Employees Battle Walmart Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has entered another battle with some of its employees. The company has a history of complaints and lawsuits in a range of issues from…
Steve Ballmer was willing to lose money on the Xbox for years. The console and its add-ons are finally a mildly profitable business. But, as Ballmer often does, he will lose money…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) soon will release its mini iPad. (Reuters) Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) delivers better-than-expected earnings and its CEO says the firm will move aggressively into mobile. (Reuters) ARM Holding…
Citing a “stiffer supply-chain management structure,” Samsung Electronics said today that it will end its contract with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and stop supplying the U.S. company with LCD panels. Samsung shipped…
The 32-Gbyte version of the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Surface tablet without the Touch Cover has sold out in the U.K. The sold-out tablet lists for $599 in the U.S. and £399…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings this coming Thursday. You can expect that other analysts will be keying in on the technology darling ahead of the report. Today comes…
Jon C. Ogg As reviews and predictions increase ahead of Friday’s release of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8, a few issues dominate the commentary. The first is that Windows 8 is such a radical…
Companies institute or raise dividends for several reasons. One, the most striking example of which is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), is to return money to shareholders from balance sheets laden with cash.…
Little Excitement for Windows 8 As reviews and predictions increase ahead of Friday’s release of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8, a few issues dominate the commentary. The first is that Windows…
BP PLC (NYSE: BP) sets a deal to sell its half of BP-TNK to Rosneft. (Reuters) European Union leaders will take at least two months to set terms for new rules for the…
Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) continues it retreat as most of its business divisions continue to sputter in the face of competition. The company closed a camera and mobile phone factory. It also…
EU Bank Supervision Coming The Europeans finally have agreed on something. There will be one bank supervisor for the region as early as next year. While the decision may be a step…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and really never got on track the entire day. The lower opening was likely a reaction to China’s weakest quarterly GDP growth…
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) was originally trading higher on earnings but shareholders have grown very used to disappointment by this fallen leader. The troubled cellphone maker managed to show third quarter revenue…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Alkermes PLC (NASDAQ: ALKS) raised to Outperform with $24 target…
