6:28am ET
Big Companies Pay Little in Taxes
Yet another study shows that the largest U.S. companies pay very little in taxes. The problem, if it is one, has gone without a solution for years. There is nothing on the…
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6:20am ET
Media
Media Digest (11/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve cuts its forecast for employment and GDP growth. (Reuters) The expanding Greek debt problem will trouble the G20 summit. (Reuters) Groupon’s IPO may be a dollar higher than its…
11:21am ET
Consumer Electronics
Analyzing Upside: ARM Over Intel, and Back Again (ARMH, INTC, AAPL, MSFT)
If you trust BMO Capital Markets, it looks like ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) has more upside than Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). In a switch around call, BMO raised ARM Holdings to “Outperform”…
6:37am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World Today (11/2/2011) Fed QE3, EU PMI Drop
Germany’s PMI contracts. Germany’s PMI contracted for the first time since September 2009, and to the lowest level since July 2009 — in the midst of the recession. This signals that the slowdown…
6:26am ET
Telecom & Wireless
HTC Takes U.S. Smartphone Industry by Storm
HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone company, was barely known in the U.S. three years ago. It is now the number one manufacturer of the devices sold in America because of its clever adoption…
6:22am ET
Consumer Electronics
Sony and CEO Stringer’s Last Failure?
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has made another in a long line of disappointing announcements about earnings. This one should cost chairman and CEO Sir Howard Stringer his job. He has been a failure…
2:58pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Sprint, Nokia Shares Tumble Again (S, NOK, HTCKF, AAPL, MSFT)
Shares in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are both down more than -5% in mid-afternoon trading today. There’s not specific news to account for the drop, but…
9:29am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Are Smartphone Sales Cooling Off? (AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, GOOG, HTCKF, NOK, MSFT, RIMM)
When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported that it sold 17 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year, that meant that the company’s smartphone market share fell from about 17.4% to…
8:00am ET
Media
The Financial World Today: What’s Important (10/30/2011) Walmart Cuts Hours, Nook Trouble
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to cut hours at some of its 24-hour stores, a sign of flagging traffic as the holiday retail period begins. Walmart has been in the process of…
8:33am ET
Media
The Most Important Financial News (10/29/2011) YouTube Channels, HP Downgrade
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube will launch 100 premium channels, in what will be the start-up of a bone-crushing competitor to online video sites like Hulu and Yahoo! video. YouTube’s size in terms…
9:55am ET
Investing
Baidu, Better For Now Than Apple & Google Combined (BIDU, AAPL, GOOG)
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) is proving that it was far too oversold during the September market tank. The company is surging after earnings and it needs to be noted that the ADR…
6:43am ET
Investing
Ten Indicators Predicting No Double-Dip Recession (AAPL, CAT, JPM, BAC, AA, MMM, FDX, BRK-A)
The economy remains in a climate with a very weak recovery. There is still some good news though. All of the recent calls for a “double dip recession” grew too loud and are now being…
6:23am ET
Consumer Electronics
Samsung Ahead of Apple in Smartphones, but at What Cost?
Samsung boasted that it sold more smartphones than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the third quarter, but it may not have made much money in the process. Volume is nearly useless without margins.…
6:16am ET
Media
Media Digest (10/28/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 21.5% last quarter. (MarketWatch) EU officials not expecting China to invest in the region’s bailout, despite reports to the contrary. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) to keep its…
6:37am ET
Investing
The Most Important Financial News (10/27/2011)
European Financial Stability Facility $1 trillion saves greece. The eurozone has set a larger European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which may have a balance as high as $1.4 trillion. This amount will…