Shipments of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips to the PC industry have fallen below 50% for the first time since the 1980s according to new data from IHS iSuppli released today. In…
A court in Munich has ruled that a patent on the so-called “rubber band” smartphone feature belongs to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The feature allows iPhone users to scroll past the end…
In the age of health care reform, today’s news will sound ridiculous to just about any investor. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEMKT: DIA) is making a crazy change among its 30…
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 preorder inventory is sold out. (Reuters) Nintendo will price the entry level Wii U at below…
Douglas A. McIntyre AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) finally delivered on the iPhone 5. And shares had a record-high close yet again this week. When the company unveiled the new iPhone, the promise was that it…
courtesy NintendoThe new Nintendo Wii U may be a super game console, but probably not super enough. The problems the product faces go well beyond the success of competitive products from Microsoft Corp.…
EU Finance Ministers Meet The financial ministers of the euro area will meet over the next two days. There is a very wide range of topics that they might discuss. The gathering should begin…
The Federal Reserve plans to gamble that QE3 will combat a flagging economy. (Reuters) Brent crude rises to $117 on the Fed announcement. (Reuters) The Nintendo Wii U will allow video program…
AppleShares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) put up a new, all-time, intra-day high today of $685.50 and closed at $682.98, another all-time high for the Cupertino company. In the 30 trading days…
Paul Ausick The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning as world markets didn’t want to jump the gun on today’s announcement from the FOMC. The report on new claims for unemployment…
courtesy NintendoAfter more than a year since the product’s introduction, the Nintendo Wii U game controller finally has pricing, shipping dates, and more details on what the device can do. The company…
We tracked the short interest in the following Nasdaq most actively traded stocks: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Zynga…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) started as Sell at Citigroup. Allergan Inc.…
AppleOne of the questions that came out of the unveiling of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 is whether it can help the company’s flagging fortunes in China, the largest wireless…
Trey Thoelcke The iPhone 5 and China One of the questions that came out of the unveiling of the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 is whether it can help the company’s flagging fortunes…
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