The Kindle has become the most purchased item given as a gift in the history of the powerful e-commerce site, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN). And, Amazon announced that “On Christmas Day, for the first time ever, customers…
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares hit an all-time high yesterday as they rose to $209.35 up 3.5%. Most of the increase way due to rumors that the company will finally launch its tablet PC…
Reuters: Pay czar Feinberg approved compensation at several bailed out firms. Reuters: Oil moved above $77 as US crude stocks dropped. Reuters: The US is probing some banks about their sale of…
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), is doing fine, financially. He took a salary of just $1 last year but owns 5.546 million Apple shares. The stock trades above $200, so…
Douglas A. McIntyre The legitimate press is hardly legitimate any more. The number of rumors about Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) each week can reach a dozen. Most of them turn out to be false. Apple has been…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Allen Sanford is on the edge of a nervous breakdown. (Houston Chronicle). Citigroup (NYSE:C) says that The Wall Street Journal is wrong about hackers taking money from client…
Nielsen says that the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone is the No.1 mobile phone in the US, with a market share of 4%. The number is flawed because the iPhone number includes all models…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) needs to follow-up its success in the computer, portable multimedia player, and handset businesses to keep its revenue momentum and relationship with Wall St. Analysts believe the Apple’s next important…
Market analysts and experts on IT spending have taken a “wait-and-see” approach to pass judgment on whether the launch of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 7 would cause quick adoption of the software at…
MarketWatch: Moody’s (NYSE:MCO) downgraded Greece’s debt to A2 from A1 and said it had a negative outlook on the nation’s sovereign paper. Reuters: The FBI is probing a cyber attack on Citigroup (NYSE:C). Reuters: …
We have compiled several options chains we are watching today now that the DEC-2009 PUTS/CALLS have expired on Friday. Much of this likely options roll-outs continuing, but we are seeing some unusual…
Many investors use the last few weeks of each year to sell stocks on which they have posted losses to help their tax position. Other investors simply clean the dead wood out…
AT&T (NASDAQ:T) has had trouble with its network, reported due to the huge amount of activity by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone customers. Today, the phone company’s PR firm, Fleishman-Hillard, put out a release…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made impressive strides into the smartphone market since launching the iPhone. There has been plenty of evidence since then that it is taking a part of BlackBerry’s market. But,…