Geithner to discuss a bank bailout fund with EU ministers. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) results are well below expectations. (Reuters) Several central banks to offer dollars to keep liquidity strong…
Mobile phone maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) reported second quarter fiscal 2012 earnings after the market closed today. The company posted revenue of $4.2 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.80.…
The first votes are in on the pricing scheme introduced in July by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and it appears that the company’s subscribers are voting with their feet. Netflix now expects…
The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and none of…
The borrow-a-patent, rent-a-patent, buy-a-patent industry is growing by the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just bought 1,023 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The big hardware company will hardly miss them. It files more…
Smartphone adoption in the US market has reached 35% of US adult mobile phone users, and 42% of all mobile phone owners. In Europe’s five leading markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and…
Best Buy needs new leadership. The current CEO, Brian J. Dunn, has had his chance to turn the company around. Nearly every news report about Best Buy’s (NYSE: BBY) poor earnings carried…
Moody’s cuts ratings of France’s Credit Agricole and Societe Generale as Greek debt trouble spreads. (Reuters) Federal Reserve may try to help the economy with more bond purchases. (Reuters) Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO)…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is going to try to be a bit opportunistic, but this time in buying its own stock on the cheap. The PC giant (and IT-services player) has authorized…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been one of our dividend offenders for quite some time, but it is hard to argue that the company’s equity-investor strategy has been wrong. After all, its…
John Chambers of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to preside over the company’s analyst meeting, perhaps for the last time. (Reuters) Merkel says the euro has no orderly method for a default. (Reuters) The…
Jon OggEach morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research notes. We then look back over these at the end of the week to more closely review…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has so far refused to succumb to the economic slowdown in the same manner as other technology companies. Even the threat of a long-term brain drain is not…
Jon C. Ogg Obama proposes a $447 billion job stimulation package. (Reuters) Economic problems to be the focus of G7 meetings. (Reuters) One Super Congress member threatens to quit over concerns about military budget cuts.…
The predictions that the PC era is coming to an end are supported almost every time an important piece of research on the industry is released. Research firm Gartner has issued its…
