thinkstockHSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) pays a $1.92 billion fine to the U.S. government to settle a money laundering probe. (Reuters) The cost of outside products necessary to run Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
courtesy of AppleMonitor shipments for notebook PCs have been dropping for some time now, and prices have tagged along with the decline. High-definition 14- and 15.6-inch displays are selling for less than…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is invincible right? Not lately. We started warning you about the coming death cross on the chart, where the 50-day moving average dips under the…
Jon C. Ogg courtesy of AppleIn interview comments yesterday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook indicated that Apple would fire-up at least one U.S. manufacturing line next year. A natural candidate to do the…
courtesy of MicrosoftA rare piece of good news for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows came out of a new IDC report on tablet PC sales. Over the period from 2012 to 2016,…
ThinkstockTablet Market Share Forecast A rare piece of good news for Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows came out of a new IDC report on tablet PC sales. Over the period from 2012…
thinkstockInvestors who are optimistic about Europe’s prospects are disappointed by European Central Bank comments on the economy. (Reuters) T-Mobile will stop phone subsidies and start to sell the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
courtesy of AppleIn separate interviews today, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said the company plans to invest more than $100 million in 2013 to return some Mac manufacturing to the…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockWhen any industry grows at a breathtaking speed, there are always big winners and big losers. Motorola and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) once dominated handset sales, now that world belongs to Samsung…
thinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has a $2 billion pile of cash in Luxembourg to help fund its operations. (Reuters) HSBC Holding PLC (NYSE: HBC) may have to pay a $1.6 billion fine…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing a sudden move downward, one which we feel may be more technical than fundamental. It is also becoming less and less probable that Apple is going…
Jon C. Ogg Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are trading higher this morning on news that it has signed a deal with China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL). Should the stock really be up? Will…
Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings after markets closed today. For the quarter, the Internet radio company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.05 on revenues of…
Paul Ausick Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) sometimes fights its battles against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) in public. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer points to the superiority of his products over…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that the iPhone 5 should become available in 50 additional national markets by year’s end. These include critical ones because of their sizes and number of smartphone…
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