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Technology
The $3,000 Laptop No One Needs
Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new Macbook Pro can cost as much as $2,299 with a 17 inch monitor. That is not with additions that can push the price to more than $3,000. The…
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Investing
Short Interest Shows Gamble Against Tech
Many tech stocks have doubled or tripled from the March market lows. Short sellers are in many cases willing to bet that ride is not over. The short interest in Micron (MU)…
2:48am ET
Media
Media Digest 4/7/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Chinese hinted they were ready to let the yuan rise. Reuters: Asian stocks are near a 22 month high. Reuters: Regulators plan to track fast frequency trading. Reuters: FTC may…
4:18am ET
Consumer Electronics
Demand For Apple iPad May Be Higher Than Expected
The demand for the Apple (AAPL) iPad may be like the iPhone and iPod. iPod sales are now approaching 300 million worldwide, although it is not clear how many of those units…
2:46am ET
Media
Media Digest 3/25/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: EU leaders are divided on Greece before their summit. Reuters: Changes in the health care bill will go back to the House. Reuters: China described interest rates as a “heavy-duty weapon”…
6:47pm ET
Investing
The 15 CEOs Who Should Be Paid $1 A Year
Lee Iacocca, Chrysler’s CEO in 1979, worked for $1 a year while his company paid back taxpayers $1.2 billion in loan guarantees. Edward Liddy, former CEO of Allstate (ALL), was paid $1…
7:56am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Markte Rumors (3/19/2010)
Updated throughout the day. Merrill Lynch warned the SEC and Fed that Lehman was booking capital aggressively (FT) Apax Partner may buy Polycom (PLCM) for as much as $3 billion (FT) Palm (PALM), just…
3:46pm ET
Investing
The Hardest Working Brands for 2009: The Year Of The Dog
A look at the “hardest working” major brands for 2009 shows that a number of them belong to companies which have done poorly and, in at least one case, may file Chapter…
2:46am ET
Media
Media Digest 3/16/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: The Fed is likely to keep interest rates low for some time. Reuters: China said the yuan in not behind the US trade gap. Reuters: A record number of Chinese are…
5:56am ET
Consumer Electronics
HP Slate Looks More And More Like iPad Rival
The Apple (AAPL) iPad tablet computer looks like it will launch into a market where it has no rivals. The Amazon (AMZN) Kindle is not a PC at all. It is underpowered and has…
11:58am ET
Consumer Electronics
PC Sales Will Grow This Year, But How Many Will Be Given Away?
It has been expected for some time that global PC sales would rise this year as the economy recovers and the demand for Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 causes people and business to replace…
2:10pm ET
Apps & Software
VMware’s $400M Stock Buyback Is Different (VMW, EMC, CSCO, DELL, INTC)
2010 is shaping up to be the year of the dividend. Stock buybacks are now becoming to be “Oh so 2007” for investors. In fact, many argue whether or not stock buyback…
8:14am ET
Investing
Top 10 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, T, DELL, KMB, MRVL, MIL, OSIP, RVBD, SNDK, GAME)
These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Hold at Jefferies. AT&T…
8:33am ET
Investing
Today’s Best Market Rumors (3/1/2010)
Updated throughout the day. Germany and France will help bail out Greece by taking 50% of a 30 billion euro offering by the troubled nation. (various) Hedge fund NIR Group is being…
5:02am ET
Investing
Apple, LL Bean, And Amazon Make BusinessWeek Customer Service List, But So Does Toyota’s Lexus
The problem with customer satisfaction surveys is that, by their nature, they look back in time and not forward. Bloomberg BusinessWeek announced the results of its customer service poll recently. The project…