Toshiba cuts its profit forecasts and lowers guidance. (Reuters) Honda (NYSE: HMC) posts a 65% drop in profits and cuts its outlook because of the yen and Thai floods. (Reuters) Twenty-five nations,…
The global wireless patent war that has engulfed Eastman Kodak, Samsung, HTC, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM) Motorola, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) among others took another turn today as a Germany court…
Almost all investments rise and fall in price through time, and the same is true over the value of sports collectibles and baseball cards. The ‘investing’ rule in sports collectibles that has…
EU leaders agree to create the European Stability Mechanism, which will have funds of 500 billion euro and begin its business in July. (Reuters) EU leaders probably will create a 20 billion…
“Phishing”, the illegitimate use of email to trick recipients into a scam or other action that might harm them financially, has been a problem nearly since email was invented. There have been a…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been successful in the market for personal computers for individuals for decades. The Mac has been pulled along by the popularity of, first, the iPod, and more recently the…
Facebook is now rumored to be filing its IPO paperwork as soon as next week. The ‘rumor’ is coming out of a report from the Wall Street Journal that Morgan Stanley (NYSE:…
It is very well known that just about every single analyst out there loves Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). After it is all said and done, what is not to like? The company has moved…
Telephone handset maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) posted a loss of -$1.4 billion early this morning as the company’s sales of smartphones has all but disappeared and operating margins have fallen to…
For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The NYSE and…
Nintendo earnings collapsed and so did its forecast. The firm said it would launch a new version of the Wii by year end in the hope that it can reverse its fortunes. That…
Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you don’t have to work. As of the end of last year, 7.3% of Americans 75 and older were employed — the highest level since 1966,…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) extraordinary earnings and the size of its iPhone sales helped move its market cap well above $400 billion. The press constantly reminds readers that this is greater than any…
Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) earnings were weak, which raised the matter of a business combination with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) or Aol (NYSE: AOL) again. A more suitable merger would be with a major…
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are tumbling today following a glum forecast from one of the company’s main chip suppliers. ST-Ericsson, a joint venture between STMicroelectronics N.V. (NYSE: STM) and LM…
