If there was any lingering doubt about the identity of the 600-pound gorilla in the mobile phone market, today’s earnings announcements from three major mobile players out to put those doubts out…
The short sellers had been exiting the high-priced market leaders for some time, but as of the January 14, 2011 settlement date we saw many issues showing an increase in the short…
The first thing that experts in the gaming industry will point out about the new Sony (NYSE: SNE) portable NGP video game console is that it cannot succeed in a market crowded…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for its fourth quarter, but not that much better. There were some bright spots, including a jump of 14% in display ad revenue…
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 will be released sometime later this year, according to rumors. It will have a number of features that the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3 don’t.…
Fourth quarter results for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) were no better than so-so. The company reported revenue of $26.4 billion and EPS of $0.54, excluding one-time items, compared with revenue expectations…
AIG (NYSE: AIG) said ailing CEO Benmosche will remain through 2012. (Reuters) The Financial Crisis Inquiry Committee has referred several cases of potential law violations from the credit crisis to authorities inside…
RockTenn (NYSE: RKT) will buy Smirft-Stone (NYSE: SSCN) for $3.5 billion. (Reuters) Assets in the Treasury’s toxic asset fund rose 27% in value last year to $6.3 billion. (Reuters) China will pass…
There are many new characters in this week’s installment of “The Unusual Suspects” for the week ahead. We have tracked news and added color on each where applicable. The cast of characters…
Online research firm comScore reports that more than 172 million Americans watched video online last month. Industry experts are not certain whether any of the largest providers of these videos make money,…
Douglas A. McIntyre We always look for standout research calls. The goal is not to just find bullish calls, but calls which have a longer duration of a single trading session or even a single…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store downloads reached 10 billion, more than one download for each man, woman, and child on earth. Many experts believe that these applications are what tethers many iPhone…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Started as Neutral at Collins Stewart. Danaher…
The press made a great deal of the change in command at the top of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). It is hardly a change at all. The new CEO of the giant search…
