Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) has unveiled a new device today and this looks like many consumers will interpret it as a shot right across the bow of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). These…
According to Reuters, Amazon’s (AMZN) financial results show that its profit margins were squeezed in the last quarter. Reuters writes that Starbucks (SBUX) will close 100 stores and say 2008 could bring…
Jim Cramer is going anti-tech, again, yet for entirely different reasons than when he said "dump tech" in January 2007. In January 2007, Cramer wanted to dump tech because of the seasonality…
Big handset company Sony-Ericsson is launching its own music store following about a billion other companies into the business of selling digital songs to owners of portable multimedia devices. That list is…
For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill Gates’ company…
The news that AT&T’s (T) consumer business was soft last quarter is old now. The company’s shares are up almost 3% on release of its fourth quarter numbers. On a pro forma…
Palm (PALM) Already weak company in the same sector as iPhone, Dragged down by bad news from Apple (AAPL). Falls to $4.25 from 52-week high of $19.50. Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) Clinical…
Everything is fine at Research-In-Motion (RIMM). At least as far as anyone can tell. EPS is expected to be $.69 in the current quarter, up from $.33 a year ago. Sales are…
Douglas A. McIntyre We are full fledged into earnings season now, so most news coverage will point to the current earnings environment and guidance. There are of course drug developments and other contracts awards. Below…
Posit, if you will, that unusually strong Apple (AAPL) earnings, coupled with an upbeat forecast for the next few quarters, might have stopped the sell-off in techs in its tracks. Apple has…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) forecast for its next quarter disappointed Wall St. sending shares down 13%. Reuters writes that Texas Instruments (TXN) posted higher profits. Reuters reports that Big Oil’s rally…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has posted EPS at $1.76 on its earnings today with $9.6 Billion revenues; Estimates out of First Call were $1.62 EPS on revenues of $9.47 Billion. Next quarter…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the market closes today. This is actually just the first quarter for its fiscal 2008, but this is also the quarter with…
Douglas A. McIntyre It is all over now for Motorola (MOT) and Palm (PALM). They might have had a chance to pick up enough market shares to dig themselves out of the holes of late…
Early indications are the that new Motorola Razr2 may not have had such a hot fourth quarter. According to Bloomberg "Motorola probably sold 2 million Razr 2s, the slimmer camera phones (the…
