Wall St. expected Apple (AAPL) to earn $1.17 a share. It made $1.35. Wall St. expected $8.2 billion in revenue. Apple’s sales hit $8.34 billion. Wall St. was concerned that the economy…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the closing bell today. As always, this is one of the tech market’s biggest events, but there is a problem… traders, investors,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Once a year, Interbrand publishes a list of the “Best Global Brands”. The 2008 list was released last September. The next list will probably be out in about two months. The change…
Wall St. analysts expect Apple’s earnings to do better than estimates. This is not surprising. Apple (AAPL) has a history of setting low expectations about its figures and then beating them handily.…
Reuters: Microsoft (MSFT) is putting more R&D in India. Reuters: CIT (CIT) confirmed that it rasied $3 billion. Reuters: Bernanke said Fed can control inflation. Reuters: California lawmakers agreed to a state…
VMS, which monitors television content for its PR value, recently reported that Twitter had received $48 million in free media public relations in the last month. The dynamic of press mentions certainly can work…
The Symbian Foundation, a leader in cell phone operating system research, says there will be ten million apps available a decade from now. “The full blossom will come in ten years and…
Reuters: CIT (CIT) is rushing to get financing before its goes bankrupt. Reuters: Bank earnings are boosting recovery hopes. Reuters: IBM (IBM) hiked its full-year outlook. Reuters: Google’s (GOOG) quarterly results were…
Reuters: CIT (CIT) may be close to bankruptcy. Reuters: China GDP rose 7.9%. Reuters: Foreclosures hit a record in the first half of 2009. Reuters: Obama pressed Congress on a healthcare bill. Reuters: …
Many of the 65,000 Apps available at the Apple (AAPL) iPhone store are free. Microsoft (MSFT) is going to give away an online version of its new Office software. It may not…
Reuters: The US may give CIT (CIT) short term loans. Reuters: Intel (INTC) issued a positive forecast and indicated that the PC market may be improving. Reuters: The US CPI was up…
Computer research firm NPD expects netbook sales to rise to 20% of total laptop sales this year. That would put unit sales just shy of 33 million, a increase of 100% over 2008.…
Reuters: Social media such as Twitter may not be worth as much as many people believe because of challenges they face in bringing in revenue. Reuters: The arrests of Rio Tinto (RTP)…
Markets across Asia dropped sharply The Nikkei was off 2.6% to 9,050. The Hang Seng was down 2.6% to 17,241. China Unicom (CHU) fell because a handset deal with Apple (AAPL) has…
Douglas A. McIntyre Goldman Sachs is out with some key calls in technology sector today. While some calls are positive, our take on this is more of a cautious stance due to the broad nature…