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…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will answer a question that has nagged its investors for years — what will the company do with its cash? CEO and founder Steve Jobs refused to address the…
The DJIA, NASDAQ, and S&P 500 each ended higher by 2% for the week. At the end of today, the DJIA slipped .15% to 13,233. The NASDAQ fell .04% to 3,055. The…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has seen targets raised this morning by Oppenheimer to…
Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now…
Electronics research firm iFixit pulled apart a new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and found parts from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Apple’s greatest nemesis: Samsung. It is an example of how in the…
Rumors continue that the U.S. and UK will release some of their strategic oil reserves to help abate rising gas and oil prices. Gas prices increased again yesterday to $3.831, up from…
The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to new highs.…
By now, most investors know that the large hedge funds are run by billionaires rather than millionaires. What many investors might not know is that some hedge funds are reaching the size…
JD Power released its smartphone and traditional handset customer satisfaction survey. For the seventh year in a row, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rated in first place. A second part of the research looked…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) briefly hit $600 per share this morning, and then as if a firing shot went off the investors and traders started taking profits. While some of the selling…
Jon C. Ogg China, India, and Brazil represent the strongest market opportunities for smartphone makers for the period form 2012 through 2016. International Data Corp. (IDC) says that China, which has overtaken the US as…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided to enter the tablet PC race. It would be very late to the market, and damage to its brand because of a lack of popular smartphones will…
RealtyTrac says foreclosure notices rose last month. (Reuters) The U.S. and UK discuss releasing strategic oil reserves to bring down fuel prices. (Reuters) Volcker says new inflation would be harmful to the…
