Apple’s (AAPL) cost to build its new iPad is extraordinarily low compared to what the firm charges consumers. iSuppli, a research firm which analyzes hardware expense of goods, estimates the total cost to build an…
Douglas A. McIntyre Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
Most market experts would not have expected Apple’s (AAPL) market value to have passed Walmart’s (WMT) or GE’s (GE). But, it has even though the maker of the iPad and iPod had revenue of…
Reuters: Oil dropped as the dollar strengthened. Reuters: Samsung posted record profits. Reuters: Greece wants to amend its aid deal with Europe and not use IMF. Reuters: The US Transportation Department will…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may have already unleashed its iPad and already disclosed its first day sales of more than 300,000 iPad units. We have already seen many analyst calls this morning. We…
Jon C. Ogg Updated throughout the day. Democrats are unhappy about an Obama Memorial Day deadline for a financial reform package (Politico) Yamaha plans to raise $810 million. (Bloomberg) Extended Stay, the hotel company, favors a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released some first-day sales figures on the iPad. The numbers are huge and above the initial projections we were using of 250,000 to 300,000, but at the…
Jon C. Ogg Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have…
An unsettling piece of news from Consumer Reports via Business Insider. The non-profit consumer protection and testing firm reports “we’ve been unable to charge our iPads in any USB port on a…
The VCR was supposed to ruin box office demand. Then Blockbuster (BBI) was the spoiler. Then came DVDs and high-def DVDs. That spawned NetFlix (NFLX) and kiosk operations like Redbox. What DVDs could not…
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Reuters: China said nothing about the US delay of currency manipulations charges. Reuters: Office vacancy rates hit a 16-year high. Reuters: CEO pay is down from last year and Ellison of Oracle…
The estimates for first day sales of the Apple (AAPL) iPad have begun to come out. They are useless, educated guesses at the best. Apple has not give out any numbers and…
Douglas A. McIntyre This weekend’s roster of the Unusual Suspects has far fewer earnings previews due to the notion that earnings season is over and we are already getting ready for another earnings season. But…
The iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is 24 hours from being sold in stores. Last night came word that some 1,700 Apps were already available for the iPad and this Friday…
Jon C. Ogg 