Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has issued a voluntary recall of more than 1 million fax machines. The recall pertains to some 928,000 HP fax 1040 and 1050 machines in the United States…
Jon C. Ogg Avon’s (NYSE: AVP) vice chairman, Charles Cramb, was fired as the federal government examines whether the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. He may have known about bribes Avon made outside the…
Toshiba cuts its profit forecasts and lowers guidance. (Reuters) Honda (NYSE: HMC) posts a 65% drop in profits and cuts its outlook because of the yen and Thai floods. (Reuters) Twenty-five nations,…
It is very well known that just about every single analyst out there loves Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). After it is all said and done, what is not to like? The company has moved…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) extraordinary earnings and the size of its iPhone sales helped move its market cap well above $400 billion. The press constantly reminds readers that this is greater than any…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Tuesday and this is being watched perhaps more than any of the other companies out there as…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) may have decided that it will not jettison its PC business after all, but the company’s strategy appears under new CEO sure appears to be a strategy that is focused…
Brand consultancy Interbrand has issued its latest report on brand value, and while the top five did not change, a gap is opening between the fourth and fifth place finishers. The largest…
Fourth quarter sales of desktop computers in the US fell by nearly -6% year-over-year according to the latest estimate from Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT). US sales were weak for leading vendors Hewlett…
PC sales faltered last year in the US. Some of the drop has been blamed on a parts supply interruption from Thailand factories hit by floods. Industry research firm IDC said that…
Dell’s (NASDAQ: DELL) habit of coming to market with products well after its competitors do continues. Reuters reports that the PC company will launch a tablet later this year. Dell management says…
Each January, 24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead. This year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to pass Exxon Mobil…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have missed the smartphone move entirely. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) have run away with the market. Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) found out…
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) is running higher on buyout speculation. The move is only about 18 months too late if it is even true. Reuters reported that Brocade has hired…
The single greatest mystery of the fourth-quarter 2011 earnings season is why EPS growth will slow despite what is probably the most promising part of the recovery since the recent deep recession.…
