The Federal Reserve signals it may ease monetary policy as early as next month. (Reuters) HSBC China PMI estimates hit a multimonth low at 47.8, down from 49.3 in July. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard…
In a report from the Fair Labor Association (FLA) published yesterday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., better known as Foxconn, is ahead of schedule on correcting a…
Paul Ausick Wikimedia CommonsBloomberg TV has been running a special this morning about the poor turnaround that Ron Johnson has engineered at JCPenney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). Our take is that this is the…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will release a Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Mobile powered phone on the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) network before the end of the year, according to several…
Trading Volume at Five-Year Low CNNMoney is the latest media outlet to acknowledge the fact that trading volume is light. In their estimation, it is at a five-year low. There could be several reasons…
Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ: DELL) quarterly numbers leave investors worried. (Reuters) The head of the eurozone goes to Greece to evaluate its finances. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung make final statements…
It has been said several times, but for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) shareholders, it cannot be said too often: the most important line in the Dell quarterly earnings statement is the one…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) hit a new all-time high today at $674.88, but things have turned around and the stock is sinking. The drop is hard to imagine as even impacting, but…
Jon C. Ogg Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday and the stock has a lot of room for improvement. Despite issuing a very honorable starting…
Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving…
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank do not think the rise in food prices will bring a global financial crisis. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest company by market…
Asian stocks were mixed as China moved to alleviate a cash crunch and ahead of U.S. reports that are expected to show the world’s biggest economy is improving. China’s Shanghai Composite Index…
When shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) hit an intra-day high of $664.74 earlier today, the company’s market cap hit $623 billion. That topped the previous record market cap of $618.9 billion…
The Motorola unit of Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed a claim with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking an import ban on foreign-made products by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The…
Speculation has grown about what will happen to the smartphone industry if Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) prevails over Samsung in an intellectual property trial. Both sides have rested their cases and said…
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