ThinkstockWith tops across the Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500, concern is growing that, with a relatively poor economy and high unemployment, low interest rates cannot keep pushing the…
courtesy of Yahoo!Look back a short 10 to 15 years ago, and the Internet and media landscape we are so familiar with today barely existed. Carriers had not rolled out fiber-optic networks…
ThinkstockRetail sales during the 2013 holiday shopping season are forecast to rise by 2.4%, but store traffic is expected to decline by 1.4% from year-ago levels. Compared with last year’s sales gain…
Nasdaqtrader.comMarch 10, 2000. Nasdaq intra-day high reaches 5,132.52 — a record. It closes at 5,048.62 — a record, too. The good times rolled. Trading today at about 3,700, it will never get back…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaWarren Buffett holds an estimated $56.5 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock — the most valuable stock holdings of any active chief executive officer. Oracle CEO Larry…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.The money that hoped to build back the confidence from investors and customers in the century-old J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) is now almost completely gone. William…
Jon OggStocks have recovered from a recent sell-off, and investors and traders alike are looking for ideas about which stocks to buy, sell and avoid. 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens of Wall…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in July 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. smartphone market. Compared…
courtesy of Apple Inc.With the next generation of the iconic iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) imminent and a huge introduction expected to be announced from Cupertino next week, a myriad of…
courtesy of AppleHow big does a  smartphone or tablet screen have to be before it can be considered a TV? Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) apparently will test an iPhone with a six-inch…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) scored a modest victory on Tuesday in a trial related to price-fixing on e-books at its App Store. The same judge who has ruled against…
By Steve Jurvetson CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsWhen Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) first announced that it would produce its own content, there was a lot of concern that the fix to the company…
ThinkstockApparently its forays into hardware devices and cloud computing aren’t enough to satisfy Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) drive for global domination. Well, maybe that’s overstating the situation a bit, but a report…
Paul Ausick courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO)Â and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP)Â are the most respected brands in the United States. While Coke has enjoyed this status for six years straight, Pepsi moved…
Courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.; photo by Chris RupertConsider the holiday sales season started, even though Labor Day weekend has not begun. A number of large retailers are stocking up for the…
