A patent dispute over the “slide-to-lock” feature between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) in a German court has been decided in Apple’s favor. This marks the…
The relentless attack by U.S. credit rating agencies on the risk of the sovereign debt of EU members continues. It happened again yesterday when Moody’s downgraded a number of nations just after a deal was set for…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) gets approval from the European Commission and the U.S. to buy Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI). (Reuters) Boeing (NYSE: BA) signs a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air. (Reuters) Moody’s…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has received approval from the European Union for its $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI). Google is expecting similar approval from the US Department…
The mess in Greece will not go away, even though the nation’s parliament voted by an overwhelming margin to accept austerity measures to get a 130 billion euro bailout, its second. Citizens continue…
The media has been full of rumors about what Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) would announce at a meeting with the press and analysts. A number of people “familiar” with the plans believed it would be a…
In another round of the global intellectual war between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US which claims the South Korean firm violates four of its patents.…
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has decided to follow Apple into the device business with its buyout of Motorola. The paper says that interest in hardware and software has…
Investment firm Canaccord Genuity said today in its daily newsletter that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) garners about 80% of the operating profit among all handset makers. Of $14.4 billion in industry profit,…
Sometime next week, the US Department of Justice is expected to give its stamp of approval to Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) and…
Glencore and Xtrata agree to a $90 billion merger. (Reuters) Greek leaders face a deal for settling sovereign debt matters as workers strike. (Reuters) Toyota (NYSE: TM) posts good third-quarter profits and…
It is rare for one of America’s largest companies to lose a third or more of its sales in a brief time. When it happens, it is usually either because of market…
Apple continues to win a few and lose a few as it fights to hold its lead in the smartphone and tablet businesses. One of its advantages has been it cloud computing…
HTC, Motorola (NYSE: MMI), LG and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) might as well curtail their efforts in the smartphone arena. The industry has only two companies left with the ongoing opportunity for extremely large…
New research from Strategy Analytics shows that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was the number one seller of smartphones worldwide, with a 23.9% market share and sales of 37 million units. The results almost exclusively are…
