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Investing
The Week’s Market Winners
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (27 MAY – 2 JUN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 2Jun11 Close Price 27May11 Market Cap ($Mil) Apollo Group Inc APOL 16.6 46.90 40.22 6618.9…
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Media
Media Digest (6/3/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Employment is likely to be hurt by the weak economy. (Reuters) Hackers attacked a new Sony (NYSE: SNE) network. (Reuters) A Prada filing with the Hong Kong exchange showed $215 million in…
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Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (6/1/2011) Windows Mobile, Jobs Unveils, Carlyle IPO
Updated throughout the day. SAC faces a government investigation on insider trading activity from the MedImmune takeover (WSJ) Steve Jobs will unveil Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iCloud service this month (Reuters) Carlyle Group…
6:32am ET
Investing
A Break-Up Of Nokia
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) looks quite a lot like the old Motorola did five years ago. Motorola’s cellphone business was nearly ruined as the company failed to replace its RAZR with another popular…
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Media
Media Digest (6/1/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The House defeated a bill to raise the national debt limit. (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) unsuccessfully tried to form a venture with Facebook. (Reuters) SAC is under investigation for its trading of…
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Telecom & Wireless
America’s Worst Board Members: Jorma Ollila Of Nokia
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) chairman Jorma Ollila really should not be on the 24/7 Wall St. America’s Worst Directors List. Nokia is based in Finland, but it is traded on the NYSE and…
11:01am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Must Consider a R-I-M Merger, Survival Risks For Both (NOK, RIMM, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, HPQ, ERIC)
Over the last week, 24/7 Wall St. has been working on two different pieces about Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Nokia was “Nokia’s No Way Out Scenario” and…
6:21am ET
Apps & Software
How Much Are China Sales Worth To Microsoft ?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says that the sales of Windows in China are about 5% of what they are in the US although each country has about the same number of PCs. Piracy…
6:55am ET
Apps & Software
In Defense Of Steve Ballmer
In defense of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may not be a company that can be greatly improved, no matter who runs it. Hedge fund chief David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital called…
8:48am ET
Investing
Big Changes in Short Interest Trends of High-Priced NASDAQ Favorites (AMZN, AAPL, BIDU, FFIV, FSLR, GOOG, NFLX, PCLN, QCOM, WYNN)
The May 13 , 2011 short interest data is now out and there were some significant changes in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced leaders. Some short selling went up and some went way…
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Telecom & Wireless
A Mild Panic As Apple Share Price Slides
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share price is supposed to keep going up. Many brokers have price targets for the stock above $400 and some are as high as $450. The stock trades at…
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Investing
IBM Challenges Microsoft For #2 Tech Company By Market Cap (AAPL, MSFT, IBM, ORCL, GOOG)
The old big event that had been impossible to imagine was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) overtaking Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) with the world’s highest valuation for any technology company. Apple achieved that…
6:20am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/23/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
European debt concerns have dragged stocks down. (Reuters) Foxconn said a third person had died following an explosion in a plant where Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPads are made. (Reuters) GT Solar may…
7:54am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/20/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Liberty Media offered $1 billion for Barnes & Noble. (NYSE: BKS) (Reuters) Tepco lost $15 billion. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) expects to receive a summons from the US government shortly. (Reuters)…
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Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (5/19/2011) Apple Privacy, New IMF Chief
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will face new privacy laws in Europe (FT) Christine Lagarde, the finance minister or France, is the favorite to take over…