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…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) will begin an assault on tablet computer industry. Late to the market? Damage to its brand because of a lack of popular smartphones will undermine prospects of strong sales. Nokia may believe it has…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is reported to have subpoenaed documents from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) related to how the company incorporates the search engine from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) on Apple’s…
It was just yesterday that Jefferies raised its Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) price target to $699 from $599 in a research call. Now today we have Canaccord Genuity raising its price target to…
Jon C. Ogg The Nasdaq rose above 3,000 for the first time since December 2000. The extraordinary move was helped by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which makes up a large portion of the index’s value. But…
Most U.S. banks do well on Fed stress tests, but Citigroup (NYSE: C) does poorly. (Reuters) The prime minister of China says the government will speed up economic reforms to cushion the economy.…
The tech patent suits keep piling up. The most recent is a set of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) claims about 10 patents filed against Facebook. The mobile sector has the highest level of…
The NASDAQ rose to just higher than 3,000 for the first time since December 2000. The improvement was aided by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) which makes up a substantial piece of the indexes’ value. But, shares the companies of most other…
Douglas A. McIntyre Fourth quarter worldwide shipments of media tablets such as the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew 155% year-over-year and 56% sequentially, according to the latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC).…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often accused of making its shares inaccessible with such a high share price. It has not prevented its stock from running up, but the daytrading crew that trades…
Jon C. Ogg Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) keeps hitting new highs, and today is no divergence away from that. Jefferies & Co.’s Peter Misek reiterated his Buy rating this morning, but in the call the…
Jon C. Ogg Wireless carriers AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone plc (NASDAQ: VOD), will launch the new iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The new iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may not have a catchy new name, but it definitely has plenty of appeal. A recent survey by ChangeWave Research indicates that 22% of…
