MSNBC: Stop coddling the super-rich: Buffett Zerohedge: And back down: US Empire Manufacturing (Aug) M/M -7.72 vs. Exp. 0.00 (Prev. -3.76) FT: Google buys Motorola mobile phone unit WSJ: New York-Area Manufacturing…
Honestly, isn’t it time for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) to stop using words like ‘supercharge’ when it spends $12.5 billion? Google isn’t a graduate-student garage start-up any longer. The company announced this…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) will buy mediocre handset firm Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). It is probably a play to compete with Apple. The difference is that Motorola has a relatively weak line of…
Time Warner (NYSE: TWC) to buy Insight Communications from Carlyle for $3 billion. (Reuters) Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) expects holiday sales to be strong. (Reuters) Security experts say hackers may make Google…
It is more difficult by the day to determine whether Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android powered devices have gained some edge against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). New ABI Research information shows that Android has…
Retail data becomes the focus of Wall St. (Reuters) China locates another 22 fake Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stores. (Reuters) The Nikkei drops below the important 9,000 mark. (Reuters) Brent drops below $108…
Updated throughout the day. Bank of America is shopping its position in CCB for $17 billion (Reuters) The FTC has increased the size of its probe of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) search and…
Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has outperformed Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) over the past year, past two years, and past five years. But, Apple is the leader, supposedly, in the creation and marketing of…
Risk in Europe continues to drag on global shares. (Reuters) Concerns about how S&P (NYSE: MHP) sets rating bring calls for reform. (Reuters) Rules on CME (NASDAQ: CME) margins move gold lower.…
Just a day after closing its MP3 music download offering, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) has launched a streaming video service for the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Walmart already offers…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the most valuable company in America yesterday when its market cap passed Exxon Mobil’s (NYSE: XOM). The move draws attention to what market capitalization means, and why it…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) says QE3 was likely after the Fed’s recent comments. (Reuters) HSBC (NYSE: HBC) sells its U.S. credit card business to Capitol One. (Reuters) China not likely to raise…
Financial markets have been reeling as investors grow more concerned about the economy: An S&P downgrade of the full faith and credit of the United States, dismal GDP data, and ongoing weak…
Larry D. Rosen, PhD, professor of psychology at California State University, Dominguez Hills, presented a paper at the American Psychological Association annual meeting in which he said, “While nobody can deny that…
Douglas A. McIntyre The Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the leading platform smartphone platform in among 78.5 million US smartphone owners. The iOS operating system that powers the iPhone from Apple…
