There has been a guessing game going on among analysts since the new iPad launched on March 16. How many were sold? Experts watched lines at stores and counted units sold at Apple…
Douglas A. McIntyre Markets opened slightly lower this morning as everyone seemed to be waiting for the announcement from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) regarding its $97 billion cash pile (our coverage here). Financial sector stocks…
Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) posted a new 52-week (and more-than-10-year) high today of $67.00/share. The last time the stock was anywhere near that was early April of 2001. The company’s…
Sales of the Kindle family of e-readers from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is “significantly weaker than expected” in the first quarter of 2012 according to an analyst at Pacific Crest. The analyst’s…
Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) worth about $700 billion? That is what Wedbush Morgan is calling for. The firm is raising its previous $585.00 price target up to $750.00 per share now. This…
Jon C. Ogg Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally decided to decide what to do with its $100 billion or so mountain of cash. The decision is a dividend, a buyback, and a reserve fund…
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.…
