Investors usually reward companies for announcing layoffs. Getting more from fewer workers adds to margins and hopefully to net income. The more serious question is what a new round of layoffs means at digital…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is having a ‘sell the news’ trading day ahead of its new iPad demonstration this week. We have also seen above-average share trading volume in the stock for…
Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is facing more and more analyst scrutiny. One report last week noted that RIM was at a great chance of issuing an earnings warning. Now a…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is “the new Microsoft” as far as tech companies taking over the world. In the 1990’s it was Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) that was taking over the world. 2012…
Statements by Bernanke about the uneven economy push stocks down. (Reuters) Chinese factory activity grows more than expected in February. (Reuters) Facebook sets new advertising tools for major marketers ahead of its…
Investment firm Sterne Agee has lowered its estimates on Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) while maintaining its ‘neutral’ rating on the company. Sterne Agee noted in its report that RIM’s “Blackberry…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is in patent talks with Facebook. The portal claims that the social network has used some of its intellectual property without permission or license fees. Yahoo!’s claims are based on…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) threatens a patent suit against Facebook, citing a number of violations. (Reuters) TransCanada (NYSE: TRP) cuts the length of its Keystone XL pipeline in the hopes of finishing some…
The Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) shipped on 2.7 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. Microsoft’s leading handset vendor was Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), the…
A panel suggests that Vivus diet drug Qnexa be approved by the FDA. (Reuters) Japan may cut crude oil imports from Iran by 20%. (Reuters) Poor results cause shares of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ)…
If you want to know what is hurting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and helping Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), it may be nothing more than continued chatter about an index rebalancing act by…
Apple wants to sue Kodak over patent infringement. Since Kodak is in Chapter 11, Apple has to ask the court which has supervised the process. The suit is part of a very…
In another round of the global intellectual war between Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, Apple has filed a lawsuit in the US which claims the South Korean firm violates four of its patents.…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been hitting new all-time highs of late, and analysts have been ratcheting up their price targets. We recently noted one analyst call for a $665 price target…
The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing…
