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Apple Inc.

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AAPL Coverage

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Investing

Apple’s Earnings Could Blow Past Estimates (AAPL)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reports earnings after markets close today, and at least one observer thinks that consensus estimates will be left in the rear-view mirror. The consensus estimate calls for EPS…

Paul Ausick
6:39am ET
Retail

An Awful Start for JCPenney’s New CEO

Former Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) retail chief Ron Johnson, hired to achieve a turnaround at JCPenney (NYSE: JCP), is off to a terrible start. The wobbly department store company may not recover for…

Douglas A. McIntyre
1:35pm ET
Investing

Digital Music Sales Up 8% In 2011–IFPI

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reports that digital music sales rose 8% last year to $5.2 billlion worldwide. The lobbying group was quick to note that the improvement is nearly…

Douglas A. McIntyre
11:28am ET
Investing

Apple Sold 350,000 Textbooks in First Three Days (AAPL)

The Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) initiative into figital textbook publishing is off to a rousing start. The company reportedly sold 350,000 electronic texts since the program was announced last Friday. The company’s…

Paul Ausick
7:32am ET
Investing

JC Penney (JCP) To Cut Thousands–NY Post

The press has been invited to an event at which new JP Penney (NYSE: JCP) CEO Ron Johnson will talk about what the company says is his exciting new strategy.  What the invitation does…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:44am ET
Investing

Why Not an Apple Executive for RIM’s CEO Job?

Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) did not pick Bob Mansfield, Apple’s head of hardware operations, to act as its new CEO. It did not pick Philip Schiller, Apple’s long-time marketing chief. RIM…

Douglas A. McIntyre
3:42am ET
Investing

RIM Replaces CEOs, but Too Late

After a series of management mistakes that cost Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) its lead in the global smartphone business, and over 80% of its market value, the firm’s long-time co-CEOs were pushed out…

Douglas A. McIntyre
8:43am ET
Apps & Software

Microsoft 1, Google 0

It was no accident that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings were good and Google’s bad (NASDAQ: GOOG). The assumption that search is one of the best businesses in the world has proved inaccurate.…

Douglas A. McIntyre