Apple sat atop a new list from Brand Finance of the world's most valuable brands. However, rival Samsung's value surged as it gained on and then took the lead over Apple in…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsIn 2013 the United States spent more corporate money on research and development than any other country in the world. Of a total spending level of €538.8 billion (about…
January was not a particularly good month for video game and gaming sales. Compared with the January 2013, total sales at brick-and-mortar video game stores fell 21%, according to research firm NPD…
courtesy of SamsungFor anyone paying attention to the smartphone market, the fact that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) dominate the market is certainly no big shocker. Together the…
ThinkstockOpen Compute, or OCP for short, is an organization that was founded by Facebook in 2011. According to the organization’s website, Open Compute’s goal is to “build one of the most efficient…
The UBS team thinks that investors that take "flight to safety" into U.S. treasury bonds and defensive, high dividend yield equities could get hurt bad later in the year. In a new…
Reuters has reported that Nook-related sales fell during the recent holiday season. With demand for tablets declining, Barnes & Noble, perhaps the weakest player, likely is a harbinger of things to come.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy of $1 billion. A large number of the other largest givers were…
Wikimedia CommonsEven though there is a virtually unlimited supply of Internet searches available and only a limited (if very large) amount of oil and gas available, it would seem that oil and…
Discussions about breaking Microsoft into two companies have gone on for years. As Satya Nadella moves into the role as the giant software company's third chief executive officer, the issue can begin…
A landmark settlement has been reached in the high-profile case between Google and EU antitrust regulators. Google has agreed to provide comparable prominence in online search results to services offered by its…
By World Economic Forum (Flickr) CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter one of the most anticipated CEO hunts in American corporate history, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has selected only the third person ever to…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in December, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) grew its share of the U.S. smartphone market by 1.2% compared with the three month period ending in…
Microsoft's announcement that it has selected a new chief executive is overshadowed by the news that Bill Gates is stepping down as chairman. Will other executives take the opportunity to jump ship?
Jon C. Ogg These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. They include Chevron, Gap, Merck, Microsoft and Zynga.
