance of the last three quarters and should eliminate doubts about the company's ability to generate and grow non-advertising revenues.

We believe Amazon will lack any catalysts to move it higher and we consider the stock overvalued compared to peers.

What investors were looking for was for spending to go lower. But at least costs didn't go up even further.

While some of the slowdown ... is likely due to seasonal effects, the significant drop-off is likely the sign of a more pronounced slowing in the real-estate market.