ThinkstockFor years International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has remained a technology bellwether, as well as a top stock to own in most portfolios. The brilliant move that took it out of the personal computer…
Nokia reported fourth-quarter and interim full-year fiscal 2013 results from continuing operations before markets opened Thursday. Results exclude the company's Devices & Services (handset) division, which the firm has agreed to sell to Microsoft.
Although recent speculation had Dell interested in acquiring IBM's low-end server business, it was Lenovo that won the prize. The Chinese personal-computer maker has agreed to pay $2.3 billion.
ThinkstockSeventy-four percent of Americans believe that the nation is still in a recession, which may be a sign that the lower and middle classes are still anxious about unemployment, the value of their homes…
Now that the count is in for 2013, the numbers are official. Toyota was the No. 1 car company in the world. It is quite a comeback the great 2011 Japanese earthquake and millions…
Facebook plans to extend the reach of its ad sales operations by "showing Facebook ads in third-party mobile apps." Still searching for inroads to the advertising revenue business, Facebook may have found one more…
ThinkstockSpain’s statistics bureau, the INE, reported that unemployment was 26.02% for the fourth quarter of 2013. The figure is a terrible reminder that some nations within the European Union may have recovered from the…
courtesy of ebayeBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) has reported earnings for its fourth quarter, but perhaps even larger news is that Carl Icahn is taking a small stake on the company and is going to…
courtesy of Netflix Inc.Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has delivered, not on DVDs but on earnings. The video streamer reported earnings that blew away estimates. On top of that, CEO Reed Hastings is even limiting…
ThinkstockWednesday was yet another mixed day in the stock market, one where the Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red and the S&P 500 Index and NASDAQ were positive for most of the…
ThinkstockIt is unknown what the real damages are going to be from the Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) data theft around the holidays of 2013. Target refers to this as a breach, but by getting…
RadioShackShares of struggling electronics retailer RadioShack Corp. (NYSE: RSH) were up more than 16 percent on Wednesday on news that a hedge-fund manager who likes investing in troubled companies has taken an 8.1 percent…
ThinkstockThermoGenesis Corp. (NASDAQ: KOOL) is seeing a day-two run in its stock, but investors might want to pay close attention here. The reality is that with a market cap under $50 million, this is…
Three key technology companies are reporting earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday: eBay, Netflix and SanDisk. Here is what analysts expect and the outlook for what lies ahead.
Apple got a mid-day pop on Wednesday due to nothing more than comments from activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn. His position is now believed to top $3 billion, and he called Apple a…