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Consumer Electronics

Nokia Launches Android-Based Phone; Google Giggles

The World Mobile Congress currently going on in Barcelona will generate some surprises, but Nokia's announcement of a cheap, Android-based smartphone is not one of them. The phone has been rumored to…

Paul Ausick
9:36am ET
Consumer Electronics

PlayStation 4 Nearly Impossible to Find

courtesy of Sony Corp.Maybe it’s because Saturday is launch day in Japan for the PlayStation 4 from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), but the company’s hot-selling new game console is practically non-existent on…

Paul Ausick
2:11pm ET
Retail

Amazon Boosts Rates on Prime in Europe

Wikimedia CommonsOnline retailer Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has merged its Amazon Prime and Lovefilm instant video services in the U.K and Germany and prices will go up beginning next week. Amazon’s CFO…

Paul Ausick
12:30pm ET
Media

Facebook Catches AT&T and Coke in Market Value

In a stock move that is starting to defy gravity, social media giant Facebook has eclipsed the market value of two longtime stalwart members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average: AT&T and…

Trey Thoelcke
10:55am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes

Amazon Coins Expands Its Bitcoin Rivalry Ambitions

In a move may allow Amazon.com to get ahead of the spread of Bitcoin, it is starting to make its Amazon Coins program available to mobile users. Is this a coincidence on…

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6:24am ET
Retail

Amazon Offers Trade-Ins for Gift Card Exchange

Among the many extraordinary ways Amazon.com has to draw consumers to its sites, and to get those consumers to spend money, is its trade-in program. Amazon has turned used items that might…

Douglas A. McIntyre
9:46am ET
Media

Comcast: A Monopoly or a Monopsony?

courtesy of ComcastThe announced $45 billion merger between Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) has raised a lot of concerns among consumers that the combined company will…

Paul Ausick
2:55pm ET
Technology

Get Ready for Higher Amazon Prime Fees

ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may finally be on the verge of changing its method of acting like a non-profit entity. With margins running at close to zero, or sometimes negative, now it…

Jon C. Ogg
10:15am ET
Technology

Is the Nook the Canary in the Tablet Coal Mine?

Reuters has reported that Nook-related sales fell during the recent holiday season. With demand for tablets declining, Barnes & Noble, perhaps the weakest player, likely is a harbinger of things to come.

Paul Ausick