The proposed $12.5 billion acquisition by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) has been wending its way slowly through the European regulatory mechanism. Progress has now stopped,…
The US International Trade Commission is expected to issue a ruling on Wednesday in a patent dispute between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Taiwan’s HTC Corp., a smartphone maker that uses the…
HTC, based in Taiwan, is supposed to be the leader among the world’s Android-based smartphone companies. It is supposed to be the company with products that can challenge Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise. Those…
The iPhone 4S from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) gets top marks for customer satisfaction according to a new survey from Changewave Research. Some 77% of customers are “very satisfied” with the latest…
So little is left of Eastman Kodak (NYSE: EK), at least in terms of common equity value, that the board should let shareholders do what they can to salvage what remains of…
On a visit to Taiway yesterday, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt told smartphone makers that the company will support its manufacturing partners “because we think the Apple thing is not…
Olympus says it concealed losses for decades. (Reuters) Italy’s sovereign debt interest rates rise sharply. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) profits fall and it withdraws its full-year forecast. (Reuters) Greece cannot decide on…
When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported that it sold 17 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year, that meant that the company’s smartphone market share fell from about 17.4% to…
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has decided to buy out its 50% partner in the Sony Ericsson smartphone joint venture. That is another bad decision, one that will cost the Japanese company in money and…
The smartphone business was among the most attractive in the tech world until recently. That was before Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) forced several makers of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-based phones to pay it…
Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) board.…
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today and this will set up how the investing world is willing to value content and online advertising…
An Australian court has ruled in favor of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in a patent dispute with Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF). Apple won an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab…
In the third quarter of 2011, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shipped about 20 million iPhones, a quarter-over-quarter increase of about 11%. Smartphone shipments from competitors Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and Research in…
Angela Merkel faces a test: will her own party support money being used for the bailout of Greece? (Reuters) Bernanke says the Fed may have to act if inflation falls below targets.…
