Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has posted its earnings after the close and the tempering of estimates before earnings seems to have been more or less the right call. The software ... Read Full Story »
2012 may seem like a resurgence of the banking sector is afoot, but what about the resurgence of the U.S. auto industry. The age of the consumer fleet is at ... Read Full Story »
Semiconductor investors have had to endure a lot of pain and a lot of volatility, but things may be on the mend. Analog chip players were higher throughout the trading ... Read Full Story »
Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) has been the ongoing subject of takeover rumors and that has put in at least a near-term floor after the death spiral took away ... Read Full Story »
Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers. ... Read Full Story »
For the first time ever, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released a list of its 156 suppliers in connection with the company’s release of its supplier responsibility audit. The supplier ... Read Full Story »
Most electronics manufacturing services outfits, EMS companies, have recovered handily from the lowest points in November, but most of these remain significantly off of their highs over the last year. ... Read Full Story »
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is getting a much less of a reception than you might expect following on news that it is taking its Dragon speech recognition to the ... Read Full Story »
The initial public offering market in 2012 is likely to be much stronger than many anticipate. Despite the lingering uncertainty and the underperformance of many popular IPOs in 2011, this ... Read Full Story »
After losing about a third of its value in the last year, Best Buy Co. (NYSE: BBY) may start to be thrown around as a private equity takeover name. A ... Read Full Story »
Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) managed to grow ahead of expectations. The company added some 1.7 million new subscribers in 2011 to end the year with almost 21.9 million ... Read Full Story »
It was just on Friday that we named Research in Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) as being one of the thirteen worst big stock stories of 2011. This case is one ... Read Full Story »
2011 was more or less a wash for stock performance when it was all said and done. There were several great stories and there were many duds. 24/7 Wall St. ... Read Full Story »
Consumer confidence in the broad economy may have improved ahead of the holidays, but the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January has a good tailwind offering the expectation ... Read Full Story »
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a ... Read Full Story »