The good news for PC companies is that consumers are starting to buy computers again. The bad news is that they are not paying very much for the machines. The “new” PC…
Microsoft Corp’s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Steve Ballmer inks a deal with Yahoo, the software giant’s biggest in years, and all of a sudden he’s invincible. He sure made it sound that way at…
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a troubled handset and communications and networking equipment provider for what is becoming longer than memory cares to record. Its restructuring plans have never seemed to…
Sony has been skewered for its lack of innovation for the last half decade. Its last big consumer electronics hit was the Walkman which went on sale in June 1979. Sony had…
Reuters: Unemployment is causing further stress in the housing market. Reuters: The Microsoft (MSFT) deal with Yahoo! (YHOO) may have challenges with regulators. Reuters: Sony (SNE) lost money on weakness in its…
Reuters: China and the US vowed close ties to bring the economy out of recession. Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! (YHOO) are close to a search deal. Reuters: The Senate may drop…
Reuters: The recession has badly hurt investments in green technologies. Reuters: Obama called for deeper China ties with the US. Reuters: BP’s (BP) profits fell sharply. Reuters: Bank of America (BAC) will…
Apple (AAPL) already has the world largest digital music store, iTunes, based on most industry measurements. It plans to expand that dominant position in a fashion that will help both it and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Airline on-board entertainment systems face competition from handheld devices like the Apple (AAPL) iPod. Reuters: Bernanke will be on PBS to take his message about Fed plans to a broader audience.…
AT&T (T) appropriately makes the point that its earnings now are driven by its cellular business and its new fiber broadband. The company now has 79.6 million wireless subscribers. The Apple (AAPL)…
Jim Cramer came on CNBC’s MAD MONEY with a call that many will agree with and many will be upset about because he has been positive on the mobile internet sector. Cramer said…
Douglas A. McIntyre AT&T’s (T) wireless, broadband, and U-verse TV subscription businesses all did well in the second quarter. Buried a bit deep in the press release about earnings was the fact that AT&T had…
Apple (AAPL) iPods that catch on fire have become a sort of urban legend. There are stories from time to time about spontaneous combustion of the multimedia players, but Apple has played…
Douglas A. McIntyre The following are some of the top stocks to watch for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to more detailed coverage and volume analysis…
Most investors would assume that the only handset companies to post increases in unit sales last quarter are Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM). Those two high-end handset companies are damaging the market share opportunities of…
