After a series of management mistakes that cost Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) its lead in the global smartphone business, and over 80% of its market value, the firm’s long-time co-CEOs were pushed out…
Equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA up slightly and the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 down slightly. That pattern held throughout the day as last night’s report from Google…
A federal judge in Chicago has narrowed the scope of a patent infringement case involving Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI). The dispute revolves around patents related…
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Insmed Inc. (NASDAQ: INSM), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:…
It was no accident that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) earnings were good and Google’s bad (NASDAQ: GOOG). The assumption that search is one of the best businesses in the world has proved inaccurate.…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) shares stumbled after it released fourth-quarter earnings. Revenue rose 25%, but net income barely rose to $2.7 billion. The markets were puzzled about why Google now has 32,467 full-time workers,…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) misses earnings expectations, which pushes shares down as much as 10%. (Reuters) IKEA posts a profit and grows in most regions of the world. (Reuters) Greece and private creditors…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) continues to lose share in the Chinese search market. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Google claimed just 16.7% of search revenue, compared with the 78.3% share claimed…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with earnings for its fourth quarter. The internet search giant reported earnings of $8.22 EPS (but $9.50 EPS adjusted) and $8.13 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters…
Jon C. Ogg Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is one that is a bit hard to call right before earnings because shares just bounced after coming off of new highs so hard. The change is likely…
Jon C. Ogg An unnamed Chinese company has begun selling a competitive device to the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad in China. The tablet is called the RedPad No. 1, and uses a version of…
It is a wonder that Sony (NYSE: SNE) wants to take sole ownership of the Sony Ericsson handset company. The firm announced another loss, this time for the fourth quarter. It has…
The powerful surge of purchases of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S has helped close the gap between Apple smartphones and those which run the Google Android based OS. According to Nielsen…
It may be too late, but Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK) has begun suits against tech companies that it claims violate some of its digital patents. The latest is against the second largest…
