9:06pm ET
Retail
Amazon’s (AMZN) Advantage
Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon (AMZN), looks a bit mad. Stick thin and without a hair on his head he is both bug-eyed and frenetic. He has the look…
AAPL Coverage Page 642
8:02am ET
Investing
AT&T (T) Earnings: Apple (AAPL) iPhone Good, Voice Business Bad
AT&T (T) earnings were not very impressive. Sales of Apple (AAPL) iPhones helped wireless growth. Landline numbers were poor. For the most recent quarter, AT&T’s consolidated revenue were $31.1 billion, up 2.4%…
6:30am ET
Investing
The Death of Formal Earnings Guidance
There is a new trend that has emerged in this earnings season that will have an impact in 2009 and maybe beyond: a lack of earnings and/or revenue guidance. This unravels roughly…
9:41am ET
Apps & Software
Microsoft (MSFT) Gets A Second Chance
A look at the numbers for Microsoft’s last quarter would make most investors shudder. Revenue barely moved, up 2% to $16.6 billion. Net income was of 11% to $4.2 billion. The world’s…
7:19am ET
Telecom & Wireless
What Nokia (NOK) Means
Nokia (NOK) turned in a bad quarter. Net profit in the fourth quarter dropped to 576 million euros ($751 million), or 0.15 euro a share, from 1.84 billion euros, or 0.47 euro…
4:03am ET
Media
Media Digest 1/22/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, a House committee advanced the economic stimulus bill. Reuters reports that China’s GDP growth slowed. Reuters reports that exports from Japan dropped sharply. Reuters writes that Sony (SNE) warned…
4:41pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple Shines, Amazingly No Worms (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has reported earnings, although it also now has the SEC looking into the company via an inquiry over its disclosure practices. Earnings were $1.78 non-GAAP EPS and $10.17…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:44pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple’s Earnings Focus Likely Far Different Today (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is expected to report earnings after the close of trading today. Consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters (First Call) are $1.39 non-GAAP EPS and $9.75 billion in revenues. Today’s…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:46am ET
Telecom & Wireless
The Cellular World Turns Ugly As Ericsson (ERIC) Cuts (AAPL)(NOK)(RIMM)(T)(S)(ALU)
The business of selling handsets and cellular service was supposed to be close to "recession proof". A number of citizens in place like China and India still do not have wireless phones.…
5:26am ET
Investing
SEC: Did Apple (AAPL) Board Do The Right Thing On Jobs Health
If the CEO of a public company is sick, does the board has to tell the world? How sick? Life threatening? Enough to keep the person out of his work for an…
Douglas A. McIntyre 9:44am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Saudi Prince & $8 Billion in Losses (C, PCLN, PEP, MOT, HPQ, EBAY, AAPL, EK)
If you are not familiar with the name Kingdom Holding Co., you may know its owner by the name of Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. He has been a very visible investor in…
12:33pm ET
Investing
This Coming Week’s Top Earnings Projections (JNJ, AAPL, BNI, EBAY, AMD, GOOG, MSFT, GE, SLB)
This week is the launch of earnings season, and we have outlined the companies which we believe will have the largest impact on their sector or on the overall market. Johnson &…
10:13am ET
Media
Did Disney Share in Apple’s Jobs Reporting Duties? (AAPL, DIS)
By now, even the pygmies have heard that Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence as CEO of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Where Apple goes from here is one issue…
7:39am ET
Investing
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AEG, AAPL, BHP, CSIQ, CWST, JASO, MTB, NT, RRGB, STP, TRMB, WMI)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades we have seen this Thursday morning with more than two hours until the market opens: Aegon (AEG) Cut to Sell at UBS. Apple…
5:34am ET
Investing
Steve Jobs: “The Deviant’s Advantage” (AAPL)
Sociologist and business consultant Watts Wacker has pointed out that the most successful enterprises in the world are created by people who are willing to be a zebra in a field of…