ThinkstockThe HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers’ Index for China comes in at 52.1 last month, another sign of economic trouble. (Reuters) Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) recalls 242,000 hybrids because of brake problems. (Reuters)…
ThinkstockChina’s Lenovo Group has been looking for a way into the smartphone market at least since early this year, when the company was reported to be eyeing Research In Motion, now known…
courtesy of AppleThe Android mobile device operating system (OS) from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to hold more than half the smartphone OS market, with a 51.7% share for the three-month period…
ThinkstockNext Monday, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) kicks off its annual developer’s conference, and the company would dearly like to announce an Internet music service at the meeting. To that end, Apple is…
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has thrown in the towel in the portable device market, as it drops its price on Windows RT. The company has continued to struggle with the…
courtesy of SamsungShaky Global Markets Markets across the world continue sharp drops on concerns about regional recessions, slow growth in formerly fast-growing regions and worries that rising rates will undercut the value…
ThinkstockAfter years of hacking of U.S. companies and the American government, China has offered to enter into conversations about the matter. Until China admits to its role, the talks are useless. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy of Facebook Inc.Factory orders in China, Taiwan and South Korea are off as exports taper down. (Reuters) The federal government starts its case against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) made on the…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Motorola will try to exit a sales dive that started with the end of the popularity of the RAZR close to a decade ago. Motorola…
courtesy of SamsungAnother iPhone Killer Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Motorola will try to exit a sales dive that started with the end of the popularity of the RAZR close to a decade…
ThinkstockConcerns that the Federal Reserve may cut stimulus efforts press shares lower across the world. (Reuters) Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) makes a $4.40 per share offer for Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR),…
Mary Meeker is perhaps best known for being one of the top Internet analysts on Wall Street, but now she is a partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.…
ThinkstockIt looks like the bad news in the PC sales trend is not anywhere close to being at an end. Research firm International Data Corp. (or IDC) has now lowered estimates yet…
Frank Golhen, via Wikimedia CommonsAt the beginning of the year, we presented the lists from most major Wall Street firms of their top stocks to buy for the year. After one of…
courtesy of AOL, IncVolkswagen may have a compensation agreement with 100,000 workers. (Reuters) The European Union asks telecom companies about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) competitive actions against other smartphone companies. (Reuters) Hon…
