The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, which was supposed to be released in June, July, or August–depending on the rumor–will be out in October according to famous Apple watcher Piper Jaffray’s Gene…
QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday, while SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is set to report earnings after the close on Thursday. If…
Jon C. Ogg Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) released its open source operating system in September 2008. It is too bad Google’s patent counsel did not look more carefully at whether the software violated patents and the copyrights of…
The press covered the decision by Facebook to list on Nasdaq rather than the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) as if a real contest existed between the two exchanges. Facebook could not have done otherwise…
The news from SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) about weak demand and weak pricing was something we expected to bleed over to others in flash memory and in consumer electronics. The reality is…
Internet jobs site Glassdoor has released its list of the top 25 US CEOs based on employee feedback for the past 12 months. The company asked the question, “Do you approve of…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) grew its share of the total global semiconductor market to 15.9% in 2011, posting growth of nearly 21% year-over-year, based on the latest research from iSuppli. Licensees of…
Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) posted a new 52-week (and more-than-10-year) high today of $67.00/share. The last time the stock was anywhere near that was early April of 2001. The company’s…
Electronics research firm iFixit pulled apart a new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and found parts from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Apple’s greatest nemesis: Samsung. It is an example of how in the…
The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to new highs.…
The three major US equities indexes opened higher this morning on the news from Europe that the Greek debt swap deal would be a success. That prediction turned out to be solid,…
Jon OggThese are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Conviction Buy List at Goldman…
You might have already heard the reports that Apple is sitting on a lot of cash, around the $100 billion mark. You might have even read the scores of recommendations about what…
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) is at it again…. Raising the dividend and announcing a new stock buyback. The wireless chipset maker has approved a 16 percent increase to the quarterly dividend for…
Jon C. Ogg Since the beginning of the year the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up about 17%. The run-up may be over for some chip makers and sustainable for others. Analysts have set some new…
