Among the hundreds of rumors about the release data and technical prowess of the new iPad 5 is another rumor that the company will release a tablet with a smaller screen–perhaps 8…
Douglas A. McIntyre Equity markets got off to a good start this morning as all three major US stock indexes opened higher on the news that the Greek parliament had approved a new round of…
Whitney Houston’s death on Saturday is being followed by many former fans. What is interesting is that after a celebrity’s death it turns out that their albums, books, magazines with them on the…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been on fire in 2012 and has hit new high after new high. If you just benchmark the $500 price, Apple shares are up 23.4% so far…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is on its way to having a $500 billion market capitalization rate. What may be more impressive than just how large that number sounds is that Apple has…
Jon C. Ogg Plagued by bad public relations, and online petitions about how the labor at its suppliers in China is treated, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) started an investigation into huge supplier Foxconn. It is not…
Douglas A. McIntyre The mess in Greece will not go away, even though the nation’s parliament voted by an overwhelming margin to accept austerity measures to get a 130 billion euro bailout, its second. Citizens continue…
Greece’s parliament passes austerity measures as people riot. (Reuters) President Obama’s new budget plan will be based in part on taxation of the rich. (Reuters) Olympus forecasts a $412 million loss. (Reuters)…
In another round of the global intellectual war between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US which claims the South Korean firm violates four of its patents.…
Jon OggThis last week was very busy, and Friday’s disappointing trading day skewed many research reports. Each morning we track analyst upgrades and downgrades and over the weekend we review each to…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been hitting new all-time highs of late, and analysts have been ratcheting up their price targets. We recently noted one analyst call for a $665 price target…
China’s imports number fell more than expected, another sign that an economy that grew at 10% or more per year for a decade has moved into a recession of sorts. Exports decreased 0.5%…
The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing…
To keep its customers in a frenzy of demand, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a major new product release about twice a year. The last one was the iPhone 4S. It was such…
Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) new CEO Kazuo Hirai says the way for the company to turn around is to use the successful Playstation model. The PS3 is a gaming console, internet device, and entertainment…
