ThinkstockFor the most part, earnings from the big technology companies came in at or above Wall Street expectations. Some clear trends have started to emerge as mega cap tech stocks that focus…
Jon OggIt is a bull market and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 Index have both challenged new all-time highs recently. For the market to keep rising, more stocks…
courtesy of NokiaThis month was hardly a good one for any company, other than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, to release a new tablet. There is a blizzard of new products. And,…
ThinkstockThere are a number of similarities between Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD). Neither is a significant player in the most rapidly expanding part of the chip…
courtesy of MicrosoftIf you look over the leaderboard of gainers on volume, it may seem unusual to see shares of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) on there. Shares were up 3.8% at $38.04…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.This year has been a tough one for value investors. The rage has been growth stocks, especially the momentum names, and the more conservative value names have been left…
courtesy of TwitterTwitter Inc.’s (NYSE: TWTR) initial public offering (IPO) could value the company as high as $20 billion, particularly if its price remains above the high end of its $23 to…
courtesy of AppleApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has maintained a lead in smartphone sales in the United States. However, its luck has run out worldwide as Samsung’s models continue a surge in popularity.…
courtesy of XiaomiThe more research that comes out about the smartphone sector, the clearer it becomes that the conventional wisdom is correct. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) holds the top spot, based on most intelligence reports about the…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (NYSE: KKR) have acquired about a 5% stake in chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ: MRVL). At Marvell’s market cap at Monday night’s close…
courtesy of TwitterNow that Twitter Inc. has raised its initial public offering (IPO) price range from a prior spread of $17 to $20 to a new range of $23 to $25 there…
courtesy of Google Inc.As demand for mobile video increases, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has announced that it will spend 450 million euros ($608 million) to expand its Finnish data center in Hamina.…
Courtesy of BlackBerryBlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) faces its last stand as a public company, while three or four financiers and corporations prepare bids for assets that some analysts think are worth nothing.…
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…
