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Telecom & Wireless

Amazon to Launch a Smartphone?

Bloomberg reports that Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) may launch a smartphone, which would mean the world’s largest e-commerce company would join the mobile phone sector just after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)…

Douglas A. McIntyre
2:40pm ET
Telecom & Wireless

How Low Can Nokia Go?

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) set a new 52-week low of $2.00 today. The one-time leader in sales of mobile phones did not have any news, but the company’s prospects are…

Paul Ausick
6:05am ET
Media

Media Digest (7/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Bob Diamond, CEO of Barclays (NYSE: BCS), quits. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) takes a $6.2 billion write-off, primarily due to its buyout of aQuantive. (Reuters) The U.S. probe begins on whether Chesapeake…

Douglas A. McIntyre
3:01pm ET
Telecom & Wireless

Samsung Leads Smartphone Market

The latest rankings are out from comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) on the US smartphone device and platform markets. Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) leads the device makers with a 25.7% market share. Apple…

Paul Ausick
1:44pm ET
Investing

Coming Soon — Mozilla’s Smartphone OS

The non-profit Mozilla Corporation, maker of the Firefox web browser, today said that it would issue a smartphone operating system platform as the Firefox OS. The platform has been known until now…

Paul Ausick
6:34am ET
Investing

Will Microsoft Take Over RIM?

Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) board may have no other choice than to make a last-ditch effort to save the company through an alliance with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Reuters reports. Microsoft could…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:30am ET
Investing

What’s Important in the Financial World (6/29/2012)

In another sign that the recession in the European Union has spread well beyond the weakest nations, retail sales fell 1.1% in Germany in May. The Federal Statistics Bureau issued a report that showed: According…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:12am ET
Media

Media Digest (6/29/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

EU leaders set a tentative plan to recapitalize troubled banks directly with funds meant to be loaned for sovereign bailouts. (Reuters) Stockton, Calif., files for bankruptcy. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:21am ET
Telecom & Wireless

Tablet PCs, Car Sales and TV Channels

If Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is fortunate, its new Nexus 7 tablet will be like a Chrysler automobile. The device is up against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), with its General Motors (NYSE: GM) type…

Douglas A. McIntyre
6:25am ET
Media

Media Digest (6/28/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Stockton, Calif., is about to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) wins a court decision to stop shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet into the United States. (Reuters)…

Douglas A. McIntyre