ThinkstockHow does a large company market a product on Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB)? By using the Facebook page of one of its senior executives? Huawei is about to find out whether that approach…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Why did one of the world’s largest tech companies take so long? In another in several announcements from large tech companies about government demands for private information about customers…
ThinkstockAlpha is one of those confusing terms used in the financial industry, but rarely defined. It is basically a performance measurement on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha takes the volatility or price risk…
courtesy of MicrosoftBest Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) have decided to set a deal for the world’s largest software company to have a store within a store,…
thinkstockToday’s announcement that Gannett Company Inc. (NYSE: GCI) would pay $1.5 billion in cash and assume more than $700 million debt to acquire Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC) comes about two months after…
courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.Sometimes copying a successful proven strategy is far more rewarding than the risks of trying something new that has never been seen before. Remember how Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
ThinkstockThere is a broadly held assumption that research and development (R&D) budget sizes matter a great deal to the current and future financial prospects of most tech companies. A review of the…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of May 31 in the following large cap stock market shares: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a sell-off in Japan after the country’s central bank made no change either in the key interest rate or in the amount of bond…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Yesterday’s announcement by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that its next version of the iOS operating system would include a streaming music service called iTunes Radio is perhaps a better…
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been a magic stock in 2013, despite the woes of Windows 8. A new update is going to fix many of the missteps of the new operating…
ThinkstockOver the past month, interest rates have bounced off of their 2013 lows, with the U.S. 10-year yield quickly rising from 1.66% to more than 2.20%. This has been a negative for…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. They include Lululemon, Apple and Disney.
courtesy of Pandora MediaPandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) is, or was, at risk of being crushed by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the previously rumored and now announced iTunes Radio service. Pandora…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockRecent information from Japan and the United Kingdom shows that accelerated recoveries from deep recessions are underway. There may be a way to track how these governments worked to turn around their…
