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Investing
Apple Short Interest Drops by 13 Million
Courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple held on to its spot among the top five most shorted stocks on the Nasdaq between the June 13 and June 30 settlement dates, even though short sellers…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple Regained U.S. Smartphone Market Share in May
For the three months ending in May, Samsung Electronics gained 0.8% of the U.S. smartphone market, and Apple added 0.6% and continues to hold the market share lead.
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Apps & Software
Will Windows 9 Transform Microsoft? More Windows 8 vs. Back to Windows 7
courtesy of MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had two things going for it since Satya Nadella took over the role of Chief Executive Officer from Steve Ballmer. The most obvious is that…
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Investing
Cautious Analyst View of Microsoft and Nokia Integration
Microsoft has completed its acquisition of the handset unit from Nokia. But Sterne Agee's Robert Breza rates Microsoft only as Neutral, and he has decided to ratchet down Microsoft's earnings expectations.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Sank the Market
thinkstockJune 30, 2014: Markets opened mixed on Monday with both the S&P 500 and the DJIA opening lower and the Dow spending most of the day in negative territory. The Nasdaq index…
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Consumer Electronics
Why GoPro Keeps on Chugging!
GoPro traded more than 44 million shares on Thursday, its first day as a public company. Shares closed up nearly 31%, and the buying didn't slow down until near noon on Friday.
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Mired the Market
thinkstockJune 26, 2014: Markets opened lower for a fourth straight day on Thursday and spent much of the day trying to reach the break-even line. Claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last…
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Investing
Apple Joins the Five Most Heavily Shorted Nasdaq Stocks
A surge in short interest in Apple shares between the May 30 and June 13 settlement dates was enough to lift the tech giant into the top five most shorted stocks on…
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Apps & Software
Google’s One Set-Top Box Too Many
Google will release a set-top box into a market that is already crowded, so Google's chance of taking market share from incumbents is low.
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Investing
Exxon and Chevron Can Push Dow Over 17,000
Wikimedia CommonsOf the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a nearly infinite combination of their advances could put the index over 17,000 for the first time. The Dow stands at…
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Consumer Electronics
PlayStation 4 Sales Top Xbox Again
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sales video game consoles nearly doubled year-over-year to $187 million in May, and overall spending on hardware and software rose 52% to $586 million in the month. The PlayStation…
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Investing
The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Market
thinkstockJune 16, 2014: Markets opened lower on Monday but quickly bounced to positive territory. The IMF cut its forecast for U.S. GDP growth this year and investors will be cautious for the…
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Technology
Why Everyone, or Nobody, Would Want to Acquire Nuance
ThinkstockNuance Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) owes its fortunes back to the days of Lernout & Hauspie in the 1990s. Now the independent speech recognition leader is seeing its shares surge on reports…
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Investing
Deutsche Bank Prefers These Low P/E Stocks in a Market Correction
courtesy of Ford Motor CompanyTwo factors are about ready to collide, and if history is any guide, the outcome could be ugly, at least for the short term. Since 1960, there have…
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Technology
Intel Stock Surge Good News for Microsoft and HP
Intel reached a 52-week high after it announced its sales would be better than it had anticipated earlier in the year. Intel's news is almost certainly good for Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.