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…
When Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) unveiled its new Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones earlier this week, the company’s already barely visible share price took a few more lumps. The phones were…
Despite the downturn in chip stocks today following the lowered outlook from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), there are some stocks doing quite well, thank you very much. Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The stock market is mixed Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.08%, the Nasdaq down 0.06% and the S&P 500 up 0.22%. Today’s biggest winners both beat earnings expectations, but the ever-popular Apple Inc.…
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will start a business to compete with Pandora (NYSE: P). (WSJ) The Senate will begin an investigation of J.P. Morgan…
It’s not too much to say that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) changed the music business when it released its first iPod in 2001. Selling single tracks for less than a dollar absolutely…
Paul Ausick bfishshadow via Wikimedia CommonsThe Nasdaq Composite Index reached an intraday high of 5,132.52 on March 10, 2000, and closed an at all-time high of 5,048.62 the same day. The close yesterday was almost…
Poor jobless figures may force the Fed to adopt QE3. (Reuters) BP PLC (NYSE: BP) tries to blame workers on the Deepwater Horizon for the accident that caused a huge oil spill.…
The end of summer stock market run-up pushed the S&P 500 index above 1,400, a 12% gain year-to-date. But are businesses better off in 2012 than in 2011? To find out, 24/7…
We have five really big movers after the close this Thursday. The big gainers and losers today in the after-hours are as follows: Audience Inc. (NASDAQ: ADNC); Infoblox Inc. (NYSE: BLOX); Mattress…
Amazon.com Inc.Now that the dust has settled a bit on today’s announcements of new products by Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), we’ll take a look at the whole stable full of new horses.…
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced a new Kindle reader called the “Kindle Paperwhite,” which includes a new front-lighting technology (called ‘paperwhite’) that allows the device to be used in the dark.…
