courtesy of Nokia Corp.In a battle that has really just been joined for the third best-selling smartphone platform, Windows Phone from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has wrestled away third place from the…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is turning a gun on the retail video game model, and this will crush GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), if the preliminary news about specs on the…
courtesy Dell Inc.Critics of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) $2 billion investment in the Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) $24.4 billion leverage buyout believe that the world’s largest software company could harm its relationship…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ: LBTYA) will buy U.K. cable firm Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED) for $15.75 billion. (Reuters) Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (NYSE: RBS) expects LIBOR penalties in…
courtesy Dell Inc.Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has finally announced that it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which founding CEO Michael Dell will acquire the company in partnership with global technology…
courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is not getting a great reception so far on Monday as word of its buyout continues to point to a deal getting closer and closer. Late…
By the estimates of industry research firm IDC, Microsoft posted 900,000 sales of its Surface tablet in the fourth quarter. That put it behind industry leaders like Apple and Samsung, but not…
courtesy of AOL, IncJapan Airlines approaches Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) about the cost of its grounded 787 Dreamliner fleet. (Reuters) Electric cars sales may be hurt as the industry considers hydrogen-powered vehicles.…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE), one of the most battered large companies in the world, may launch the next in the line of its PlayStation models — the PS4. Sony…
ThinkstockAnheuser-Busch InBev Hits Roadblock The maker of the “The King of Beers” will not be expanding its kingdom. Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V. (NYSE: BUD), itself a creation of a merger, probably will be blocked…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) business is either falling apart or it is not. It is losing market share to Samsung or it is not. Its new products are either…
ThinkstockIntellectual property firm Vringo Inc. (NYSEMKT: VRNG) announced this morning that a wholly owned subsidiary, I/P Engine, had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) alleging that the software…
courtesy of Google Inc.The market barely reacted to news that Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) revenue spiked higher by 40% to $1.585 billion in the fourth quarter of last year, as compared to…
courtesy of Research In Motion Ltd.Smartphone maker Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) launched to new phones this morning, the Z10 touchscreen model and the Q10 with the familiar BlackBerry keypad. Oh,…
ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has decided to allow businesses to license the new version of its widely used and highly profitable Office product. The move may be an acknowledgement that companies have…
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