ThinkstockOne strike and you’re out. That was the decision made by Gen. James F. Amos, the Marine Corps commandant. He essentially dismissed two major generals for allowing weak security at a base in…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsThe Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) claims about 70% of the market in the five large European economies: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Whatever damage Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has sustained in the stock market as its hyper-growth slows to more modest levels, it still owns the most valuable brand in the world. In…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsFord Motor Co. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Alan Mulally apparently has taken the lead among the executives the Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) board favors to replace Steve Ballmer. There are several reasons…
ThinkstockReports from unnamed sources indicate that the Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) board has discussed a tie-up with Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), now that the Finnish company has shed its mobile handset business…
courtesy of Google Inc.Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released its list of “The Most Innovative Companies of 2013.” As is the case with most of these types of lists, the conclusions are based…
courtesy of YouTubeThe largest Internet companies have described video content as critical to their futures. Video advertising carries a huge premium to the banner ads that have dominated the industry’s revenue stream…
Douglas A. McIntyre Thinkstock24/7 Wall St. is a big fan of dividends, and we expect that there will be several big dividend hikes coming down the pipe from Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) components. That…
courtesy of MicrosoftLooking back on Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer’s last presentation to Wall Street analysts, the most controversial, and likely to be most remembered, comment he made was that…
ThinkstockWith tops across the Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and S&P 500, concern is growing that, with a relatively poor economy and high unemployment, low interest rates cannot keep pushing the…
ThinkstockThis week we have seen dividend hikes from Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) components Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD). 24/7 Wall St. expects that there will be five, maybe…
Courtesy BlackBerryBlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY) remains in trouble and perhaps its only true exit or recovery strategy is the hope of an acquirer wanting to take this company private. Now the company…
ThinkstockThe dividend hike brigade keeps on marching. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) jumped in with a dividend hike a tad sooner than we were expecting, given that it is searching for a new…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced Tuesday morning that it would raise its quarterly dividend by $0.05 to $0.28, a boost of 22%, and that the company’s board had…
Nasdaqtrader.comMarch 10, 2000. Nasdaq intra-day high reaches 5,132.52 — a record. It closes at 5,048.62 — a record, too. The good times rolled. Trading today at about 3,700, it will never get back…
