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Consumer Electronics
Apple Widens US Smartphone Market Share Lead
For the three-month period ending in April, Apple gained in share of the U.S. smartphone market and now leads all original equipment manufacturers.
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Technology
This Is Why Microsoft Bought Skype
Microsoft paid approximately $8.5 million in cash for Skype, which had many media pundits wondering why it would pay so much money for such a company.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Propped Up the DJIA on Monday
thinkstockJune 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday after word (later proved false) that Greece and the ECB had reached an agreement. Stocks dropped sharply when the report proved false, but recovered…
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Apps & Software
Windows 10: It Is Free, but Is It Too Late?
Microsoft has announced that it will ship the next version of its Windows operating system, Windows 10, on Wednesday July 29.
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Investing
The 5 Most Shorted Nasdaq Stocks in May
The five most heavily shorted stocks traded on the Nasdaq all saw increases in short interest between the April 30 and May 15 settlement dates.
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Investing
The 4 Tech Stocks That Lifted the Dow on Wednesday
thinkstockMay 27, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday and traded higher all day long. As the end of the month approaches the DJIA is up about 2% for May and the Nasdaq…
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Consumer Electronics
Smartphone Sales Cooling Off as Chinese Growth Slows
courtesy of Apple Inc.Global smartphone sales are forecast to rise by 11.3% year-over-year in 2015, a nice clip but well below the 27.6% growth in sales during 2014. Sales in China are…
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Technology
2 Huge Trends Very Positive for 4 Top Software Stocks to Buy
Cowen points out that in enterprise software, market share is shifting to software as a service (SaaS) and the public cloud.
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Investing
Apple Tops Brand Value List, IBM Loses Ground
While most of the brands on the annual BrandZ Top 100 Valuable Global Brands gained value, IBM was a significant exception.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Sank the DJIA on Friday
thinkstockMay 22 2015: Markets opened mixed on Friday on a day that was tough on blue chips. The energy sector slipped on a stronger dollar and lower crude oil prices, even though…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Pressured the DJIA on Friday
thinkstockMay 15, 2015: Markets opened higher on Friday but the major indexes slipped into negative territory and all traded lower for most of the day except for occasional forays above the break-even…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Lifted the DJIA on Thursday
thinkstockMay 14, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday on strength in the tech sector. Consumer discretionary stocks have overcome some poor earnings reports to post a gain as well today. Shortly before…
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Investing
Key Dalio and Bridgewater Position Changes: Alcoa, Apple, CenturyLink, Cisco, Gilead, Emerging Markets
It turns out that hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and founder Ray Dalio have made some changes since the end of 2014.
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: American Eagle, AOL, Boeing, Lululemon, Microsoft, ResMed, Vivint and More
Wednesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include American Eagle Outfitters, AOL, Boeing, Lululemon Athletica, Microsoft, ResMed and Vivint Solar.
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Media
AOL-Verizon May Tempt Possible Buyers for Yahoo!
With AOL being acquired by Verizon, the big question has to be what this means for the likes of Yahoo!