6:39am ET
Consumer Electronics
Intel’s TV Follies
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp.’s (NASDAQ: INTC) case that it can build a TV product, with new hardware and plenty of content, is based on the chip company’s plan to offer a better mouse trap…
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6:38am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (2/13/2012)
ThinkstockMobile Phone Sales The growth of mobile phone sales, so hot for so long, has cooled. Research firm Gartner reports that sales of these devices fell 1.7% to 1.75 billion in 2012.…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:44pm ET
Media
Intel Goes After Set-Top Box Market
Wikimedia CommonsOne of the worst-kept secrets in the technology world was finally confirmed today. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is building an Internet TV set-top box that it says will launch by the…
12:12pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple Fades on Aggressive Capital Return Hopes
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not yet at the point that it really wants to take David Einhorn too seriously. At a Goldman Sachs investor conference today, CEO Tim Cook called…
Jon C. Ogg 7:15am ET
Investing
Some Actively Traded Stocks See Jump in Short Interest (GE, NOK, BAC, VZ, ANR, MCD, AAPL, RIMM, MSFT, DELL, GMCR, CSCO)
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
6:21am ET
Retail
Amazon and Apple Crush Competition in New Mobile Survey
Wikimedia CommonsAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) place so high on most customer satisfaction surveys that the repetition has made the conclusions commonplace. Unfortunately for several financially battered retailers,…
6:21am ET
Investing
Media Digest (2/12/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
ThinkstockBarclays PLC (NYSE: BCS) will cut 3,700 jobs as the troubled bank restructures. (Reuters) Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) adds to its low-priced Asha line. (Reuters) A judge approves a request by Apple…
7:05am ET
Investing
Would an Apple Dividend Hike Fend Off Einhorn?
courtesy of Apple Inc.The latest speculation about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) financial plans is that it will raise its dividend. That may be a way to fend off activist investor David Einhorn,…
Douglas A. McIntyre 6:42am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (2/11/2013)
ThinkstockApple Dividend Rumors The latest speculation about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) financial plans is that it will raise its dividend. That may be a way to fend off activist investor David Einhorn,…
6:39am ET
Investing
Seven Companies Forced to Change Their Names
courtesy of BlackBerryWhen Research In Motion unveiled its long-delayed BlackBerry 10, it also announced it was changing its name to BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). CEO Thorsten Heins argued that the new name reflects…
6:35am ET
Consumer Electronics
Now, an Apple Watch, and Next a Brain Implant?
courtesy of Apple Inc.Bendable glass, more powerful mini-chips, and an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) product line that appears to have stalled in an effort to create brand new products have fueled speculation…
6:34am ET
Investing
Media Digest (2/11/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
courtesy of NetflixGermany continues to battle France over the use of stimulus to help jump-start the EU economy. (Reuters) U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and AMR probably will close an $11 billion…
6:00am ET
Retail
Are E-commerce Sales Really So Good?
ThinkstockResearch firm comScore reported about 2012 that: For the full year, U.S. retail e-commerce sales reached $186.2 billion, an increase of 15 percent — the strongest annual growth rate since before the…
3:49pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple/Einhorn Plot Thickens: Apple Confesses in Response
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has formally responded to the call from Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn. This is strange to see from a company where Steve Jobs might have told Einhorn to go beat…
Jon C. Ogg 9:15am ET
Consumer Electronics
Einhorn’s Apple Activism: Unlock Several Hundred Billion Dollars in Shareholder Value
courtesy of Apple Inc.David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital has taken a move against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in an Securities and Exchange Commission filing, and he is trying to drum up shareholder…
Jon C. Ogg