Nokia Corp. (NYSE:NOK) new Chief Executive Steven Elop was hired in September to lead a turnaround of the struggling cellphone maker whose market value has eroded by $61 billion. With today’s announced…
The head of Android operations at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) says that the adoption of the mobile operating system has gotten a substantial lift from outside the United States. That does nothing to tell…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Chinese firm Lenovo had a surge in sales of their personal computers last month. Most of the rest of the industry did not. NPD Group, the research organization, reported…
The new tax package made it through the first stage of Congressional approval. (Reuters) The federal government began the process of setting higher capital requirements for US banks. (Reuters) China will have…
There have been two standout research calls this morning in two of the darlings of tech and internet investors. Goldman Sachs, in a broader technology group call, put a Conviction Buy List…
President Obama will host a meeting for a number of large company CEOs in Washington this week. The heads of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and PepsiCo (NYSE:…
We have a different cast of characters in this weekend’s UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead. Many bits of news and rumors are carrying over from last week into the coming week…
First, video killed the radio star. Now, it looks like the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad is causing the same sorts of disruption to newspaper publishers. According to a survey of 1,000 iPad…
Douglas A. McIntyre The short sellers ran for cover in the actively traded high priced market leaders at the end of November. With only a few exceptions of our “high-priced leaders,” almost all of these…
By Douglas A. McIntyre A look at the most expensive gifts sold by twelve retailers including Tiffany (NYSE: TIF), Target (NYSE: TGT), Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF), Apple (NYSE: AAPL, and Best…
Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will release a new iPad with two cameras (various) China’s largest social network, Oak Pacific International, will have an IPO (Reuters) The FAA will increase…
We have been following the contract negotiation saga between Howard Stern and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) quite closely and for some time. Last night we even hit a 23-day countdown. …
The speculation of what will become of Howard Stern’s contract with SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is heating up. This stock may have had a stellar rise over the last year…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) seems to be losing some of its edge when it comes to its share of the global semiconductor business. Gartner Group gave a forecast of total company revenues…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and gold have both been major gainers this year. That makes it hard to ignore the notion that the gold trade may have become almost the same as…
