ThinkstockSony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) cuts forecasts for game console margins for the next several years. (MarketWatch) Sony also cuts targets for smartphones and camera sales. (Reuters) A complex Irish tax loophole helps…
ThinkstockNear the top of the business headlines is the battle that Congress has started to wage with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the taxes it pays. By some measures, the company barely…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockApple vs. Congress Near the top of the business headlines is the battle that Congress has started to wage with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the taxes it pays. By some measures,…
courtesy of AOL, IncYahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits in Asia will help balance the risk of its Tumblr buyout. (Reuters) A successful vote to split the chairman and CEO jobs at J.P.…
ThinkstockThe 2013 version of BrandZ’s Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands put Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in first place with a valuation of $185.1 billion, ironic, given the company’s trouble. The research…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) set a record for its $17 billion debt offering in the last month, but the entire borrowing could have been avoided if there was not such…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockIf innovation and inventiveness are the qualities which drive America to become the largest economy in the world, perhaps the same qualities will put the U.S. out of its multiyear decline, one…
courtesy Making Change at Walmart and UFCWWall Street considered almost all the news from Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (NYSE: WMT) earings as bad. U.S. comp sales declined 1.4% in the 13-week period from Jan. 26…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters) Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional…
courtesy of Google Inc.Once shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) topped $700 last September, the chatter on the street was all about when Apple stock would hit $1,000 a share. Google Inc.…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has updated its Google Maps product, which is among the most popular products the company distributes. The problem with Google Maps is that, like Android…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning following a number of data releases related to the U.S. economy. Producer prices declined in April and the New York manufacturing index came in…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Maybe you care about stock charts and technical analysis, and maybe not. If you are an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) investor who is hoping on the iPad, the iPhone,…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockIn one of the worst-kept secrets around, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the launch of its streaming music service, Google Play Music All Access, at its I/O developers’ conference. The not-so-catchily-named…
courtesy of Apple Inc.By Isaac Shapiro, Economic Policy Institute Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) exceptionally large cash reserve led it to recently announce that it would expand the amount of funds to be returned…
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