courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) must have realized that adoption of its Windows 8 operating system has been undermined by features that potential customers do not like. According to The Verge: An early…
courtesy of DellIt is one thing to own 250 million shares of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL), as Michael Dell does. It is another to take what is relatively illiquid and turn it into cash. Dell…
Ed Brown, via Wikimedia CommonsThe landscape of unemployment rates has not changed much since the depths of the recession. Most of the cities with the highest unemployment are in the middle of California, and…
ThinkstockThe United States needs a new generation of cyber warriors. It may be best that the government turn to the top American universities for it troops. Apparently, the Chinese have done so already: Researchers…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Bank of America Corp.’s (NYSE: BAC) chief executive will hold shares he is granted longer than expected as part of his pay package. (Reuters) The Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) board begins…
ThinkstockNo Love for Apple Maps Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has bought WiFiSlam, a company with technology that allows mobile devices to show the location of their owners. Some press outlets believe that Apple will…
ThinkstockThe Eurogroup reached a 10 billion euro bailout deal with Cyprus, but it will cost wealthy bank depositors dearly. The group released the following statement, which says small depositors will be untouched, but it…
The extreme market dislocations caused by the financial crisis of 2008 have given way to record-low levels of volatility. Not coincidentally, high-frequency trading (HFT) profitability and revenue have declined dramatically. High-frequency trading revenue reached…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal and several other news outlets have reported that Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) and Carl Icahn will make a bid to take Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) private via an LBO.…
thinkstockHere are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: Top Ships Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPS) is up 39% at $1.39. Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) is up 31% at $6.90. Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ANAC)…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and trading stayed positive territory all day. No solution has yet been agreed to the Cyprus banking crisis (more coverage here), but the delay has had little…
courtesy Dell Inc.The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) set a “go-shop” deadline for one minute after midnight tonight to see if the company could entice a bidder to compete with Dell founder Michael…
ThinkstockApparently the U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer failed to impress the analysts at Fitch Ratings. The ratings firm said this afternoon that it is putting the country’s ‘AAA’ rating on watch with an eye…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Today marks the U.S. launch of the new BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen phone from the eponymous BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). The new phone goes on sale at AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) stores…
ThinkstockA new study presented at a meeting of the American Heart Association analyzed seven earlier studies of the effects of energy drinks and found evidence that the beverages appear to affect a consumer’s natural…