It is a trend in the consumer electronics business — manufacturers rise to become industry leaders only to be outshone by the competition as high-priced gadgets quickly become commodities. Based on recent…
There are signs of economic trouble in two pillars of the developing world, a signal that the global slowdown has caught up to what were among the most robust countries. Industrial output…
Facebook’s initial public offering is already oversubscribed. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) books a $2 billion trading loss, and the figure could rise by another $1 billion. (Reuters) China’s industrial production and…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony’s core problems are not. It is…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony’s core problems are not. It is still…
By now, it was assumed, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) would have a new “change agent” CEO and Tim Armstrong of AOL (NYSE: AOL) would have been forced out of his job because of…
Trey Thoelcke Sears (NASDAQ: SHLD), Overstock (NASDAQ: OSTK), and Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) are not particularly well-regarded as brands or particularly well-liked by Wall St. Perhaps coincidentally, each shows up near the bottom…
For some reason, Europe’s largest stock markets have shrugged off election results in Greece and France. Many indexes are down, particularly in Greece. But the markets the world watches most closely —…
Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) flagship Lumia 900 had a software bug when it launched. This caused bad PR, but the problem was quickly solved. That was not the end of glitch problems. The…
Facebook is not even public yet and we already have two analysts who have issued “Buy” ratings. On Friday came news that Wedbush Morgan was becoming the first firm to formally initiate…
Jon C. Ogg Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) touched a new 52-week low today at $3.12. The struggling handset maker has been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that the company misled investors regarding…
A company best known for its audio technology, Dolby Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: DLB) has signed an agreement with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) to incorporate Dolby Digital Plus technology in the Windows 8…
Paul Ausick This weekend has perhaps the most widely followed annual meeting from any public company in America as Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) will have its shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. …
The focus of the Facebook IPO turned again to the wealth of founder Mark Zuckerberg. The issue is so much more important than the company itself, or its new investors, that Bloomberg…
courtesy Facebook Inc.The focus of the Facebook IPO turned to the wealth of founder Mark Zuckerberg, again. The issue is so much more important than the company itself, or its new investors,…
