It is easy to dismiss the new Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) challenge to Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes. The world’s largest software company will bundle a music service with the Xbox 360 and…
Softbank is near a deal to buy 70% of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) for $20 billion. (Reuters) Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) releases an Xbox and Windows-based music service to compete with Apple Inc.…
The rumors of a an iPad mini from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) appear to be true. The Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD blog reports today that the company has sent out invitations to…
A new survey of 4,270 primarily North American consumers by the research firm shows an unprecedented degree of consumer interest in the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5. Dr. Paul Carton, VP…
Trey Thoelcke Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) said its third-quarter revenue fell 10% and blamed the “macroeconomic environment” for the trouble. Traders dropped its shares by 15% to 52-week lows on fears that the numbers…
Just when it looked as if Samsung had been pushed to the wall in U.S. courts by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), it was buoyed by two pieces of good news. The first is that a…
Douglas A. McIntyre The BAE merger with EADS faces more trouble from nations and shareholders. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund points to the eurozone crisis as the most likely cause of a worldwide slowdown. (Reuters)…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a lowered forecast on global economic growth from the International Monetary Fund (more coverage here). In Asia, Japanese markets are concerned…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have been reiterated with an Outperform rating with a $750 price target this morning by Credit Suisse, but things are not going the way for Apple shareholders.…
Jon C. Ogg Google TV is set to get content from the Google Play store, including movies, TV shows and music, a big step in Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) efforts to become a media behemoth.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform with $750 target at Credit Suisse.…
courtesy Barnes & Noble Inc.Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) CEO William Lynch said today that orders for the company’s just introduced Nook HD and Nook HD+ devices are coming in at…
Bloomberg reports that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) investors are urging Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer to buy back shares rather than pay a dividend with the $3 billion raised from selling a…
Trey Thoelcke Workers at a manufacturing facility of China’s Foxconn “struck” the company twice over the weekend, or once, or not at all, depending on the source of the information. Most likely, two labor disruptions occurred. The…
The World Bank cuts forecasts for East Asian gross domestic product and warns on China’s growth. (Reuters) BAE’s largest shareholder disapproves of a merger with EADS. (Reuters) The idea of a single…
