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Marvell Still Relies Too Much on Blackberry (MRVL, RIMM, WDC, AAPL, GOOG, MMI, MSFT)

Posted: August 19, 2011 at 9:35 am

Any good news is rewarded on a day when equities fall nearly 4%. One of yesterday's bright spots was Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), which reported second quarter 2012 ...
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24/7 Wall St. Ten Brands That Will Disappear In 2012

Posted: June 22, 2011 at 4:39 am

24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NYSE:APP), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, ...
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Apple May Beat Back Android With A 4G iPhone

Posted: June 16, 2011 at 7:28 pm

The state of the smartphone industry is based largely on the public's perception of how well the Apple iPhone does against the legions of Android handsets.  Some Apple fans are ...
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Sprint Tie-Up With T-Mobile Does Little To Help Either

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 4:58 am

Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) is apparently in talks with European telecom giant Deutsche Telekom about combining its US cellular division T-Mobile with the No.3 wireless provider. T-Mobile is No.4 in US ...
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Nokia: Shaking Up Officers On The Titanic

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 5:08 am

A number of news media have recently reported that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) CEO Stephen Elop will replace a large number of the top managers at the world's largest cellphone company. ...
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Media Digest (1/24/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: January 24, 2011 at 4:14 am

RockTenn (NYSE: RKT) will buy Smirft-Stone (NYSE: SSCN) for $3.5 billion. (Reuters) Assets in the Treasury's toxic asset fund rose 27% in value last year to $6.3 billion. (Reuters) China ...
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The Ten Businesses The Smartphone Has Destroyed

Posted: November 11, 2010 at 5:57 am

Global smartphone sales rose by nearly 100% in the third quarter of 2010 compared with the same period last year. That allowed Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)  to pick ...
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Media Digest 11/11/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 11, 2010 at 4:04 am

The US has tried to hold together discussions on currency and trade among unruly members of the G20 conference in Seoul. (Reuters) Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) grim outlook stunned investors. (Reuters) ...
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Dell To Replace BlackBerry With A Handset That May Not Work

Posted: November 5, 2010 at 4:46 am

Dell (NASDAQ:DELL has decided to replace the 10,000 or so Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerries that its employees use with its own Venue Pro smartphone. The Dell product is ...
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iPhone, Android, And 4G: Will People Carry Two Phones?

Posted: October 7, 2010 at 4:48 am

Verizon Wireless will begin to market the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone next year, if media reports are correct. The large cellular provider will also launch a super-fast 4G LTE ...
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Microsoft Prepares Large Smartphone Launch Which Could Work

Posted: October 1, 2010 at 6:00 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may be late to launch a line of smartphones with its Windows 7 Mobile OS, but it plans to make up for that with a major foray ...
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Media Digest 9/27/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: September 27, 2010 at 4:04 am

Reuters:   American International Group (NYSE: AIG) and the Treasury are closer to a deal to recoup the taxpayers' investment in the insurer. Reuters:   China said movement on a bill to ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (9/20/2010)

Posted: September 20, 2010 at 8:25 am

Updated throughout the day. Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will name the head of its wireless unit as the parent's president and chief operating officer (WSJ) India will ask cellular providers in ...
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RIM Reports Above Expectations, Stock Up 6%

Posted: September 16, 2010 at 4:23 pm

Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) today reported a 68% rise in quarterly profit, proving the BlackBerry maker is far from dead. The shares rose in after-hours trading. Profit was ...
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Too Many Cell Phone Companies Expect Huge Unit Growth

Posted: September 3, 2010 at 5:50 am

Samsung, one of the five largest cellphone manufacturers in the world, raised its forecast for 2010 unit sales to 25 million. The South Korean company added that it expects to ...
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