Nokia (NOK) has started its own music store to compete with Apple (AAPL) iTunes, so why not have its own online advertising operation? Early today NOK bought U.S.cellphone screen advertising firm Enpocket.…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) and the UAW have broken off talks and will resume them late Monday. Reuters writes that Nokia (NOK) said on Monday it had agreed to buy privately…
Several analysts have upgrades shares in Motorola (MOT). The reasoning is that, with new models coming out, and much of the backlog in inventory for old products like the RAZR drying up,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ed Zander, Motorola’s (MOT) CEO, promised that things would be better for the company’s shareholders. Soon. Handsets sales at the firm have fallen off a cliff. Once the clear No.2 behind Nokia…
Douglas A. McIntyre It is not enough that Apple (AAPL) is getting more aggressive with prices on its iPhone to take market share from the likes of Nokia (NOK) and Motorola (MOT). Now, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)…
Credit Suisse is bullish on Motorola (MOT). It believes that the RAZR2 will do well and that the company could pick up market share beginning in Q4. The call seems to carry…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple’s (AAPL) was the top selling smartphone in the US during July, according to iSuppli. The handset was also 1.8% of all cell phone unit sales for the month. According to Reuters:…
Apple (AAPL) claims that it kicked NBC’s programming off of its iTune service because NBC would not agree to pricing. NBC claims that: "We never asked to double the wholesale price for…
NBC has told Apple (AAPL) that it will not renew its long-term deal with the iTunes store. The GE (GE) unit is "the No. 1 supplier of digital video to Apple’s online…
Barron’s has floated the idea that Qualcomm (QCOM) may want to break itself into two pieces. Almost all of its rivals and its largest customer, Nokia (NOK), are in legal battles with…
According to Reuters, US Steel (X) will buy Canadian steel company Stelco for $1.1 billion. Reuters writes that Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings has approached Nasdaq (NDAQ) about buying its stake in the…
According to Reuters, a group of California gas stations filed suit against Chevron (CVX), Saudi Aramco, and Royal Dutch Shell for price fixing. Reuters writes that Canon (CAJ) is spending another $862…
It is a matter of time before Motorola (MOT) loses its position as the No.2 handset maker behind Nokia (NOK). And ’tis Samsung that will do MOT in. According to new Gartner…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Countrywide (CFC) sought to calm investors about it future as it laid of mortgage workers. Reuters reports that Nasdaq’s (NDAQ) failure to buy the London Stock Exchange makes it…
Qualcomm (QCOM) got more bad news yesterday. It largest customer, Nokia (NOK) filed a complaint with the ITC to ban imports of handsets that the big European company says infringe on its…
