Several initiatives were set in the past two days to protect consumers against private data collected by providers of browsers, apps and websites that keep personal information. Such information is used to target…
A panel suggests that Vivus diet drug Qnexa be approved by the FDA. (Reuters) Japan may cut crude oil imports from Iran by 20%. (Reuters) Poor results cause shares of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)…
As a part of a series of major privacy intiative meant to protect people from data gathering by websites, apps, and browsers, several companies have agreed to insist customers know what information…
On January 25, new JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson, former head of Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail operations, unveiled his vision for the retailer’s turnaround. His “Fair and Square” price plans would…
Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced that it will offer a new streaming service to current TV and internet subscribers. The service, called Xfinity Streampix, will have a library of 75,000 television shows and movies.…
Research in Motion Inc. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has today released an upgrade to the operating system of its PlayBook tablet. PlayBook OS 2.0 is based on the company’s recently acquired QNX operating system…
Add Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) to the list of challengers to the dominance of Netflix Inc. in the growing market for video streaming. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the current owner of…
There are reports out today that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is set to launch an 8-Gbyte version of its Nook tablet tomorrow and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is expected…
As recently as 2009, Netflix was the most beloved retailer on the Internet. By the end of 2011, following the failed separation of its streaming and DVD by mail service and sharp…
Stocks opened higher this morning following upbeat reports on unemployment claims and new housing starts. With a little more than a half hour left in today’s session, all three indexes have made…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Thursday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) Started as Hold at…
Moody’s may cut Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) as the global euro crisis spreads. (Reuters) Officials in Japan arrest former Olympus executives. (Reuters) Congress reaches a deal on payroll tax…
The relentless attack by U.S. credit rating agencies on the risk of the sovereign debt of EU members continues. It happened again yesterday when Moody’s downgraded a number of nations just after a deal was set for…
To keep its customers in a frenzy of demand, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a major new product release about twice a year. The last one was the iPhone 4S. It was such…
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to follow Apple into the device business with its buyout of Motorola. The paper says that interest in hardware and software has…
