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Windows Phone Now Number 3 Smartphone Platform

Posted: February 6, 2013 at 12:41 pm

In a battle that has really just been joined for the third best-selling smartphone platform, Windows Phone from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wrestled away third place from the precursor ...
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The Long Awaited Turnaround at Ericsson Appears to Be Underway (ERIC, GS, CS, C, DB, STM, NOK, ALU)

Posted: February 5, 2013 at 11:25 am

When you are an industry leader and one of the largest companies in the country of Sweden, employing more than 100,000 workers, it seems almost impossible that a turnaround would ...
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What Is Really Driving Alcatel-Lucent Higher and Higher (ALU, CSCO)

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 11:55 am

What on earth is happening in shares of Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU)? This ADR keeps running higher and higher despite a weak expectation. It was as recently as November that ...
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Semiconductor Makers Going Mobile in 2013

Posted: January 7, 2013 at 10:28 am

The past year was a tale of two products for semiconductor makers. Makers of the brains for desktop and laptops PCs had a tough year, while chipmakers focused on mobile ...
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Cell Tower Operators Face Downgrades

Posted: January 3, 2013 at 10:17 am

American Tower Corp. (NYSE: AMT) and SBA Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: SBAC) have enjoyed significant gains over the past year. Actually, make that the past three years. The growth of data ...
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Research In Motion Pays Nokia $65 Million

Posted: December 28, 2012 at 1:52 pm

When Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit charging RIM with infringing on Nokia intellectual property, no dollar ...
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Apple Fails in Request for Permanent Ban on Samsung Sales

Posted: December 18, 2012 at 11:35 am

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) won a $1.05 billion jury award against Samsung Electronics in August, but that didn’t stop the Cupertino giant from seeking to have the U.S. District Court ...
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Dell Ditches a Business It Never Really Entered

Posted: December 13, 2012 at 2:06 pm

At its Dell World conference in Austin today, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) confirmed that the company is no longer in the smartphone business. At least smartphones using the Android operating ...
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Google Fiber’s Real Upside for Internet Access and HD TV Efforts

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 6:23 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominates Internet search. When comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) posted its October U.S. search market numbers, Google had a whopping 66.7% of the total market share. What if Google ...
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Tellabs Unleashes Huge Special Dividend

Posted: November 30, 2012 at 9:15 am

Tellabs Inc. (NASDAQ: TLAB) has joined in on the game of the special dividend declarations. What is so different for this one is that it is a $1.00 per share ...
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2012 Election Winners and Losers: Coal, Dividends, Health Care, Utilities, Oil and More

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 8:10 am

Election Day has come and gone. President Obama won a second term. The current electoral vote was by a margin of about 3 to 2 (unofficial), but the percentage last ...
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Nokia Drops Prices Too Much

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 6:34 am

A promotion of the new Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) Lumia 920 is on the front page of the AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) main website. The price is $99.99 with a ...
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Breaking the Buck … Desperation Sets in at Alcatel-Lucent

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

The woes of Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) are growing. A quarterly loss of more than $460 million if you adjust dollars for euros is one thing, but the company cannot ...
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Analyst Cautions on RIM, Serious Overhang Approaching

Posted: November 2, 2012 at 11:39 am

The recent rally in shares of Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) was looking a bit too extended even yesterday. Shares are up again, but only marginally compared to the ...
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Nokia’s Q3 Not as Bad as Feared

Posted: October 18, 2012 at 8:06 am

Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reported third quarter results before markets opened this morning. The mobile handset maker posted a net loss of €0.07 (about $0.09) per share on revenues of ...
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