iPhone 5 Speculation Swirls As the launch date of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 approaches (probably tomorrow), the speculation about how many units will be sold multiplies. Famous Apple-watcher Gene Munster of…
Douglas A. McIntyre A JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) analyst speculated that sales of the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 could add “between 0.25% and 0.5% to annualized economic growth in the fourth quarter.”…
A look at the headlines across Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, the Financial Times and the New York Times business section shows that all cover the same major stories in much the…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) will lay off 29,000 people instead of the 26,000 it originally announced as it struggles to improve performance. Royal Philips Electronics N.V. will cut the 2,200 jobs it…
George Soros says Germany should back the European Union or leave it. (Reuters) The new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone could boast fourth-quarter gross domestic product by 0.5%, according to a J.P. Morgan Chase…
Research firm IDC has named the top PC makers for the second quarter of 2012. The top 5 global makers are: Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 13.4 million units shipped, 15.5% market share…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning after a weekend of mixed news from Asia. China’s trade balance rose on falling imports and industrial production failed to meet estimates…
Privately held toy retailer Toys “R” Us announced today that it will offer a proprietary tablet device for kids called “tabeo” only at its own stores beginning October 21st. The new device…
LeapFrog Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: LF) had been looking like a great story in the spending dollars for learning based toys in the childrens market. If you have children, you have probably run across…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.What’s the big news this morning about JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP)? That the struggling retailer has extended its free haircuts for kids promotion. But investors do not…
Trey Thoelcke Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) raised to Neutral from Sell at…
Wikimedia CommonsAccording to several media sources, JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP) will extend its program for free children’s haircuts. The original promotion, offered in August, brought in 1.6 million takers. The sinking retailer…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Wall Street Journal reports that the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 will work on LTE networks around the world. One of the drawbacks of the current iPhone 4S is that it…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a lower-than-expected increase in non-farm payrolls (more coverage here). In Asia and Europe, though, markets were higher for different reasons. Asian…
Audience, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC) is now the worst IPO of the year. News surfaced last night from the company that its main customer, one Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was unlikely to use…
