Jon OggThird quarter earnings season has been more positive than expected by and large. We have seen some very positive earnings season reactions. We have also seen some serious duds after earnings.…
courtesy of Google Inc.The consortium that bought a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents from bankrupt Nortel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and seven other Android…
Courtesy Boeing Co.The third-quarter earnings season has been a very successful one. Most companies have beaten earnings expectations this quarter, continuing a long streak of better-than-expected earnings reports. The U.S. equity research…
Courtesy of SonyThe highly anticipated PlayStation 4, or PS4, from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) is scheduled to hit stores November 15. And Sony has announced the line-up of 22 games that initially…
Electronic Arts Inc.The excitement around the staggering dollars that hot new video releases bring in is soon to be joined by hot new video gaming platforms. Rumors have circulated around the devices,…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firms have utilized the incredible market strength over the past couple of years to have initial public offerings on some of the deals that were put together before, and even…
courtesy, Lenovo Group LimitedLenovo, the China-based PC company, released its new Yoga Tablet and claimed it would revolutionize the portable computer device world. That claim can be added to dozens of others…
courtesy of SamsungDuring the third calendar quarter this year 11% of mobile phone subscribers decided to replace or upgrade their phones. Of that number, nearly 80% chose a smartphone. According to research…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Steve Ballmer announced in August that he will step down as Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) chief executive officer, director John Thompson was put in charge of the…
courtesy of Verizon WirelessMergers and acquisitions (M&A) sometimes can be an excellent measure of the economy’s financial health. However, since there is a great deal of evidence that most M&A results are…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) managed to post such strong earnings and was positive enough in its outlook that there is one thing to consider. No one wants to…
courtesy of MicrosoftAfter Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported a solid beat on fiscal first-quarter estimates after markets closed Thursday night, the company’s shares rose 7% and managed to keep the gains through…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsIf Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) had posted a long string of quarters similar to its most recent one, Steve Ballmer might not be on his way out the…
Short sellers have decided that the run up in Internet company stocks has reached a peak and they have increased their bets against the sector substantially. Many of the public corporations in…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reported its quarterly corporate earnings report and this comes on the heels of a surprisingly strong stock performance in 2013. What is interesting…
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