Just two weeks before the end of its 2010 fiscal year, Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (NYSE: BZH) has warned that the company's target for new home orders for the full fiscal year is in jeopardy.

Fifteen years ago, AOL (NYSE: AOL) controlled the display ad market with an iron fist. How times change. Even with online ad purchases on the rise for the first time in two years, AOL's search and contextual advertising revenue fell by -27% year-over-year in their fiscal first quarter in addition to a drop of -29% for their display advertising.

Carol Bartz hopes to redefine Yahoo! but investors should stay cautious.

When Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched its Bing search engine in 2009, there were a host of naysayers. Microsoft has been partially vindicated this week as the latest numbers show that Bing is now the #2 search engine in the U.S – knocking Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) from its perch.

Nintendo (PINK: NTDOY) video game icon Super Mario turned 25 this week. And while the famous plumber is still wildly popular, he should worry about his employer’s future. Nintendo is used to sales challenges, but things are bleak for the entire video game business as consumer spending woes and a surge in portable electronics threatens to reshape the industry.

GoDaddy.com, the Internet domain register site well known by the Superbowl-watching public for its racy ads, is on the sales block for $1 billion – and companies are surely plotting their bid strategies.

A new survey shows that Apple may be on its way to dominating the portable video game market. Also, Apple.com introduces a new personalized customer service option and AAPL takes steps to stop dastardly iOS developers from registering fake apps just to secure their names.

With ad revenues down (again) and stock prices falling (again) newspapers and print media stocks are rethinking game plans that rely heavily on online strategies. The hope is that such moves will save slipping share prices at companies like The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) and others – and basically, save dying print media empires.

The iPad may join the Kindle and a number of other new electronics on sale at Target retail stores come this October. The iPhone 4 Case Program is ending as planned on September 30 and Apple shareholders may see an unexpected windfall as a result. Finally, the WiFi iPad goes on sale in China.

When Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) paid $6.4 billion a year ago to acquire business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services, Xerox shares plunged nearly 15%. Since then, the company's fortunes have improved significantly, even though the share price has only managed to recover the loss it suffered when the ACS purchase was announced.

You might think companies would fall over themselves to join the Dow Jones, and shareholders would find stability in the index’s ranks. But the truth is that joining the list of 30 components is a stomp on the neck rather than a stamp of approval.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) stock has seen big success recently – and big declines from its dot-com IPO valuations. But a big reason for Sirius’s recent strength – Howard Stern – may be poised to leave the satellite radio provider, and investors and analysts are wondering if the company is strong enough to stand on its own.