Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will challenge Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own map service. (Reuters) A Manpower Group survey shows that companies in most parts of the world do not want to add…
When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced it would launch its own map products, analysts wondered where the data would come from. The question was answered today when the world’s most valuable company set…
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) rose more than 12% last week, about half that on Friday as rumors swirled that the company might be acquired. Nokia, now partners with Microsoft Corp.…
The attention of international capital markets is likely to turn to Italy now that Spain has gotten a $125 billion reprieve for its economy and troubled banks. Although Greece remains a concern, Italy is…
China’s growth slows in May. (Reuters) Troubles in Europe and the slowing of emerging economies threaten U.S. company earnings. (Reuters) China’s exports rose rapidly in May, which may help its domestic economy.…
Andy Rubin, one of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) senior engineers, claimed in a tweet that over 900,000 Android devices are activated each day. He did not mention the source of his comments. Android…
NokiaNokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has been one of the greatest disasters in telecom and communications out there as far as raw market value lost. Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is a runner-up, and…
US District Court Judge Richard Posner has decided, for the moment, to dismiss two-year old patent litigation involving Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility, now merged with Google Inc.(NASDAQ: GOOG). The…
Gallup has released results of a poll about the attitude of the Chinese toward pollution. Experts have long believed that the People’s Republic cares little about clean water or air when those are…
Douglas A. McIntyre courtesy Facebook Inc.Now that hackers have broken into eHarmony’s database, the game system of Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation network, Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Gmail system in China, and several U.S. government and major corporate websites,…
Douglas A. McIntyre A rate cut in China prompts some economists to worry that May economic data will be weak. (Reuters) In the wake of its ratings downgrade by Fitch, Angela Merkel says that the…
The top anti-trust official in Europe said in a speech that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has run out of time to cure what the EC sees as rampant monopolistic behavior. EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin…
The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App store, and Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) for Android face new competition. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has opened an app store of its own. Most of the software available at…
Douglas A. McIntyre US Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) is scheduled to introduce legislation today that would allow a wide range of renewable energy projects to qualify as master limited partnerships (MLPs). The partnerships are common…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) best hope to keep from losing substantial market share to Samsung in the United States is to block the distribution of the South Korean firm’s new Galaxy S III. The Samsung…
