The price of gold may be down this year, but over the past three it has nearly doubled. No wonder many Americans think it is a good investment. A large number think it is…
Douglas A. McIntyre Philp Falcone receives extensions from creditors owed money by his high-speed wireless company LightSquared. (Reuters) Social gifting is a growing part of e-commerce. (Reuters) Barron’s says Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) could join…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reacted to a New York Times article which detailed the manner in which it lowers its own corporate taxes and those of its workers. The newspaper did not accuse Apple…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThis last week had many top analyst calls, but each week we review all of the calls looking for those which were very bold calls or that go against the grain. …
Samsung passed longtime global handset leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Global handset shipments reached 368 million units for the period, and the South Korean company…
Market research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) reported today that the Kindle Fire from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is the market share leader by a wide margin among tablet devices using the…
Jon OggIt is that time of year again. It is time to ponder the theory of pricing in a summer slowdown, whether it actually happens or not. In short, is time to…
Markets opened higher this morning, led by the Nasdaq which got a big boost from the strong report last night from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The report from the US Census Bureau…
By now everyone in the world knows that Apple blew the door off the hinges on its latest quarterly earnings report. The consumer electronics giant overcame iPad shortages with very strong iPhone…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Raised to Outperform at Scotia; Maintained Buy with…
Near the rear of AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless retail stores sit smartphones like the HTC Trophy, the LG Vortex and Sony Experia. These usually sell for less than high-end Samsung smartphones and…
Comscore released its list of the 50 largest U.S. websites for March based on unique visitors. The top of the list has not changed. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) sites are still in first…
A judge objects to parts of an AIG (NYSE: AIG) suit to block a Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) settlement over mortgage bond sales. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings are better than…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) extraordinary earnings will almost certainly help lift the US stock markets. They may be a false positive as far as earnings and prospects for most other tech companies are…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings for its March quarter and it is a record for the quarter. Today’s report was a blowout at $12.30 EPS and $39.2 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters…
