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…
Asia-based smartphone company HTC is locked in several patent battles with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has offered aid to HTC by “loaning” it patents that should help counter Apple’s claims…
Facebook’s first half revenue doubles from a year ago. (Reuters) Fitch warns about downgrades of China and Japan. (Reuters) Department of Defense officials warn of cuts in the sum the government pays…
When great CEOs leave a company, an entire corporate culture is at risk to change, even when the new CEO is the favored replacement. Tim Cook is said to be more than…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Tuesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK), Suntech Power Holdings (NYSE:…
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and Citigroup (NYSE: C) may settle charges made by several states over “robo-signing” practices. (FT) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be able to hold on to the market share the iPad has in the U.S. The battle for the second, third and fourth places has become more bloody…
It has been said and written a hundred times: Sir Howard Stringer is the wrong person to be CEO of Sony (NYSE: SNE). It is possible that no CEO could save Sony…
IMF head Lagarde shows independence from Europe in many of her decisions. (Reuters) The Justice Department sues to block AT&T (NYSE: T) buyout of T-Mobile. (Reuters) Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) tablet PCs to…
It looks like Uncle Sam has taken a stand on the buyout by AT&T (NYSE: T) of T-Mobile, which is owned by Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY). The biggest winner might be…
