Jon OggA research report from JMP Securities this last week ended up having a significant impact on shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and may have been considered blasphemy by many of…
Mobile advertising network Millennial Media has released its February data on which devices and operating systems are leading the mobile ad market. Millennial is the third largest mobile ad network, trailing AdMob,…
The usually reliable Taiwanese website Digitimes reports that Asustek Computer is preparing to launch a new netbook with a retail price between $200-$250. To reach that price point, Digitimes cited sources who “believe” that…
Not many things test a brand’s strength more than a price increase. Nike (NYSE: NKE) said it will increase what it charges for most products by 5.2% because of rising costs for…
Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) cut 5% of the employees in its trading operation (Reuters) Congress added another stop gap budget bill to take the federal government’s funding through April 8 (Reuters)…
Hardware industry research firm iSuppli has issued a report which says that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) may run short on some parts used to build the iPad 2. The aftermath of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.The market capitalization of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) moved ahead of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) last year. It was a humiliation for the world’s largest software company which held…
FedEx (NYSE: FDX) profits will probably be higher but hurt by gas prices. (Reuters) Lehman Bros has set November 17 as the date to get approval of its bankruptcy plan. (Reuters) Problems…
The next thing a smartphone will replace, if Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has its way, is your credit/debit card. The Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of the Android smartphone operating…
A research report from JMP Securities is responsible for the damage seen in Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) so far this Wednesday. The firm cut the rating to “Market Perform” from “Outperform” based…
Jon C. Ogg Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
Douglas A. McIntyre Just as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a successful launch of its new iPad 2, some industry experts see its dominance in the sector fading. This is despite some Wall St. firms’ estimates…
How did Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) miss the mark so badly in digital music? How did Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) allow the great brand of the Walkman get over-run? The world of…
The consensus estimate is that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sold 500,000 iPad 2 units over the weekend. That is more than the original iPad sold after its weekend launch. Most analysts who cover…
