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Energy
Apple Tops Exxon in Market Cap
courtesy of Apple Inc.For most of the past two years, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) held the top spot as the most valuable company in the world as measured by market cap, having…
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Consumer Electronics
Google European Patent Claim Against Apple in Jeopardy
courtesy of Google Inc.The European Commission’s (EC) competition committee today issued a statement setting for its view that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) engages in anti-competitive behavior by seeking an injunction against Apple…
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Investing
Media Digest: Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of NetflixThe HSBC services Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) drops to 51.1 in April, a sign that China’s manufacturing economy is barely expanding. (Reuters) Bain and Golden Gate are close to a…
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Consumer Electronics
Barnes & Noble Nook Accepts Google Apps
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) may have gotten an investment for Nook, its e-reader and e-book operation, from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) as the software company presses…
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Investing
What Is Important in the Financial World
ThinkstockSlow EU Economic Recovery Europe believes that it is doing poorly, financially. The European Commission (EC) put out its forecast for gross domestic product (GDP) activity for this year and next. This…
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Companies and Brands
Why Facebook Earnings Just Are Not Important
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsThe corporate earnings report from Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has shares trading higher the day after the report. Many analysts have keyed in discussing many metrics, but the…
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Media
YouTube Promotes Audience Size, but Sales Are Wanting
courtesy of YouTubeThe Wall Street Journal reports that the management of Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) giant video site — YouTube — has started to promote its audience size. What management does not say is…
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Investing
Media Digest (5/2/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Lehman Bros. sues Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) over $1 billion in seized collateral. (Reuters) Glencore continues to push to buy Xstrata. (Reuters) Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) mobile business shoots…
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Telecom & Wireless
Global Tablet Shipments More than Double in First Quarter
courtesy of Apple Inc.Tablet makers shipped 49.2 million tablet devices in the first quarter of 2013, led by rising demand for the smaller screen devices like the iPad mini from Apple Inc.…
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Investing
Google Barely Tops Yahoo in Top U.S. Web Properties
courtesy of Google Inc.Digital media research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) has released its ranking of the top 50 U.S. web properties for March and the list is topped, once again, by…
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Consumer Electronics
Problem with New Samsung Galaxy S4 — It Breaks
courtesy of SamsungThe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may have had problems with its antenna and its map software, but it is rare that anyone claims it is not a sturdy piece…
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Media
Online Video Viewers, Ads Post Big Numbers in March
courtesy of YouTubeVarious sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew nearly 154 million unique viewers in March. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) clocked in with nearly 64 million unique viewers…
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Investing
Corning Earnings a Pleasant Surprise
ThinkstockCorning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The specialty glass and technology products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.30 on revenues of…
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Infrastructure
The Best Big Corporate Earnings Indicators This Earnings Season
Earnings season is still in overdrive. Many companies are meeting or just beating earnings expectations, but the bias has been toward coming in light on revenues. We have seen many corporate earnings…
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Investing
The Brightest Lights So Far This Earnings Season
thinkstockAs with any earnings season, the results that have come in so far for the first quarter of this year have been mixed. There have been some winners and some losers, and…