ThinkstockInvestors love dividends. They also generally tend to love technology stocks. The problem is that the massive growth phase of the sector has moved to selective niche businesses now that we are…
courtesy Wal-Mart Stores Inc.Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, looms, and once again retailers are offering holiday deals in an attempt to get more shoppers into their stores. Several…
ThinkstockThe $7.4 billion sale of the handset business of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was approved by Nokia shareholders at a special meeting on Tuesday. There was very…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is said to be narrowing down its list of candidates to replace Steve Ballmer as chief executive officer. While equity investors may be glad…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggEarnings season is winding down and stocks are challenging new all-time highs. Investors and traders alike are considering how to position themselves for 2014. Each morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) calls the six new stores it has opened to demonstrate its consumer products “Winter Wonderlab.” It is a shame the search company will only have…
ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is about to potentially be a far different company. Steve Ballmer’s resignation, retirement, or force-out, was sooner than some investors were expecting. Now we have a Bloomberg report…
ThinkstockMore and more Americans are storing their music, video, pictures and data in the cloud through various public cloud providers. For many of the companies that provide this service, it is not…
courtesy of SamsungApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has enjoyed a huge success with the iPhone variations to date. Apple still has the world’s most valuable company status, but there is a problem rising…
MicrosoftThe Xbox One is scheduled to launch on Nov. 22, but apparently a few lucky buyers have received their preordered consoles early. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) blamed it on a shipping error…
ThinkstockFor the most part, earnings from the big technology companies came in at or above Wall Street expectations. Some clear trends have started to emerge as mega cap tech stocks that focus…
Jon OggIt is a bull market and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index have both challenged new all-time highs recently. For the market to keep rising, more stocks…
courtesy of NokiaThis month was hardly a good one for any company, other than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, to release a new tablet. There is a blizzard of new products. And,…
ThinkstockThere are a number of similarities between Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD). Neither is a significant player in the most rapidly expanding part of the chip…
courtesy of MicrosoftIf you look over the leaderboard of gainers on volume, it may seem unusual to see shares of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) on there. Shares were up 3.8% at $38.04…
