Today was just not a good day for the turnaround at Hewlett-Packard. Meg Whitman's new line is that the turnaround will not be fully realized for two years, and the company did…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with a preview of its third-quarter Internet expectations this morning, and it is raising some price targets on key companies. Bank of America said that large…
New management at Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) has not articulated a turnaround plan, and that may be because there is none. The people who run the consumer electronics retailer cannot conjure…
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is seeing its shares tick higher so far on Monday on word that Whitney Tilson of T2 Partners was talking shares up at the Value Investing Congress. What…
At today’s users’ conference in San Francisco, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will announce a deal under which Oracle will use Nokia mapping, navigation and location technology. Oracle…
People would rather watch Internet-delivered content on their TVs than on their PC screens. That makes sense. With larger screens and new display technology, the HDTV offers a better viewing experience at…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) believes that a light, high-definition version of its Nook e-reader tablet will do what Samsung and other large electronics firms have not.…
U.S. attempts to probe illegal activity at HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) are set back by interagency battles. (Reuters) Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) names a new chief financial officer. (Reuters) The British Bankers’ Association probably…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) wants to compete more and more with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the iPad and with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) for its…
From October through December last year, U.S. retail payrolls added 660,200 workers according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That was barely more than the 647,600 seasonal workers added in 2010.…
The new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 brings in long customer lines in Asia. (Reuters) Apple’s map application receives poor reviews. (Reuters) Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) says it will no…
In a move no doubt designed to stop supporting one of its main online rivals, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) will no longer sell the Kindle family of e-readers and tablets from…
The number of U.S. smartphone owners who use either their mobile browser or a dedicated app to visit a retail site totaled 89.5 million in July, representing about 4 out of every…
Traditionally, consumers have either saved up for Christmas and holiday gift spending or added balances to their credit cards. That was before the recession and before the value hunt took off. The…
Global tablet sales should rise 56% to 126.6 million units, according to industry research group iSuppli. As expected, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has the lead in the market, but that lead may…
