Web site visitors didn’t set any records last month, but they also didn’t lose any ground. Among the leading sites, some had small gains and others had small losses. Overall though, more…
When news hits the street of another patent lawsuit, the characteristic reaction of some investors is to dump the defendant’s stock as quickly as possible. Those sales inevitably depress the company’s stock…
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) posts strong earnings due to corporate IT strength. (Reuters) Federal Reserve probably will ease monetary policy to help a struggling economy. (Reuters) GM’s (NYSE: GM) labor deal will create…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), with too much cash and too little growth in Wall St.’s opinion, increased its dividend. But, investors could well be wrong. Microsoft may be about to experience a surge…
Some companies become so badly damaged because of changes in the competitive markets or due to poor management decisions that their employees lose hope. This may be due to the fact that…
Parties of Merkel and allies parties beaten in Berlin elections. (Reuters) Obama jobs plan geared toward Democrat voters. (Reuters) Greece must take more austerity measures to get bailout money. (Reuters) Moody’s bias…
Mobile phone maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) reported second quarter fiscal 2012 earnings after the market closed today. The company posted revenue of $4.2 billion and adjusted EPS of $0.80.…
The number of ways consumers can spend their money is poised to get larger. The familiar credit and debit cards are threatened by all manner of electronic payment methods, and none of…
The borrow-a-patent, rent-a-patent, buy-a-patent industry is growing by the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just bought 1,023 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The big hardware company will hardly miss them. It files more…
UBS (NYSE: UBS) trader loses $2 billion in unapproved trades. (Reuters) The head of the World Bank says the global economy has entered a danger zone. (Reuters) General Motors (NYSE: GM) and…
Smartphone adoption in the US market has reached 35% of US adult mobile phone users, and 42% of all mobile phone owners. In Europe’s five leading markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and…
Updated throughout the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Offers has little success against Groupon and LivingSocial. (Reuters) Angela Merkel may let Greece default rather than risk being thrown out of office. (NYT) China…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Nielsen report on social media use is not a day old, and the press has covered it extensively. But, there is still some analysis worth mentioning. It is too early to…
Douglas A. McIntyre John Chambers of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to preside over the company’s analyst meeting, perhaps for the last time. (Reuters) Merkel says the euro has no orderly method for a default. (Reuters) The…
Obama proposes a $447 billion job stimulation package. (Reuters) Economic problems to be the focus of G7 meetings. (Reuters) One Super Congress member threatens to quit over concerns about military budget cuts.…
