courtesy of Google Inc.Shaky Year-End Markets Only a few days remain for the U.S. markets to sell off because of fiscal cliff worries. There are actually just two. Volume will be light…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Facebook Inc.The yen reaches a two-year low on worries about the Japanese economy and hopes of a budget resolution by Congress. (Reuters) Tim Cook, CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), takes…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of December 14th in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
Thinkstock Worldwide, some 17.4 million mobile devices were activated on Christmas Day this year according to research firm Flurry. That’s more than four times the 4 million average number of devices activated…
ThinkstockCustomer satisfaction research firm ForeSee released its Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index for this year, and the overall score for online retailers was 78 on a 100-point scale, identical with last year’s reading.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.In a preliminary proxy statement filing, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today said that CEO Tim Cook will receive $4.16 million in salary and incentive plan compensation for 2012. That…
Paul Ausick Semiconductor maker Marvell Technology has been ordered by a Pittsburgh jury to pay Carnegie Mellon University $1.17 billion in a patent infringement suit. The jury’s verdict is subject to post-trial motions and…
ThinkstockAs a larger and larger portion of retail sales in the U.S. move online, customer service has become essential to e-commerce businesses that want to attract shoppers and keep them. E-commerce also has…
courtesy of NetflixNetflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) management said the reason part of its service was out on Christmas Eve was that the technology and hardware owned by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), which powers the video firm’s streaming product, were…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.A number of large public company CEOs have come under fire in the past year because of the extremely poor financial results of the public corporations they run. Some,…
ThinkstockThere has been no shortage of successful product launches in 2012. Think the iPhone 5 and “The Avengers.” In order for companies to have successful launches, they must invest a great deal,…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Struggling smartphone makers, Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) have signed an agreement ending all current patent licensing disputes between the two companies. The…
courtesy of AOL, IncResearch In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) settle disputes over wireless technology. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) continues to press for a ban on the…
ThinkstockTraffic at retail stores is down 4.4% through December 15th according to the latest data from ShopperTrak. The research firm also noted in its report out yesterday that holiday sales are 4.3%…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockGoogle Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dumped the part of Motorola Mobility it did not want when it bought the company. Motorola’s cable set-top business may still make money, but the older boxes have been…
