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Videogame Stock Round Up: NPD Announces Numbers for December, GME Cuts Guidance

Among the top stories this week, research firm NPD reported video games sales data for the month of December as well as 2015. Video game distributor GameStop Corp. GME , despite registering healthy holiday sales, trimmed its fourth quarter

Add Comcast To Akamai’s Growing Roster Of CDN Rivals

Add Comcast (CMCSA) to the growing number of companies that pose a worry for Akamai Technologies (AKAM), the biggest provider of content delivery network services. Akamai’s global CDN speeds up video streaming, e-commerce transactions and business software downloads over the Internet. Cambridge, Mass.-based Akamai already competes with Level 3 Communications (LVLT), Limelight Networks (LLNW) and Verizon Communications (VZ), which acquired

Intel IoT Battles Apple-Supplier Taiwan Semiconductor

No. 1 chipmaker Intel (INTC) is prepping for a stout Internet of Things battle with incumbent Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Semiconductors Advisers analyst Robert Maire said Friday. But in the cloud and connectivity world, Apple (AAPL)-supplier Taiwan Semiconductor has the upper hand, Maire wrote in a research report. “Intel is clearly invading Taiwan Semiconductor’s home court as management talked about all the connected technology