Media Digest (8/2/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT
San Bernadino, Calif., will file for Chapter 11 over $1 billion in debt. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve says it may need to help the economy later this year. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp.…
San Bernadino, Calif., will file for Chapter 11 over $1 billion in debt. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve says it may need to help the economy later this year. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp.…
The latest rankings are out from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) on the US smartphone device and platform markets. Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) leads the device makers with a 25.6% market share in…
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) continued a two-day surge, up another 9% today on rumors China-based PC firm Lenovo will buy it. Lenovo has said the rumor is “a joke.” Nokia continues to…
Subject: Nine Great American Companies That Will Never Recover Many American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) shares reach an all-time low as doubts about its business model grow. (Reuters) China’s PMI for July falls. (Reuters) Home prices may have steadied, according to Case-Shiller data.…
wikicommons / SkimstaMany American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms become leaders in their industries, are renowned…
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) is one of the top stocks on the day as far as the gainers, but the double-digit gain and the more than 5-times volume spike makes this…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that it is converting its long-time Hotmail web email to another long-time Microsoft brand: Outlook. The new brand, outlook.com, will tie the company’s industry-leading office Microsoft…
Subject: 13 Awesome Sports the Olympics Killed Since the modern Summer Olympics began in Athens in 1896, the sporting events have changed with every game. As popularity of sports change, new ones…
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch the iPhone 5 at a September 12 meeting. (Reuters) Alibaba will raise $8 billion. (NYT) Douglas…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is supposedly coming out with the iPhone 5 on September 12. After the company recently missed its latest earnings report, we cannot help but wonder yet again if…
Yahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) former interim CEO, Ross Levinsohn, quits. (Reuters) Manchester United sets IPO terms. (Reuters) The jury is selected in the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) vs. Samsung Electronics Co. IP…
ThinkstockSeagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) was supposed to beat earnings expectations. The disk-drive maker reported earnings that it missed expectations. The June quarter sales rose to $4.48 billion and earnings were $2.41…
The latest research from Strategy Analytics indicates that smartphone shipments in the United States fell 5% annually to reach less than 24 million units during the second quarter of 2012. Google Inc.’s…
The Wall Street Journal reports that federal prosecutors want to speak with former Avon Products (NYSE: AVP) CEO Andrea Jung. These prosecutors continue to investigate Avon’s compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices…