Some complaints from buyers of the new iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) led Consumer Reports magazine to run a heat test on the brand new device. Customers had been complaining that…
Paul Ausick An analyst at UBS has said that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could sell as many as 12 million iPads this quarter if the company can sustain the daily sales rate of 750,000…
Paul Ausick PC shipments in the second half of 2011 grew by a less-than-robust 1.8% and the first half of 2012 is expected to see only modest growth. That should change by the second…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC. Airgas…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have had a new street high price target on Monday of $750.00 per share, implying that the company was worth close to $700 billion. Now we have…
Jon C. Ogg The single greatest criticism of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steven Ballmer is that the company’s shares have not gained during his tenure as head of the company. The attack is not entirely…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) begins staff cuts as part of an annual review process. (Reuters) The Obama Administration is expected to help U.S. solar panel makers in a trade war with China.…
There has been a guessing game going on among analysts since the new iPad launched on March 16. How many were sold? Experts watched lines at stores and counted units sold at Apple…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets opened slightly lower this morning as everyone seemed to be waiting for the announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its $97 billion cash pile (our coverage here). Financial sector stocks…
Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) posted a new 52-week (and more-than-10-year) high today of $67.00/share. The last time the stock was anywhere near that was early April of 2001. The company’s…
Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. The analyst’s…
Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) worth about $700 billion? That is what Wedbush Morgan is calling for. The firm is raising its previous $585.00 price target up to $750.00 per share now. This…
Jon C. Ogg Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally decided to decide what to do with its $100 billion or so mountain of cash. The decision is a dividend, a buyback, and a reserve fund…
The key conclusions of the annual Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report on the “State of the News Industry” are two. A rise in new technology that allows information dissemination has made the…
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) will take over TNT Express for $6.85 billion. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to announce plans for its $100 billion in cash. (Reuters) Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) says it…
