Growth in mobile phone shipments this year is expected to be about 4%, the lowest growth rate since 2009. That’s according to the latest global mobile phone tracking data from IDC. Total…
Wikimedia Creative Commons, JohnnyMrNinjaAt the company’s annual meeting last week, Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shareholders voted overwhelmingly to change the way the company’s board is structured. The vote was advisory only, but…
Ron Burkle and his Yucaipa funds have distributed nearly 12 million shares of Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) to shareholders of two of the funds, according to a filing yesterday with…
SEC filings often have unique filings of corporate actions or actions against companies by their shareholders. Sometimes they are nothing short of very odd. An obscure filing is one called the “PX14A6G”…
Jon C. Ogg Yesterday’s announcement from Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) that the company would its own content delivery network (CDN) based on the Open Connect standard. White-box provider Intequus will build the servers which will…
The G7 will hold emergency talks about the eurozone, with special consideration of Spain. (Reuters) A Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that few Facebook users buy goods and services because of advertising and “likes,” and…
Since its introduction just over two years ago, the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has either been the only tablet device on the market or the biggest seller by a very…
The Samsung Galaxy S III, which is considered by many observers of the smartphone market to be an iPhone killer, will launch across all four U.S. wireless carriers next week. The handset…
Top officials, including the finance ministers of the G7, have called an emergency meeting over the European sovereign debt crisis. Observers wonder whether these ministers can succeed where the European Union, European…
courtesy Facebook Inc.Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) shares may be down 30% from the IPO price, and the company may be besieged by shareholder lawsuits, but those troubles have not kept two large American…
Douglas A. McIntyre One analyst has a serious call against Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) calling for the company to be dead in five years to eight years. Ironfire Capital founder Eric Jackson made the call. …
Jon C. Ogg Customer relationship management firm Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Buddy Media for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to…
Publicly traded companies, by definition, have many shareholders. The company’s management is supposed to be accountable to those shareholders. As it turns out, however, in some cases shareholders have limited power, and in…
The European Union may form a central office of treasury to match the European Central Bank. (Reuters) Ford (NYSE: F) may create brands specific to the Chinese market. (Reuters) The slowing economy…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the only original equipment manufacturer of cellphones to gain substantial market share in the US based on an average of the three months through April according to a new study by…
