Media Digest (8/31/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
An Institute for Policy Studies report says many CEOs at the 100 largest U.S. companies made more than their companies paid in taxes. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) knew of a…
comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as a percentage…
LG, the third largest handset maker in the world, is about to release its new 4G-enabled Thrill. It will be marketed by AT&T (NYSE: T). The Thrill is another in a flood…
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is likely to succeed where Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and several other PC and consumer electronics companies have failed. Its new Google…
It was only recently that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) dropped the news that it was evaluating strategic alternatives for its PC group, called the Personal Systems Group. At the time the company…
During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union built enormous stockpiles of nuclear weapons that could have wiped out each other — along with everyone — else on the globe…
LG Display (NYSE: LPL) cuts capital expenditures as demand for LCD screens is hurt by tablet PC sales. (Reuters) Samsung to delay its tablet launch in the U.S. because of IP lawsuits…
Jon OggEach morning we review our top upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts. At the end of the week, we review these more closely along with other calls made throughout…
Steve Jobs’s transition from CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to chairman has caused a great deal of ink to be spilt on the departure of other famous CEOs, such as Walt Disney,…
OmniVision Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OVTI) is supposed to be a great company. It makes all of the chipsets for the cameras inside your smartphones and digital cameras. Today is not great and…
courtesy of Pandora MediaInternet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) reported that listeners spent 1.8 billion hours tuned in last quarter, an increase of 125% from the same period a year…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares remain fairly steady in support of new management. (Reuters) The Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner officially launches. (Reuters) The CEO of AIG (NYSE: AIG) talks with senior management…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) can use all the help it can get, and there is a rumor that the new Blackberry smartphones will run Android apps from Google Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Thursday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT), TiVo, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVO).…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (NYSE: AEO) Raised to Neutral from Sell…