Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) hit an all-time intra-day high of $534.62, likely due to the announcement of next week’s San Francisco event at which an iPad 3 is expected and…
Paul Ausick Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) could be preparing to launch a new version of Apple TV in addition to the rumored iPad 3 (additional coverage here). The company has sent out invitations to…
Paul Ausick Investment firm Sterne Agee has lowered its estimates on Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) while maintaining its ‘neutral’ rating on the company. Sterne Agee noted in its report that RIM’s “Blackberry…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is in patent talks with Facebook. The portal claims that the social network has used some of its intellectual property without permission or license fees. Yahoo!’s claims are based on…
The smartphone wars have heated up as the industry’s leaders gather in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. Most of the companies that currently run behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in smartphone market share…
The BP (NYSE: BP) oil trial is delayed for settlement talks. (Reuters) G20 ministers and central banks say Europe has to add money to its own funds before seeking outside aid. (Reuters)…
Samsung wants to double sales of its smartphones and tablet PCs this year. It is now the world’s largest handset maker, and its growth rate, R&D capacity, and marketing prowess give it…
The Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) shipped on 2.7 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. Microsoft’s leading handset vendor was Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), the…
The U.S. Postal Service has begun a cost-cutting process meant to save it $10.5 billion between now and 2015. The first tranche is a consolidation or shuttering of 223 locations. The effect of the…
Steve Wynn pushes major shareholder Kazuo Okada off the board of Wynn Macau. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) makes a large profit on portfolio gains. (Reuters) Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) legal fight with Proview International…
It is hard to imagine how PC and smartphone keyboards could get any smaller. They are already difficult enough for people with large hands to use. Apparently Apple thinks otherwise and may…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has held its shareholder meeting. All Apple directors were reelected to the board of directors. Executive compensation passed and two proposals on conflicts of interest and on political…
Jon C. Ogg A court in Shanghai has suspended proceedings in a lawsuit brought by Proview Technology (Shenzen) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) for infringing Proview’s claim to the iPad trademark. The suspension comes as…
Paul Ausick Several initiatives were set in the past two days to protect consumers against private data collected by providers of browsers, apps and websites that keep personal information. Such information is used to target…
The European Commission forecast a growth rate of 0.5% for the eurozone as recently as late last year. Now, it expects a contraction of 0.3%. That means a second recession in four years.…
