courtesy of YouTubeEarly sales of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 in China are strong. (Reuters) American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) will raise $6.5 billion through the sale of AIA. (Reuters) Infosys…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and only the Dow was able to break into positive territory even briefly. There was no terrible news, but there was no unexpected big, good…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has its sights set on shipping 100 million iPads in 2013 according to a blog post at NPD DisplaySearch. That’s a big jump from the…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) finally has released the iPhone 5 in China. Most press and many analysts believe that the American company’s market share in the People’s Republic has…
Trey Thoelcke courtesy of Google Inc.One of Silicon Valley’s most ancient and least successful critics attacked the profit model of the Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android OS. But Roger McNamee has arrived late to…
ThinkstockGerman Manufacturing Dwindles In a sign that Germany is on the cusp of a recession that would harm the overall recovery of the European Union, its manufacturing sector suffered a severe blow.…
thinkstockEuropean leaders say they will take additional steps to end the economic crisis in the region. (Reuters) Softbank puts an upper limit on what Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) may pay to…
ThinkstockIn a settlement announcement today, the European Union’s competition commission formally accepted the offer from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and four publishing houses that will substantially change the rules under which Apple…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The owners of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 are rejoicing. The awful map product made by Apple for its devices can now be replaced by the one from…
ThinkstockEurope’s Central Banking Authority Europe finally has a central banking authority, a move that many politicians and economists believe will help pull the region out of its financial crisis. It is hard…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessOn the Redbox homepage, the DVD rental firm owned by Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) has begun to promote a streaming movie service it plans to launch with Verizon Communications…
thinkstockThe Federal Reserve links bond buying to unemployment rates. (Reuters) The European Central Bank will have new authority over Europe’s banks. (Reuters) The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which said it…
ThinkstockTablet devices like the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), and the Galaxy…
courtesy of AppleIn 2012, shipments of tablet devices is expected to rise by 75% while shipments of notebook PCs are slated to rise just 2% and decline by 28% for mini-notebooks. We…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to let a number of retailers, including Staples Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), offer its Surface tablet, perhaps to offset sales that never reached any real…
