The proposed $12.5 billion acquisition by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) has been wending its way slowly through the European regulatory mechanism. Progress has now stopped,…
The US International Trade Commission is expected to issue a ruling on Wednesday in a patent dispute between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Taiwan’s HTC Corp., a smartphone maker that uses the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) Started as Equal-Weight by Evercore Partners. Costco…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) will soon launch its Lumia 710, a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) mobile powered smartphone, in the U.S. Sales in the first week may well determine the fate of the phone with…
Equities fell sharply after this morning’s opening. Futures were soft prior to the opening bell due largely to continue to worry about Europe and a forecast cut to the European Central Bank’s…
By 2013, sales of new smartphones using the HTML5 standard in the phone’s browser will total 1 billion, up from 336 million this year. The recent decision by Adobe Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE)…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Amazon.com…
HTC, based in Taiwan, is supposed to be the leader among the world’s Android-based smartphone companies. It is supposed to be the company with products that can challenge Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise. Those…
Tomorrow’s launch of an upgrade to Xbox Live from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the latest shot in the battle for control of US TV sets. The Redmond giant isn’t the only…
Samsung shares rise after its victory in the U.S. against Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to block its Galaxy tablet from the U.S. market. (Reuters) HSBC data show that China’s PMI slowed considerably. (Reuters)…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) will buy cloud computing company SuccessFactor (NYSE: SFSF) for $3.4 billion. It is a move that will get the Germany company into a business dominated by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Google…
This last week had some very interesting and influential analyst calls. We compile summaries of many top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations each morning from Wall Street research calls and we then…
Smartphone pioneer Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) has lowered its third-quarter guidance and said that it will take a “predominantly” non-cash charge of $485 million on its existing inventory of the…
Social game-maker Zynga Inc. has filed an amended Form S-1 with the US Security and Exchange Commission indicating that the company plans to sell 100 million shares at a price between $8.50…
Paul Ausick Most of America’s largest companies are also among its oldest companies. In fact, many of the Fortune 100 firms are more than a century old. Almost none were founded in the past…
