6:24am ET
Investing
Nasdaq, Up Nearly 20% in First Quarter, Faces the Second
The Nasdaq has risen 19% in the quarter that is about to end. That is much more than the S&P 500, which is only 13% higher. Many analysts believe that the Nasdaq…
AAPL Coverage Page 500
6:22am ET
Investing
Media Digest (3/30/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Eurozone officials will increase the size of the funds to create “firewalls” around financially troubled nations. (Reuters) Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) CEO says the firm’s struggles will continue as more management…
4:37pm ET
Jobs
Investigation Of Apple Supplier Foxconn Finds Issues At Factories
The Fair Labor Association found problems at three plants run by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) supplier Foxconn. Oddly enough, these come as Apple CEO Tim Cook visits China where the plants are based. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre 2:38pm ET
Investing
Employees Rate Top CEOs (AAPL, QCOM, AXP, GOOG, HPQ)
Internet jobs site Glassdoor has released its list of the top 25 US CEOs based on employee feedback for the past 12 months. The company asked the question, “Do you approve of…
12:53pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Smartphones Now Total Half of US Mobile Phones (GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, NOK, MSFT)
Research firm Nielsen reports that 49.7% of US mobile phone subscribers owned smartphones at the end of February. In February of 2011, that number was just 36%. The leading operating systems vendors…
10:23am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Full 360-Degree Earnings Preview for RIM (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the closing bell on Thursday afternoon. The troubled smartphone maker has seen its estimates tempered consistently and the only real hope we…
6:30am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The heads of the BRIC nations say the pace of IMF-led reforms concerns them. (Reuters) Facebook cuts trading of its stock in the secondary markets. (Reuters) The board of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)…
1:24pm ET
Investing
Apple Insiders Sell Hundreds Of Millions in Stock (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) even feels immune to insiders cashing out stock worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The stock is up on a down day for the broader market and that…
Jon C. Ogg 12:00pm ET
Consumer Electronics
The Crazy $1,650 Apple Stock Call (AAPL)
The race for the $1,000 share price is still underway, but one call on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) almost sounds as though Apple-mania is in full swing. Shares hit a new all-time…
Jon C. Ogg 11:56am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia to Sell Lumia Phones in China (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, CHA, CHL, CHU)
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) lost half its market share in China last year, falling from 42% share in the first quarter to about 20% in the fourth quarter. The company wants to…
7:43am ET
Consumer Electronics
Google to Launch $150 Tablet in Late Spring (GOOG, AAPL, AMZN)
Speculation continues to grow that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will release a tablet device later this year and join the gaggle of competitors chasing the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The…
5:18am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the way President Obama has handled the gasoline crisis. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will offer refunds for iPads sold in Australia as…
1:04pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Millennial Media Lifts Price Range of IPO (GOOG, AAPL)
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media Inc. filed its Form S-1 with the SEC in early January with a suggested price range of $11-$13/share. The company filed an amended S-1 today, lifting the…
11:38am ET
Media
Angry Birds Space Tops 10 Million Downloads (AAPL, GOOG)
The enormously popular Angry Birds game released a new version last week, called Angry Birds Space, and so far consumers have downloaded some 10 million copies of the game, which is available…
7:22am ET
Media
Xbox Live to Add Comcast, HBO Go Today (MSFT, CMCSA, TWX, AAPL, GOOG)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) will roll out new applications for its Xbox 360 platform today, including one for the Xfinity video-on-demand platform from Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), another for HBO Go from…