courtesy of Apple Inc.It’s difficult to say whether the dullness we felt after the opening session of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) was due to the fact that virtually…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.The 500 largest corporations in the United States posted profits of more than $1 trillion last year, the first time ever to reach that level and, of course,…
These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations for Monday, June 2, 2014. They include Apple, Boeing, Alcoa, Netflix, TripAdvisor and Zillow.
ThinkstockOne thing we have related to 24/7 readers over the years is that for all of their pedigreed executives and portfolio managers, hedge funds tend to go a lot in the same…
Samsung has decided that Google has become too powerful in the portable device consumer electronics business. Google's Android has steamrolled the smartphone industry.
Samsung's indestructible Galaxy S5 Active has just hit the shelves at AT&T stores. Both companies are about to find out whether anyone wants a smartphone that is almost bullet proof.
It was once a hot button issue (for a few hours) that President Obama asked Steve Jobs what it would take to manufacture iPhones in the United States. Well, it seems that…
After a year and a half of on-and-off skepticism about its prospects, Apple's shares could breach their all-time high of $705.07 reached on September 21, 2012. The stock topped $644 last week.
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple announces the acquisition of music company Beats, founded by Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine, in a deal totaling $3 billion.
247sarah Apple may have traded higher after its dividend and buyback plans were announced, but now the stock is surging to 52-week highs ahead of the iPhone 6 and with other product launches…
Jon C. Ogg These are the top Wall Street analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen on Friday, May 30, 2014. They include Alaska Air, Apple, Infoblox, PNC Financial, Renesola and Splunk.
The tablet was to be the salvation of the PC industry. Apple undermined those hopes with the success of its iPad.
Douglas A. McIntyre When Apple shares put in a new high, most of us want to know what's going on with the world's most valuable tech company. Right now, two or three things on Apple's…
Late Friday afternoon, Apple filed a motion to ban smartphones made by Samsung that Apple claims infringe on its patents. It also filed a request for a retrial in the case that…
Paul Ausick In a dispute that pits Amazon.com against Paris-based publisher Hachette Book Group, Amazon is being portrayed as the villain. It is worth remembering the background to this dispute.