Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) dismissed speculation, per CNN, that it is the big U.S. bank that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told Forbes magazine will be the website’s next target. OK!…
Following on its observations that tablet devices and smartphones would hurt PC sales, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) has lowered its forecast for worldwide PC sales for this year. The IT research company …
Short sellers have started to come back into some select names again. While we often look for patterns, it is some of of these high-priced stocks that often offer the most insight. …
Earlier this week came the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) sales gimmick for Black Friday. It started out as a bad tease that really left a lot to be desired with engraving and…
Jon C. Ogg The craze of late-2008 into 2009 was the netbook. The new craze is the tablet PC, and you do not need to be told about the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). …
Gimmicks are generally considered unique or special features to make something stand out that would have otherwise been lost in the shuffle or been ignored. Gimmick often do nothing other than draw…
Jon C. Ogg Being Blockbuster must be just awful now. We picked this as one of several key brands which would disappear, and it has already met our criteria for disappearing because it filed for…
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) will not admit publicly that its DVD-via-mail business is dying. But, its announcement today that it will offer an “internet only” product is a powerful hint that the company…
The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone may appear to be invulnerable at the top of the smartphone food chain, but it may soon have company. ChangeWave reports “Among individual iPhone models, the iPhone…
Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) margins rushed past expectations and shares moved higher (Reuters) Bernanke said a strong US recovery is essential to global economic health (Reuters) Lawmakers attacked regulators and banks on the…
The new Microsoft (NASADQ: MSFT) Kinect, which has already sold 1 million units, and updated versions of products from Sony (NYSE: SNE), and Nintendo had all better sell well in November and…
The GM IPO may be the largest in US history (Reuters) Fed officials defended their plan to lower rates (Reuters) Bonds issues by Ireland may have great value in the case of…
Verdict: Irrelevant The CEO of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) told the Web 2.0 conference that his firm’s new tablet PC is “three to four times faster” than the iPad. Jim Balsillie said “Go…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will add the Beatles to its iTune store (WSJ) Major league soccer will launch more fantasy sports to support revenue (Reuters) Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre The day on which the promise of online video is fulfilled has still not come. New comScore data shows that YouTube, which has still not found a business model, dominated the use…
