By Matthew YoheMatt Yohe at en.wikipedia CC-BY-3.0, from Wikimedia CommonsSteve Jobs is still not dead, at least so far as new products introduced by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) are concerned. There are…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockHigh European Unemployment Eurostat reported that unemployment in 17-nation euro area continues to hover at 12%. It is worth remembering that, at the depths of the recession, U.S. joblessness barely topped 10%…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Best Buy Co. Inc.As the first quarter ended, analysts marveled at the best performing stocks in the S&P 500 — Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and…
courtesy of AOL, IncGlencore says it will delay its deal to buy Xstrata while China reviews the marriage. (Reuters) NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) buys eSpeed for $750 million. (Reuters) Apple…
courtesy of AppleApps analytics firm Flurry said today in a blog post that mobile devices known as “phablets” — that is, a device with a screen size larger than 5 inches but…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel does not tell us a lot that we didn’t already know. The most popular smartphone platform in the United States for the…
ThinkstockThe reason that China, the Chinese, and probably many of the largest companies in the People’s Republic steal intellectual property is that they have so little of their own. Among the top…
Jon OggThe markets closed out the first quarter of 2013 with a big rally and the bulls seem to remain in charge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up more than…
The end of March brought on the last trading of the quarter, with the S&P Index hitting new all-time closing highs in what felt like a very choppy couple of weeks. While…
ThinkstockCredit Suisse has reviewed and screened the holdings of 857 large cap mutual funds and has seen that technology is very well represented in the top holdings on average at this universe…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 15 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of Apple Inc.T-Mobile began to offer its “no contract” phone plan and said it will sell the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 starting next month. A debate has begun about…
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsJ.C. Penney Flip-Flop J.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson is either lowering prices on much of the troubled retailer’s store inventory or raising those prices…
courtesy of NetflixA Fed study says China growth will slow in 2030. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may cuts its cash position to $35 billion to redeem expensive debt. (Reuters) Battery problems…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning and a spate of decent news on U.S. housing kept markets in the green all day. The S&P 500 index finished the day’s session within…
