German consumer activity is being undermined by high gasoline prices. That is the conclusion of Germany’s premier economic survey firm GfK Group. The firm published its comments in its “Consumer Climate Study for Germany…
Douglas A. McIntyre Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters) The European Union…
Even while admitting that its sample was biased toward younger, more tech-savvy consumers, Baird Equity Research demonstrates yet again what a juggernaut Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Forbes reports that in an on-line…
Paul Ausick AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has set April 8th for the launch of the Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK). The phone is the first to use the Windows Phone 7…
Many investors cannot mentally buy high-priced shares. It was not really an accident that Warren Buffett split the A and B shares of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A). Logic and mental blocks aside, three…
American companies that do business in China are the latest group to warn that the economy there has become troubled. The American Chamber of Commerce in the People’s Republic of China, or…
Douglas A. McIntyre It does not matter whether gasoline prices are measured by AAA Fuel Gauge or the carefully watched Lundberg Survey, the trend is clear. The average price for regular gasoline increased 11.49 cents to…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) struggles with its Windows Mobile OS as app developers have been slow to adopt it. (Reuters) Smugglers find it more difficult to make money on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) products…
HTC was the hottest smartphone company in the world not long ago. Its recent earnings and manufacturing figures show it has lost some of its competitive edge. It has been badly damaged by the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had trouble in its efforts to get app developers to build products for its Windows mobile OS. Most developers continue to focus on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) apps…
In 2011, global shipments of 4G LTE smartphones totaled 6.8 million units. In 2012, that number is expected to grow to 67 million smartphones according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Apple Inc.…
Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) sold nearly as many iPhones from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the past three months as Apple itself did. In a report from Consumer Intelligence Research…
The CEO of McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD), Jim Skinner, will retire at mid-year. No matter what critics have to say about the danger of fast food and marketing it to children, Skinner has…
ZyngaSocial gaming company Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), which became a publicly traded company in December, has made a deal to acquire social gaming start-up, OMGPOP, maker of the popular ‘Draw Something’ game.…
International think-tank Ethisphere Institute has just announce the 143 global companies that made the Institute’s 2012 list of Most Ethical Companies. Of the total, 102 are US-based companies, and 23 of the…
