Second quarter earnings are set, at least for those firms on a calendar year. The period was fairly strong economically, except perhaps for June. That means that some earnings could come in…
Print has won at least one victory over the e-readers including the Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) Kindle and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. Readers can read printed content more quickly than material downloaded…
MarketWatch: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was upped to overweight at JPM. Reuters: Large shareholders of BP plc (NYSE: BP) were against the oil company raising a large sum of capital by…
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Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is about to become the No. 2 provider of VOD services in the US based on the success of video content sales and rentals from the iTunes store.…
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), sits on the board of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) That means the entertainment company is well aware of the power of…
Reuters: Maria Cantwell (D-WA) will support the Senate financial reform bill, giving Democrats a boost. Reuters: Automakers had a setback in June, an indication that the industry is facing slow growth. Reuters: …
Amazon.com has already dropped the price of its basic Kindle e-reader by $70 to $189. The moved followed a price cut of Barnes & Noble’s (NYSE: BKS) Nook from $199 to $149…
Reuters: The House passed the financial reform bill leaving the Senate to act Reuters: Work on the BP plc (NYSE: B) oil spill will be delayed because of Hurricane Alex. Reuters: China’s…
CNET reports that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) will end production of its Kin social media smartphone. It has only been on the market for two months. Microsoft told CNET that “We have…
There are many stocks on the move this morning, some from earnings some not. The active trader and day trader alerts seen so far this morning in the pre-market are American International…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
Reuters: Democrats will make a final push for financial reform. Reuters: Hurricane Alex is likely to affect clean-up efforts in the Gulf significantly. Reuters: Oil will have its first quarterly drop in…
The rumor mill has been active on this for months and months, but the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone rumor mill is stirring again. Bloomberg reported that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)…
