Amazon.com Inc.The most popular downloaded free app from the App Store at Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in September was YouTube from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The ever-popular Candy Crush Saga from King.com…
courtesy of NetflixGoogle Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube may be Netflix Inc.’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) biggest problem. Despite deals with content companies that now includes Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) TV operation, possible deals to…
courtesy of Apple Inc. Update: Apple stock up following announcement that Burberry CEO will join Apple. As of 2:00 PM EST, Apple shares are up more than 1% to over $501 while…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wikimedia CommonsThe general investing public will spend much of its energy waiting for earnings from famous companies such as Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). These are…
ThinkstockA true monopoly is when only one major player remains in an industry, even if tiny competitors exist here and there. So ask yourself what it would mean if the two satellite…
ThinkstockMeg Whitman recently said there would be no huge layoffs at Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). However, she can only look so far into the future, and her vision eventually will have to take…
Does anyone truly care about it being the 2013 Securities Analyst Meeting for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ)? The stock market is so enthralled with the company that even the S&P Indexes group…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman asked the tech company’s employees to take the removal of the firm’s stock from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) “personally,” according to a…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) management has a habit, which dates back to shortly after it was founded, of expensive experimentation that often creates new products. Since Larry Page became…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) saw its shares recover on Monday after a very positive Wall Street analyst research call. Jefferies had evacuated its positive bias earlier this year, but…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockSemiconductor sales have moved in a slow, sideways range over the past year. The key for the top companies like Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to…
Jon OggInvestors and traders are dealing with the stress of a government shutdown and the upcoming debt ceiling debate. With such uncertainty, they also are wondering whether they should be buying or selling…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, did not sell an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone until just last month with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c. Competitors…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Do the numbers of searches that a product receives have any relationship to eventual sales? There does not seem to be any scientific basis for the theory. Experian Marketing Services…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Apple Inc.For all of its trouble, based on worries that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost its magic and can no longer build iPhones that will create huge sales, there…
