ThinkstockWhen Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) ignited the smartphone revolution in 2007, it continued its ongoing policy of using a fairly heavy hand on its suppliers to contain costs and keep its margins…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.The press hit the high points of new research about smartphone sales in Europe. The data were analyzed as part of the Kantar Worldpanel. Largely lost in the tidal…
courtesy of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.As the holiday season approaches, retailers are preparing for the busiest shopping time of the year by increasing their workforces. Five of the nation’s largest retailers will add…
Courtesy of BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings for smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) was viewed almost immediately by investors as too high. The day the offer was made, the…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) claims about 70% of the market in the five large European economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Whatever damage Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sustained in the stock market as its hyper-growth slows to more modest levels, it still owns the most valuable brand in the world. In…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The question really is not “if,” but “when.” Leaked photos of a poster said to be from China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL), the largest wireless carrier in the world…
courtesy of Apple Inc.When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its new iPhone 5S and 5C a couple of weeks ago, one of the countries included in the lucky first 11 was China.…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Google Inc.Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released its list of “The Most Innovative Companies of 2013.” As is the case with most of these types of lists, the conclusions are based…
StockCharts.comLike clockwork, every time the American stock market makes new highs, some people insist it cannot go higher. A subset of those believe the market will crash. Others even believe it will…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockAmazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) new Kindle Fire HDX has been described variously as a better tablet than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, as an evolution of the earlier Kindle with upgraded…
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch is out with several keynote research calls on Tuesday. The firm is talking up the safe haven aspects of drug distributors like AmerisourceBergen Corp. (NYSE: ABC), Cardinal Health Inc.…
Jon OggStocks have seen some profit taking off of their recent all-time highs. Now investors and traders are wondering which stocks they should buy and which ones they should sell or avoid.…
ThinkstockChina, with more than 600 million people who have wireless connections and 750 million people online, has been the Holy Grail for consumer electronics and enterprise telecom companies for years. Hammering that…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) said Monday morning that it had sold 9 million new iPhone 5S and 5C units in the first three days that the devices were available.…
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