Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.One sure sign that a new product is not living up to its expected results is a falling price. And that is what’s happening in the United Kingdom…
courtesy of AOL, IncIndia increases government spending and raises taxes on the wealthy as a means to improve growth. (Reuters) Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) shares are pounded after a poor forecast. (Reuters)…
thinkstockItaly’s political problems may hurt the chances of the European Central Bank to battle the European Union’s financial problems. (Reuters) China’s PMI likely fell in February, a possible sign the world’s economy…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a two-day run of losses. No significant data was scheduled to be released in the U.S. today, so investors were guided by corporate earnings…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) was given positive comments on its new CEO but…
ThinkstockIn 1997, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) paid an estimated $400 to $500 million for one of the Internet’s first webmail programs, Hotmail. Today, the software giant is officially launching Outlook.com to replace…
courtesy of BlackberryBlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has gone through quite a lot of changes, including a name change from Research In Motion. What is interesting is that its former co-CEO Jim Balsillie is…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a closely watched report on U.S. retail sales came in about as expected (more coverage here). U.S. business inventories rose less than expected in…
courtesy of BlackBerryWhen Research In Motion unveiled its long-delayed BlackBerry 10, it also announced it was changing its name to BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). CEO Thorsten Heins argued that the new name reflects…
U.S. equity markets opened flat this morning, largely due to a slew of data from Europe that essentially cancelled any good news with an equal dollop of bad. U.S. unemployment data came…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) started as Neutral at Credit Suisse. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has just issued an odd press release via MarketWire on Wednesday. The claim is that BlackBerry’s new phone launch was the best day ever in Canada.…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of Nokia Corp.In a battle that has really just been joined for the third best-selling smartphone platform, Windows Phone from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wrestled away third place from the…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning as concerns about European markets reared up again. The U.K.’s PMI came in lower than expected and consumer confidence was lower, sending equities markets on…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.One of the side benefits of changing both your name and your ticker symbol is that it is like getting a fresh start on stock price ranges. BlackBerry…
