Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a new plan earlier this week that would allow content creators like publishers, music companies, and game makers to offer and receive payment for subscriptions to digital…
They say there is an ETF for everything. Now comes the launch by First Trust Advisors L.P. for a Smartphone ETF. The First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund (NASDAQ: FONE) offers…
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…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has not decided whether to introduce a smaller versions of the iPhone (NYT) Zynga may have an IPO next year (NYT) Citadel may sell itself…
Douglas A. McIntyre The head of the Bank of Japan said that easing by the G20 central banks was necessary even though it may be causing inflation in the emerging world (Reuters) The head of…
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved…
Republicans have started to shut down funding for Dodd-Frank programs (Reuters) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and other agencies will fine banks for improper foreclosure methods (Reuters) Ben Bernanke says…
Everyone knows that Facebook has more than 500 million users, a market value north of $50 billion, and a CEO whose life has already been documented in a feature film. Why does…
Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) is trading marginally higher today on news that it is collaborating with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA). The collaboration is actually right in the sweet spot of the current…
The size of the Japanese economy dropped in the fourth quarter of last year, but exports may aid a rebound. (Reuters) The Obama budget will cut $1.1 trillion in costs over 10…
We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:…
Pandora Media, Inc. will likely soon be a public company. The leader in internet radio filed its preliminary IPO paperwork on Friday evening. Terms such as a share count and a price…
Leave it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to grab a headline on the same day that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reveals a tie-up with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Bloomberg cites “people who…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is at work on a smaller version of the iPhone (WSJ) Facebook is considering a $1 billion sale of shares by employees (WSJ) Google (NASDAQ:…
NokiaMicrosoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) won a huge victory today. Struggling handset company Nokia (NYSE: NOK), which is still the global leader in its industry, will use Redmond’s mobile OS in its smartphones. Nokia…
