Wikimedia CommonsThe general investing public will spend much of its energy waiting for earnings from famous companies such as Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE: JCP). These are…
ThinkstockMeg Whitman recently said there would be no huge layoffs at Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). However, she can only look so far into the future, and her vision eventually will have to take…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) management has a habit, which dates back to shortly after it was founded, of expensive experimentation that often creates new products. Since Larry Page became…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Japan’s largest wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, did not sell an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone until just last month with the release of the iPhone 5s and 5c. Competitors…
Courtesy of BlackBerryReuters has come out with a story, which, if true, would seem improbable. Apparently Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Europe’s SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) have…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For all of its trouble, based on worries that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost its magic and can no longer build iPhones that will create huge sales, there…
courtesy of SamsungHTC, once viewed as a real contender against Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise and the Galaxy line built by Samsung, lost money last quarter. Its potential, which was so…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsA video of a Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) car on fire that was posted on Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube helped push the firm’s stock price down by…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.It is no longer a secret that Blackberry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in trouble. It is also no secret that Fairfax Financial has entered into an expression of…
courtesy of MicrosoftIn an exclusive report at Reuters, the news agency cites unnamed sources who say that some of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) biggest investors are pressing the company’s board to force…
ThinkstockLess than 10 years ago, just about everybody had a cell phone. However, at that point nobody had a smartphone. The smartphone revolution grew out of the ill-fated Palm idea for a…
Courtesy of BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion offer from Fairfax Financial Holdings for smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) was viewed almost immediately by investors as too high. The day the offer was made, the…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) claims about 70% of the market in the five large European economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Whatever damage Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sustained in the stock market as its hyper-growth slows to more modest levels, it still owns the most valuable brand in the world. In…
courtesy of Google Inc.Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released its list of “The Most Innovative Companies of 2013.” As is the case with most of these types of lists, the conclusions are based…
