World stocks rise on the hope that the eurozone will address its financial problems. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares fall because of rumors that iPad production is low. (Reuters) Warren Buffett’s Berkshire…
When news hits the street of another patent lawsuit, the characteristic reaction of some investors is to dump the defendant’s stock as quickly as possible. Those sales inevitably depress the company’s stock…
The borrow-a-patent, rent-a-patent, buy-a-patent industry is growing by the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just bought 1,023 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The big hardware company will hardly miss them. It files more…
Asia-based smartphone company HTC is locked in several patent battles with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has offered aid to HTC by “loaning” it patents that should help counter Apple’s claims…
Carl Icahn’s investment in Clorox (NYSE: CLX) has begun to look like one more in a long line of blunders. The share price of the company reached $74.55 when he offered to…
Investor Carl Icahn has agreed to sell his stake in Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (NYSE: LGF) at a discount to yesterday’s closing price of $7.52. That announcement came shortly after Icahn also…
The rich are getting richer in the mobile handset and mobile platform market. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) now claims 9.5% of the handset market with its iPhone, and Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
comScore has just released its smartphone market share and the data continues to support an exodus away from the Blackberry from Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). RIM phones as a percentage…
During the Cold War, the US and the Soviet Union built enormous stockpiles of nuclear weapons that could have wiped out each other — along with everyone — else on the globe…
Hurricane Irene will move up the East Coast, possibly hurting business activity. (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) to begin selling the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 in mid-October. (Reuters) Samsung to begin an…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile OS continued to gain market share in the U.S. during the second quarter. But that may not matter. The operating system is free because it is open…
The Federal Reserve to make a modest number of steps to keep the economy moving higher. (Reuters) Wall St. layoffs, already begun, will hurt morale as the industry tries to recover. (Reuters)…
Any good news is rewarded on a day when equities fall nearly 4%. One of yesterday’s bright spots was Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL), which reported second quarter 2012 adjusted EPS…
A 4% collapse of the markets today pushed the DJIA under 11,000 for the second time in two weeks. The market sentiment now is such that the index may be under that…
Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO faces investors concerned about its prospects. (Reuters) U.S. box office sales near records despite the slowdown. (Reuters) Lenovo posts strong earnings in spite of troubles with global…
