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How Carl Icahn Won the Battle for Dell
courtesy of DellCarl Icahn won the battle to control Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) with one quick action. He walked away from the competition to run a company that has no future. After…
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AMD: Here Today, Where Tomorrow?
ThinkstockWith the PC market withering and the mobile market exploding, the two big PC CPU makers should be having some trouble posting profit growth. But over the past 12 months, shares of…
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Special Report
Seven Aging Tech Giants, Still Market Leaders
Jon OggNew tech is supposed to replace old tech at an accelerating pace, analysts believe. The evolution from Web 1.0, which peaked with the tech bubble of the late 1990s, has been…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple: What Happens When Everyone Knows About a Product Release?
courtesy of Apple Inc.During the Steve Jobs era, outsiders speculated about each new release of a major product, trying to read the founder’s public comments. But he was notoriously stingy with the…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple Continues to Lead U.S. Smartphone Market
courtesy of Apple Inc.For the three months ending in July 2013, Samsung Electronics closed the market share gap slightly between itself and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the U.S. smartphone market. Compared…
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Telecom & Wireless
Smartphone Sales to Top 1 Billion in 2013
Courtesy ZTE Corp.The worldwide market for mobile phones is expected to grow by 7.3% in 2013, and global shipments of smartphones is expected to pass the 1 billion unit mark in a…
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Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Beam, Halliburton, Nokia, Lululemon and More
Jon OggEach morning 24/7 Wall St. reviews dozens and dozens of Wall Street analyst research reports looking for fresh ideas for investors and traders. Some are stocks to buy and others are…
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Telecom & Wireless
Microsoft Deal for Nokia Cannot Hurt Apple
courtesy of Nokia Corp.The primary speculation about Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) deal to buy Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) handset business is that it gives the huge software company a building block to…
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Technology
Did Microsoft Just Pay $7 Billion for a New CEO?
courtesy of Nokia Corp.The announced acquisition by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) of the mobile phone business of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) for $7.2 billion gives Microsoft a couple of things. First, is…
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Telecom & Wireless
Microsoft + Nokia vs. Google + Motorola = Win for Ballmer
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to buy the Nokia Inc. (NYSE: NOK) handset business for $7.17 billion, which is not much for a company with its balance sheet.…
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Apps & Software
Gates Works to Save Legacy, Adds Activist Investor
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) did something it did not have to do (something that no public company would want to do), so why did it do it? The…
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Technology
Dell Boosts Share of Shrinking Server Market; HP, IBM Slip Further
ThinkstockDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) posted its highest-ever share of the global server market — 18.8% — as competitors International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) both lost share.…
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Technology
Windows 8 Relaunch as 8.1 Is Set: How It Could Even Revive Interest in PCs
courtesy of MicrosoftAugust is often a slow time for technology and consumer spending, but the dying PC market may be about to see a resurrection. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has fixed many…
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Technology
Facebook: Worth More Than Intel?
Brian Solis, via Wikimedia CommonsWithin the first hour of trading on Monday morning, shares of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) have risen more than 3% and the company’s market cap has risen to…
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Technology
Reality After Ballmer and Gates: Microsoft Now Just Another Tech Stock
ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was the beneficiary late last week on news that Steve Ballmer has decided to retire. The news drove shares up roughly 7% to $34.75 on massive trading volume,…
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