courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asking for a two-year license to create an “experimental radio service” at the company’s campus…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today, but…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Alcatel-Lucent S.A (NYSE: ALU) raised to Neutral from Sell at Citigroup. Baker…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) sells its products and services primarily to large companies, enterprises and governments. Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) ad sales often draw on smaller firms. And…
courtesy of AOL, IncThe Federal Aviation Administration faces criticism about approving a Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) battery that caused safety concerns about the 787. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) beats Wall St. estimates…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with fourth-quarter earnings of $10.65 per share, and we caution investors about using the revenue numbers due to the sale of Motorola Home. Sales…
Jon C. Ogg U.S. equity markets opened about flat this morning following the holiday weekend in the U.S. Foreign markets were also more or less mixed. In Europe, the German and eurozone economic indexes came…
ThinkstockAfter the close on Tuesday we will get to see tech-kings like Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) report their fourth-quarter earnings. For IT-spending, IBM will be…
courtesy of BlackberryIn an interview with a German magazine over the weekend, the CEO of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) said that a possible sale of the company’s hardware unit and…
ThinkstockThe conventional wisdom is that the first drop in China’s work force in memory is part of a trend that will undermine its growth rate. Whether that is true depends almost entirely…
The week ahead will be the official flood gate opening for earnings season. We have a very large portion of the S&P 500 Index reporting fourth-quarter earnings, and we have many Dow Jones…
ThinkstockAMR, parent company of American Airlines, has decided to repaint of its planes, which have been mostly silver for decades. For some reason, management believes that the new color scheme is a…
courtesy of NetflixU.S. investigations of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner focus on its main battery. (Reuters) Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) offers a weak outlook for future quarters. (Reuters) China’s gross…
U.S. equity markets opened mixed this morning with the Nasdaq Composite slightly higher, while the DJIA and the S&P 500 were lower. Earnings from several U.S. financial institutions were due today and…
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a company that can use any bit of good news that it can get. Is allowing merchants to track how well their “Groupon” daily deals…
