Remarks made over the weekend by Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Steven Elop appear to quell any notion that the company plans to enter the tablet market any time soon. The company…
Updated throughout the day. Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM) may buy Gulf Keystone Petroleum for $10.9 billion (The Independent) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to meet media executives in preparation to launch its…
Fitch is skeptical that European Union officials can solve the sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) The rising U.S. deficit could undermine health care reforms. (Reuters) The S&P 500 may not close in the…
Covering a wide range of industries and behaviors, the 10Q Detective lists some of the more sophomoric — and predictable — regulatory filings made to the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2011:…
US equity markets opened solidly higher this morning, but began to lose momentum by mid-morning. From there it’s been a mostly downhill day with the DJIA creeping back to nearly flat with…
Canaccord Genuity has joined in with many of the brokerage firms issuing top picks and trends to watch in 2012 from its analysts. The latest is the firm’s “Top Technology Picks for 2012” which…
Smartphone makers are expected to sell some 142 million units in the current calendar quarter. The bulk of those sales are pumping up the revenues at two vendors — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Neutral with $57.00 price target objective…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still one of the most revered companies in America, and in the world. Since Steve Jobs has passed away there has been a bit less enthusiasm for…
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said that if the eurozone crisis in not solved, the global economy could be damaged nearly beyond belief. She reasons that the sovereign debt crisis cannot be contained.…
Zynga posts at the high end of its IPO range and will raise $1 billion. (Reuters) Congress reaches a tentative deal to keep the government open. (Reuters) Bill Gross’s PIMCO Total Return Fund…
Among the poor news from Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) about its earnings and forecast, the company said it would delay smartphones with its critical QNX until 2012. The company said the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Finnish weekly Tekniikka&Talous says Angry Birds may have a Hong Kong IPO next year. The company makes online games which have been particularly popular as app downloads for smartphones like the Apple…
Douglas A. McIntyre Research-in-Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) should change its name to ‘RIM’s Limited.’ The smartphone maker is turning out to be a ‘dumbphone’ maker if you look at industry figures. Still, what is interesting is…
Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) posted its quarterly results. Like most of what RIM has done recently, the figures disappointed the market. They did, however, show that the RIM has not been…
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