Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Lenovo, the Chinese PC maker, is once again hinting it might like to own BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). Given the battered Canadian company’s results, it is hard to see the appeal.…
ThinkstockThe Treasury Department continues to dump massive numbers of shares in General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), either because it wants to show it can get some taxpayer money back from its bailout of the…
ThinkstockThe never-ending battle over the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of Autonomy continues. HP took a $5 billion write-off less than a year after the deal. It seems that the big company was duped…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.A new study by Cambridge University professors shows that “undisclosed” private data that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) might collect could be used to predict extremely sensitive information about members. Does Facebook use systems identical…
ThinkstockFrom unfair trade practices to charges of currency manipulation, the government of the People’s Republic has a long-time habit of ignoring U.S. warnings about its behavior. “Hacking” of American businesses is no exception because the Obama…
ThinkstockUnemployment, fighting over the federal budget, a drop in GDP growth, and slowing of the progress of corporate earnings are the most often mentioned reasons that the stock market could fall from current record…
ThinkstockThe U.K. Probes HP The never-ending battle over the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of Autonomy continues. HP took a $5 billion write-off less than a year after the deal. It seems that the…
courtesy of AOL, IncYahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) workers worry that overly high standards for job candidates set by CEO Marissa Mayer have hurt rebuilding the workforce. (Reuters) The MGM board may set an initial…
ThinkstockRally Software Development Corp. has joined the ranks of cloud-focused companies wanting to come public. The cloud software company filed to raise up to $70 million in an initial public offering via the sale…
Here are today’s five biggest gaining stocks at closing: China Auto Logistics Inc. (NASDAQ: CALI) is up 88.8% at $5.21. B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ: BOSC) is up 44.6% at $3.85. Elecsys Corp.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after France reported a decline in industrial production and China reported consumer inflation up more than expected (more coverage here). There was no significant data reported in…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) was making key dividend news this morning because in the Jeff Immelt annual letter to shareholders the company promised $18 billion to be returned to shareholders this year via…
The Volatility Index, AKA the VIX, just hit a 52-week low. Make that a multiyear low, all the way back to April of 2007. Is the “fear index” showing a market that is overly…
ThinkstockUsually when you see Securities and Exchange Commission charges it is against individuals or firms bilking individuals. That is why today’s round of SEC charges looks more than just interesting. Monday’s news out of…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The wait is almost, nearly finally over for the U.S. launch of the latest smartphone from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the touchscreen Z10. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said today that the…