courtesy of SamsungSamsung announced its earnings for the fiscal second quarter of the year. Revenue was up 9% to 57.46 trillion won quarter over previous quarter. Operating income also rose 9% to…
Douglas A. McIntyre thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of July 15 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America…
July 24, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following upbeat estimates for eurozone flash PMI readings. In Asia, China’s PMI came in lower than expected, leading to more worries about…
ThinkstockIs the massive growth phase of the smartphone and the tablet market coming to an end? Well, that depends on whom you ask, but all you have to do is look at…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was trading higher by more than 4% after earnings in the premarket trading session on Wednesday. Shares are up around $439 after closing at $418.99,…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported its fiscal third-quarter earnings, and it is going to make for an interesting Wednesday for Apple investors. Its stock popped up initially on the news,…
Jon C. Ogg July 23, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning, but only the DJIA was able to stay in positive territory throughout the day. There was little economic data out of Europe…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday. You have seen disappointing earnings reports from the likes of Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft…
ThinkstockThe watch was supposed to go the way of the dodo, as other electronic devices like smartphones took their place as portable clocks, alarms and stopwatches. Yet despite the nearly universal availability…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) developers site was taken down by another in a long series of hacks of corporate and government websites. If any company ought to have the ability to…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockIn the world to tech, there is old tech, current tech and future tech. Old tech got spanked this week, as Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) proved that its Windows PC business continues…
The DJIA and S&P 500 Index are in the midst of earnings season, and despite choppy earnings and sales figures the stock market just keeps rallying higher and higher. Friday’s mixed results…
ThinkstockThe Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has crafted a proposal to develop new rules over the next two years that would put an end to many of the tax avoidance…
ThinkstockIn what an obvious effort to beef up its widely panned iOS mapping capability, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has acquired a small Canadian firm, Locationary, for an undisclosed sum. The company offers…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has moved to the margins enough in the conversation about big tech that earnings from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today…
