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March Madness On Demand Stats: 4.7 Million Unique Video Player Users; 4.9 Million Hours Served

The final stats are in for CBSSports.com’s most-open March Madness on Demand ... it’s hard to do perfect comps to previous years given the way the offering has evolved to include all the games this year, no online blackouts and social media outreach. Some of the numbers to be announced Monday:

Tandy Leather Factory March Sales Down 17% - Quick Facts [TLF]

Tandy Leather Factory Inc. (TLF) reported that sales for the month of March were $4.4 million, down 17% from $5.3 million in the same month last year. Retail Leathercraft posted a 4% sales decrease for March, with sales totaling $2.1 million, compared to $2.2 million in March 2007. Wholesale Leathercraft posted sales of $2.2 million for March, down 25% from March 2007 sales of $2.9 million.

Mercator Financial Results for the Year ended December 31, 2007

KINGMAN, AZ, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mercator Minerals Ltd. today announced operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $19.34 million or $0.26 per share. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the year were $14.49 million compared to $12.28 million for 2006. After interest payments of $12.06 million (made on the Notes issued by the Company in 2007) and $15.19 million in non-cash items including accretion, amortization and stock based compensation (2006 $3.4 million), the Company recorded a net loss of $10.5 million or $0.16 per share, compared with net income of $7.1 million ($0.13 per share) for 2006. Mercator ended 2007 with cash of $104.5 million and working capital of $102.

Mercator Financial Results for the Year ended December 31, 2007

KINGMAN, AZ, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mercator Minerals Ltd. today announced operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $19.34 million or $0.26 per share. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the year were $14.49 million compared to $12.28 million for 2006. After interest payments of $12.06 million (made on the Notes issued by the Company in 2007) and $15.19 million in non-cash items including accretion, amortization and stock based compensation (2006 $3.4 million), the Company recorded a net loss of $10.5 million or $0.16 per share, compared with net income of $7.1 million ($0.13 per share) for 2006. Mercator ended 2007 with cash of $104.5 million and working capital of $102.

McAfee first-quarter profit falls to 19 cents a share

said late Thursday that its first-quarter profit fell to $31.6 million, or 19 cents a share, from $43.4 million, or 27 cents a share, in the year ago period. Excluding items, the company would have reported a profit of 43 cents a share in the latest quarter. Revenue rose to $369.6 million from $314.9 million last year. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research estimated an adjusted quarterly profit of 42 cents a share on revenue of $352 million. The company sees a second-quarter profit of 42 cents to 47 cents a share on revenue of $360 million to $375 million. Analysts expect 43 cents a share on revenue of $355.2 million. Separately, McAfee said it signed a multi-year worldwide partnership with computer maker Acer Inc. to provide McAfee Internet Security Suite with SiteAdvisor for Acer's consumer customers.

Mercator Financial Results for the Year ended December 31, 2007

(Stated in US Dollars unless otherwise indicated) >> TRADING SYMBOL: TSX - ML KINGMAN, AZ (CNW) - Mercator Minerals Ltd. today announced operating cash flow for the year ended December 31, 2007 of $19.34 million or $0.26 per share. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the year were $14.49 million compared to $12.28 million for 2006. After interest payments of $12.06 million (made on the Notes issued by the Company in 2007) and $15.19 million in non-cash items including accretion, amortization and stock based compensation (2006 $3.4 million), the Company recorded a net loss of $10.5 million or $0.16 per share, compared with net income of $7.1 million ($0.13 per share) for 2006.

Apple Will Beat Expectations And Ship Nearly 14 Million iPhones This Year: Analyst

And the drum beat continues ...RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky predicts that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) will easily beat its expectations to sell 10 million iPhones this year, shipping closer to 14 million units this year and 24 million in 2009. As part of the expectations, Abramsky raised his price target on Apple to $220 from $200, while maintaining an “outperform� rating, Canada’s National Post reports. His two reasons for the increase in sales: the 3G phone, which will have more features, and changes to Apple’s business model. This is the same analyst who estimated only two weeks ago that Apple sold 1.8 million iPhones during its fiscal second quarter for a total of 5.5 million for the year. At that rate, it would put the company on track to mildly beat its 10 million-phone forecast, so he’s obviously banking on the 3G pho

Rogers reports 1Q profit hike; announces iPhone coup

Rogers Communications has announced that its first quarter net profit more than doubled year-on-year from CAD170 million (USD168 million) to CAD344 million, on revenues that rose 14% to CAD2.61 billion. GSM mobile turnover in the three months ended 31 March 2008 climbed 16% year-on-year to CAD1.43 billion, with operating income up 21% to CAD705 million, and mobile data service revenues up 47%. Rogers added 68,000 net new mobile subscribers in the quarter (broken down into 97,000 new contract users and a 29,000 reduction in pre-paid customers) to take its total to 7.406 million (81% post-paid), whilst it gained 41,000 cable modem broadband internet users in the period for a total of 1.51 million.

Forget 10 million in '08. Analyst predicts 45 million iPhones in '09

When Steve Jobs predicted that Apple would sell 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008, there were plenty of doubters. After selling over 4 million by the beginning of this year, few are doubting it can move the other 6 million this year. But 45 million in 2009?

Earnings: DivX Q4 Revs Up 47 Percent; $3.5 Million in Stage6 Costs

Digital encoding firm DivX (NSDQ: DIVX) announced Q4 revenues of $24.5 million, a 47 percent year-over-year increase from $16.7 million in the year-ago period. Net income went the other way, narrowing to $3.7 million ($.11 per share) from $7.4 million ($.21 per share). However, the company said it took about $3.5 million in Stage6 operating costs, which came off of the bottom line. It’s also projecting another $4 milllion in costs in the current quarter associated with the video sharing site, which has now been shut down. The release makes no mention of the controversies surrounding the site shutdown or the offer to buy the site from Brad Greenspan’s LiveUniverse. Release.

Web Video Discovery Goes Mobile: Sony Ericsson Customers to Have Access to Over 150 Million Web Videos on their Mobile Phones

Veveo(TM) Inc., a driving force behind the video-anywhere revolution and the vtap(TM) service, launched an extraordinary new web video experience for Sony Ericsson mobile phone users. Through Sony Ericsson's(TM) video enabled handsets and web portal, customers will be able to watch over 150 million web videos via vtap, a unique mobile web video service. vtap allows users to quickly and easily search, view and collect relevant and high quality web videos from anywhere on the Internet, including popular sites like YouTube(TM), DailyMotion(TM), and MySpace(TM), using their existing data services.

Books-A-Million books a modest increase in annual e-commerce sales

For the year, web sales at Books-A-Million rose by 3.9% to $27 million from $26 million in fiscal 2007. In comparison, total sales in fiscal 2008, which ended Feb. 2, 2008, increased 2.8% to $535.1 million from sales of $520.4 million in FY 2007. Comparable store sales for the books retailer, No. 251 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, grew by 1.4%.

Bluefly revenue increases 19% to $91.5 million for fiscal 2007

Online apparel retailer Bluefly Inc. reported $91.5 million in sales for fiscal 2007, an increase of $14.4 million, or 19%, compared with revenue of $77.1 million in 2006. The positive sales growth was tempered by the company’s net loss, which increased about 30% to $15.8 million from $12.2 million in 2006.

AOL to Include ESPN Content via Syndicated Video Player

ESPN and AOL announced that ESPN.com will make its short-form online video content accessible directly through AOL Video (http://video.aol.com), and AOL Sports (http://sports.aol.com/), marking the first time ESPN has syndicated its video content through an Internet portal. ESPN will offer highlights from games and major sporting events as well as video clips from ESPN original programming via an embedded ESPN video player. The ESPN channel page (http://video.aol.com/video-category/espn/112704) launched yesterday on AOL Video.

Confirmed: Federated Media Receives $50 Million Third Round; Interview With Battelle

John BattelleAs has been widely expected, Federated Media, the online blog advertising network, has announced that it has received a $50 million minority investment from late-stage investors Oak Investment Partners. Oak was the only investor in the round, contrary to previous reports. The company, founded in 2005 and based in Sausalito, CA, says it has about 150 sites in its network, and became profitable in Q307. No official word on the company’s valuation, but previous stories pegged it at $200 million pre-money. Also, FM is reported to have about $25 million in 2007 revenue, and expects around $60 million this year. Previously, the company raised $7 million in two rounds from JP Morgan, Omidyar Network, NYTCo and various individuals.

WWE reports first quarter online revenue increased by 16% to $8.1 million

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.’s e-commerce businesses recorded $8.1 million in sales for the first quarter of 2008, up by 16% year-over-year from $7 million. Merchandise sales at WWEShop.com, however, were down 10% from $4 million in Q1 2007 to $3.6 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2008.

Spotlight Stocks: Activision, AIG, Citigroup, General Motors

Activision (ATVI) reported fiscal 4Q profits of $44.2 million, or 14 cents a share, sharply up from $14.4 million, or 5 cents a share a year ago. Revenue soared 93% higher to $602.5 million from $312.5 million. Analysts had expected $369.1 million and ATVI had forecasted $350 million. The company cited strong sales of titles such as "Guitar Hero III" and "Call of Duty 4" for the strong results.

Select Comfort web sales toss and turn in the first quarter

In the first quarter, web sales dropped by 19.1% to $12.3 million from $15.2 million in the first quarter of 2007. Select Comfort, No. 175 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, also posted a net loss of $7.1 million on sales of $168.2 million, compared with net income of $10.7 million on revenue of $216.5 million in the first quarter of 2007. Comparable store sales dropped year-over-year by 25%. The web accounted for about 7% of total sales in the first quarter.

Check Point Software 1st-period net up 67%, revenue up 17%

the Tel Aviv producer of software and solutions to secure networks against intrusions, reported first-quarter net income rose 67% on 17% higher revenue. Earnings reached $78.3 million, or 36 cents a share, from $46.9 million, or 21 cents, in the year-earlier period. Shares outstanding fell 3.5% to 217.1 million. Revenue rose to $191.6 million from $164 million. A survey of analysts by FactSet Research produced consensus estimates of 40 cents of profit on $186.1 million of revenue. End of Story

Video Search Engine Foooo Gets $1 Million Second Round

Because Zooomr can’t hog all the o’s, Japanese video search engine Fooooo has raised a $1 million second round from Cyberagent, reports Alarm:Clock and NTV. It’s the company’s second $1 million raise, for a total of $2 million. The site offers a search function, a category directory, as well as featured videos from sites like YouTube and Veoh. The company is run by Japan’s Bank of Innovation.

Sales of 'Grand Theft Auto IV' video game top $500 million in 1st week

"Grand Theft Auto IV" raked in more than $500 million (euro324.04 million) in its first week in stores, selling more than 6 million units worldwide, the video game's publisher said Wednesday.

Sales of 'Grand Theft Auto IV' video game top $500 million in 1st week

"Grand Theft Auto IV" raked in more than $500 million (euro324.04 million) in its first week in stores, selling more than 6 million units worldwide, the video game's publisher said Wednesday.

Federated Media Gets $50 Million, But Isn't Buying Blogs Anytime Soon

After turning down a $100 million buyout offer, Federated Media Publishing has opted instead to raise $50 million in a C round led by Oak Investment Partners. As was reported two weeks ago, the rumored valuation is $200 million. While the company is not confirming that number, publisher Chas Edwards quips, “We have to be worth at least $101 million.�

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