ThinkstockApple Dividend Rumors The latest speculation about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) financial plans is that it will raise its dividend. That may be a way to fend off activist investor David Einhorn,…
ThinkstockThe Motorola unit of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) lost 13 patent claims it had lodged against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) way back in 2010 when Motorola was still an independent company. The…
Outerwall Inc.When Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) reported earnings last night, the owner of the Redbox DVD-rental machines beat earnings estimates by 27%, but net income was down by the same amount for…
thinkstockSoutheastern Asset Management, Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) largest shareholder, is unhappy with the price of the LBO. (Reuters) The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 has been approved for test flights. (Reuters) BMW says…
courtesy of Sony Corp.There are more rumors that Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) will launch a PlayStation 4 model, perhaps as early as this month. The PlayStation was once the leader of the…
courtesy of Google Inc.Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) made another in a series of decisions that have pushed its shares higher for months. It has formed an advertising deal with Google Inc. (NASDAQ:…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaStaggering iTunes Sales iTunes song sales have reached a number that is more than three times the world’s population. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reinvented the music…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch has made some key changes to its various US research portfolios over the last 30 days. In a research change summary the bulge-bracket firm summarized its changes for…
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…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is turning a gun on the retail video game model, and this will crush GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), if the preliminary news about specs on the…
courtesy Dell Inc.Critics of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $2 billion investment in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) $24.4 billion leverage buyout believe that the world’s largest software company could harm its relationship…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) will buy U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) for $15.75 billion. (Reuters) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) expects LIBOR penalties in…
courtesy Dell Inc.Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has finally announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which founding CEO Michael Dell will acquire the company in partnership with global technology…
courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is not getting a great reception so far on Monday as word of its buyout continues to point to a deal getting closer and closer. Late…
By the estimates of industry research firm IDC, Microsoft posted 900,000 sales of its Surface tablet in the fourth quarter. That put it behind industry leaders like Apple and Samsung, but not…
