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Companies and Brands
High Expectations for Apple Earnings
The earnings of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be the most important of the season. It is not only the largest company by market cap, its growth has stayed phenomenal for a…
AAPL Coverage Page 460
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (10/25/2012)
End of the U.K. Slump? The United Kingdom may have pulled out of a downward economic cycle. At least that is what official government data shows. For the third quarter of this…
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Media
Web 1.0 Sites Still Dominate Internet
A look at the websites that have the largest audiences in America shows that Web 1.0 properties, launched in the 1990s before broadband was widely available, led the list by audience size.…
4:05pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 24, 2012: Markets Can’t Hold Morning Gains (BUD, NOK, CHKP, AAPL, DLTR, AMGN, BRCM, FB, JNPR, NFLX, T, BA, GLW, LLY, EMC, GD, LCC, ANGI, CLF, CROX, FFIV, RRC, RYL, AET, ZNGA, ALK, AN, BG, CL, DNKN, NOV, POT, UAL, RF, TPX, ZZ, ATI)
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected PMI reading from China (more coverage here) that was mostly untempered by lower-than-expected PMI readings from Europe (more coverage…
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Consumer Electronics
Investors Wonder If Apple Has Matured Too Much
Many people have tried and tried, unsuccessfully to date, to call the peak of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). We will not try to claim that Apple has peaked. After all, we just…
Jon C. Ogg 8:24am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ACC, AAPL, BUD, CLS, CHKP, DLTR, DD, FB, MYGN, NOK, NSC, PVA, SEP, UTHR, WHR, KSU, HIG, ATVI, INTC, TWX)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research notes this Wednesday. American Campus Communities Inc. (NYSE: ACC) raised to Buy at UBS. Anheuser-Busch…
8:05am ET
Telecom & Wireless
iPhone Activations Help AT&T Earnings
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has managed to beat earnings expectations. Earnings hit $6 billion from operations and the report came to $0.62 per share on $31.5 billion in revenues, while the consensus…
6:19am ET
Consumer Electronics
With New iPad, Apple Has Supply Chain Problem
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a habit of launching products that are quickly sold out. In the past, this probably boosted demand as consumers realized that desire for Apple’s products was beyond…
6:18am ET
Investing
Media Digest (10/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The public editor of The New York Times, the flagship of the New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), questions the appointment of new CEO Mark Thompson because he ran the BBC during…
2:18pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Ta-Da: Apple Presents …
Today’s announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) started off with a review of sales for the recently introduced iPhone 5. Sales were good — no surprise there. Apple CEO Tim Cook also…
Paul Ausick 12:46pm ET
Investing
Earnings Season Gets a “D” Grade… The DJIA Already Peaked in 2012
Jon OggIs the so-called “Bernanke Put” really coming out of the market already? QE3 is still just beginning. And earnings season is now living up to the fears that many of us…
8:32am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (10/23/2012) Sony to Close Tech Center
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) plans to launch the iPad mini today. (Reuters) Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) will close its Tokyo tech center.…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple Has a Lot Riding on the iPad Mini
Amazon.com Inc.As usual, the public and investors have made a circus out of the release of a new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) product. In this case, it is the iPad mini, which…
6:46am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (10/23/2012)
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…
6:32am ET
Media
Can Microsoft’s New Xbox Change Multimedia?
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…