courtesy of Apple Inc.A federal judge in Texas has upheld a jury verdict totaling $368 million against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The jury’s award to VirnetX Holding Corp. (NYSEMKT: VHC) is sweetened…
Paul Ausick thinkstockItaly’s political problems may hurt the chances of the European Central Bank to battle the European Union’s financial problems. (Reuters) China’s PMI likely fell in February, a possible sign the world’s economy…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has long been criticized over its ridiculously high share price. With all of the pressure and media coverage that has been coming from activist investor activity,…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThe recording industry has taken a beating for more than a decade as it struggled to come up with a way to maintain its substantial profits in the face of Internet sharing…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) wants back into the tablet market, an effort that the company previously jettisoned under prior misguided leadership. What is so different about this effort here is that the…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7,…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) wants to be in the tablet PC market. It is tardy. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, along with a number of second tier manufacturers,…
Courtesy Maersk LineChinese Manufacturing Slows China’s economy has recovered, or perhaps it has not. The results continue to ping-pong around. The latest data released by HSBC and Markit show preliminary PMI for February for the People’s…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal published a rumor that Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) chairman and large shareholder Leonard Riggio may try to takeover the part of the company that owns its stores through a leveraged buyout (LBO).…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Apparently both Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) have set a strategy to make more sales into the lower end of the global smartphone market. That…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) aggressively moves into India, with discounts on the iPhone, to get a part of the huge market. (Reuters) Japan will spend $100 billion on infrastructure to boost its economy. (Reuters)…
courtesy of AppleA federal court in New York ruled late today that David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital has clearly demonstrated its case against a plan from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) that would have…
Paul Ausick courtesy of Sprint Corp.The ongoing merger (or majority stake) saga at Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) may finally be coming to a close. The analysts at Argus feel confident that the Softbank/Sprint…
courtesy of Google Inc.What does Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) hope to attain by launching its own touchscreen laptop — the Chromebook Pixel? Does it believe the new machine’s Chrome innovations will allow it to…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For a company of its size and prominence in the global business and tech world, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) does not have much of a board of directors, in terms…
