The Fed is unlikely to act with bond purchases if February unemployment figures are good. (Reuters) Low inflation in China could drive banks there to ease capital requirements to increase credit access.…
Most people expect Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to show off its new iPad 3 today. What most people did not expect is that the company would get hit by yet another patent…
An exclusive report from the New York Post cites unnamed sources who say that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is trying to sell the cable set-top box business that it will acquire with…
You might have already heard the reports that Apple is sitting on a lot of cash, around the $100 billion mark. You might have even read the scores of recommendations about what…
The three major US equities indexes opened sharply lower this morning and the slide continued pretty much without interruption all day. About half an hour before closing, all three indexes are down…
The latest data from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reporting share in the smartphone market has not changed much. The three-month averages for November through January show that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE:…
Investors usually reward companies for announcing layoffs. Getting more from fewer workers adds to margins and hopefully to net income. The more serious question is what a new round of layoffs means at digital…
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is facing more and more analyst scrutiny. One report last week noted that RIM was at a great chance of issuing an earnings warning. Now a…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube is the largest video site in the US in terms of videos viewed each month, according to Comscore. VEVO is second. The gulf between the two was huge in January. YouTube…
Douglas A. McIntyre AIG (NYSE: AIG) to sell more than $6 billion in shares in its AIA unit to pay back government loans. (Reuters) Jaguar Land Rover and Chery plan a joint venture in China…
It is good news for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Motorola Mobility (NASDAQ: MMI), Samsung, and perhaps even Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) The Pew Internet and American Life Project reports…
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may buy China’s Kingway Brewery Holdings’ assets. (Reuters) The Department of Justice is expected to widen its probe of mortgage-backed securities. (Reuters) AT&T (NYSE: T) sets new standards that will impose penalties…
Target (NYSE: TGT) and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) are sick of letting firms like Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) make money on customers who use mobile devices to make retail purchases. Among other things, affinity…
Investment firm Sterne Agee has lowered its estimates on Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) while maintaining its ‘neutral’ rating on the company. Sterne Agee noted in its report that RIM’s “Blackberry…
