Jon OggThis was a strange day in the markets, not just because the non-farm payrolls and unemployment rate were far worse than expected. It is just not that often that you see…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Reiterated Buy and raised target to $500…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) said it has reached the milestone of 15 billion app downloads from its App Store. The store now has a total of 425,000 applications for iPhones and iPads. Most…
Douglas A. McIntyre JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) may become the largest lender in the U.S. soon (Reuters) Jobs numbers may show that the economy has finally turned the corner (Reuters) Fitch downgraded Minnesota from AAA…
Updated throughout the day. Treasury has begun to examine alternatives to default after August 2. (Reuters) Blackstone (NYSE: BSX) will raise $16 billion for its new buy-out fund (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
24/7 Wall St. is probably not alone in noticing that there were very few earnings warnings issued by the major companies that dictate market trends going into the end of June. That…
It would have been hard to imagine just a year ago that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) growth engine would be the phone business. It has turned out that the most exciting developments at…
The press has given the joint venture between Facebook and Skype to deliver video chat a large amount of coverage. Facebook Video Calling does not offer anything new. Skype has had video…
Treasury officials examine ways to prevent default if an August 2 deadline to increase the debt cap is not met by Congress (Reuters) LaGarde will give a Chinese official a top job…
HTC, the Taiwan based smartphone company, posted extraordinary earnings for its fiscal second quarter. Earnings more than doubled to $608 million, exceeding most analysts forecasts. The firm said much of its success was…
The new data from comScore on US carrier networks for smartphones is beyond alarming. It is not just confirming a trend, but confirming that there is no sign of a negative trend…
Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) has been on and off life support for years. Its shares trade just above $3 down from nearly $30 in mid-2007 and and $75 in 1999. Kodak has…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) now offers 100,000 apps for the iPad, according to MacStories. The iPhone has four times that many, but the iPad has only been on the market for a year.…
Congress and the Administration are closer to a conclusion of negotiations on the debt cap (Reuters) The finance minister of Greece said its viability is essential to the euro zone (Reuters) Canon…
HTC announced fiscal third quarter results. The information was good for HTC but not good for rival smartphone firm, Blackberry maker Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). HTC said revenue more than doubled…
