courtesy of MicrosoftIn an announcement that should surprise no one, Stephen Elop, former CEO of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and now executive vice-president of the devices division of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT),…
Now that Nokia has unloaded its unprofitable mobile handset business on Microsoft the question is how does Microsoft make it profitable? What did Microsoft get for its $7.52 billion?
Nokia announced Tuesday morning that the sale of virtually all the company's devices and services business to Microsoft had received approval from China's Ministry of Commerce.
Not surprisingly, when consumers in five emerging market countries were asked to name pick their choice of connected devices, Apple came out on top. Samsung continues to lead in sales however.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, March 7, 2014. They include Nokia, Safeway, Sirius XM, Skull Candy and Teva Pharmaceutical.
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Monday, March 3, 2014. They include Apple, MarkWest Energy Partners, NII Holdings, RF Micro Devices and…
Samsung ElectronicsThe Mobile World Congress (MWC) has just wrapped up for 2014, and the future is looking decidedly different from today. The saturation of smartphones in to the marketplace is forcing the…
A regional court in Mannheim, Germany, dismissed a $2 billion claim against Apple made by IPCom, a Germany-based patent-owning company. The dismissal was made without comments.
Oppenheimer has issued a list of companies with key takeaways from the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. But the firm also called the show somewhat disappointing, with little in new technology or…
Shares of BlackBerry got a lift Monday morning following the company's announcement that its BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM) will be available on both the Windows Phone and Android-based Nokia X phones.
The World Mobile Congress currently going on in Barcelona will generate some surprises, but Nokia's announcement of a cheap, Android-based smartphone is not one of them. The phone has been rumored to…
ThinkstockThe talk on Thursday was on a report that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) might like to buy Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) to boost its presence in computer networking. The German business…
courtesy of SamsungFor anyone paying attention to the smartphone market, the fact that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominate the market is certainly no big shocker. Together the…
A landmark settlement has been reached in the high-profile case between Google and EU antitrust regulators. Google has agreed to provide comparable prominence in online search results to services offered by its…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 31, 2014. They include Amazon.com, Citrix Systems, Google, LabCorp and Raytheon.
