Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The penalty for being late — really late — to market is almost always more severe than a company wants to admit. Especially a company that had a…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Brand reputations are among the most prized assets major corporations have. A look at relevant surveys shows that brand valuations are often so high that they compare to…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Among the legions of smartphone companies that continue to try to catch Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung in market share, none has made a successful move on the leaders.…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe worldwide market for combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones is expected to total 2.4 billion units in 2013, rising to nearly 3 billion units by 2017. It…
Most Wall St. firms are divided by the unit that calls on the retail or high net worth client, and the unit that calls on institutional clients. They both generally benefit from…
Jon OggSo far, 2013 has been a great year for equity investors. With both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index trading up in the double-digits, we wanted to…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in February 2013, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) widened its lead over Samsung Electronics as the top smartphone OEM in the U.S. by nearly 4%.…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.As the first quarter ended, analysts marveled at the best performing stocks in the S&P 500 — Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel does not tell us a lot that we didn’t already know. The most popular smartphone platform in the United States for the…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning even following a larger than expected rise in new claims for jobless benefits in the U.S. The final revision to fourth quarter 2012 GDP…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Although earnings surprised on the plus side this morning, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) reported lower unit shipments than analysts were looking for, and its subscriber number also fell from…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockRoyal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) must face an investigation over its drilling activities in Alaska. (Reuters) Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s (NYSE: CHK) CEO search will go beyond a deadline set for the…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were down. To…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
