courtesy of DellA drop in first-quarter PC sales reported by research firm IDC was blamed, to some extent, on the public’s rejection of Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8. The rise of…
courtesy of AOL, IncToyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM), Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) and Nissan will recall 3.4 million cars over airbag defects. (Reuters) Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) faces slow…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of March 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.The FBI begins review of the relationship between a KPMG partner and Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE: HLF). (Reuters) Problems with lithium ion batteries hurt the growth of companies that make…
courtesy GameStop Corp.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is seeing some short-term profit taking so far on Tuesday, which frankly is of very little surprise. AMD shares rose a sharp 13% after…
Jon Ogg24/7 Wall St. wants some insight from readers ahead of earnings season. We have grouped four rival sectors to see which ones investors are more excited about this earnings season. This is…
courtesy of SamsungWith more than a billion smartphones in use around the world, it is entertaining, if not instructive, to look at what those phones are used for. Would you be surprised…
Paul Ausick courtesy of YouTubeJ.C. Penney Co. Inc.’s (NYSE: JCP) board faces criticism for firing CEO Ron Johnson and replacing him with the predecessor who cause some of the retailer’s problems. (Reuters) Ford Motor…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning but all three major indexes managed to pull off small gain by the end of the trading session. In Asia, Japan’s 10-year bond futures are…
ThinkstockCNN Money released its list of the 20 highest paid chief executive officers of 2012. It was refreshing to see some of the CEOs that have led their companies to long-term success made…
ThinkstockPortugal Austerity Ruling The highest court in Portugal ruled that some of the austerity measures to be employed by the government to curtail deficits are not constitutional. In reaction, the central government…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe worldwide market for combined shipments of PCs, tablets and mobile phones is expected to total 2.4 billion units in 2013, rising to nearly 3 billion units by 2017. It…
Most Wall St. firms are divided by the unit that calls on the retail or high net worth client, and the unit that calls on institutional clients. They both generally benefit from…
courtesy of MicrosoftResearch firm Gartner has forecast that fast-moving trends in the world of computing and operating systems will ruin Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) within five years. The Guardian reports: Microsoft faces…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockBuzz on Facebook Home A day after Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) announced its “Home” smartphone product, reviews about the both the phone and its effect on the future of the social network…
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