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Are Oracle’s Earnings a Fluke?
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings missed almost all Wall St. estimates and its shares fell 8%. The company has been among the most successful in the tech sector for years. Was the report…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/20/2011) UK and EU, HTC and Apple
The UK says it will not contribute to a new IMF-based 150 billion euro package for use in bailing out regional economies. The UK government senses that as it pushes it own austerity to…
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Investing
Sony Sells 321,000 Playstation Vitas in First Two Days
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has counted on its new Playstation Vita portable game device to resurrect its chance in the console business. Early signs are that the attempt has worked. Nintendo sold 371,000…
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No Tablets from Nokia — At Least, Not Yet (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG, AMZN)
Remarks made over the weekend by Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) CEO Steven Elop appear to quell any notion that the company plans to enter the tablet market any time soon. The company…
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Technology
Google Chrome Passes Internet Explorer As Top Browser
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Internet Explorer has been the top browser in the world since the company bought Netscape nearly 15 years ago. Mozilla’s Firefox gains modest share over the last several years. But,…
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Google Continues Large Lead In US Search Rankings
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) continued to hold its huge lead in US search engine share. In November, the figure was 65.4%. Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) was next at 15.1% and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was…
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Industrials
Holiday Smartphone Surprise: Samsung Sales Running Next To Apple (AAPL, SSNLF, GOOG, NOK, RIMM, MSFT)
Smartphone makers are expected to sell some 142 million units in the current calendar quarter. The bulk of those sales are pumping up the revenues at two vendors — Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:…
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Media
Outrageous 2012 Prediction… 50% Drop in Apple Stock (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, MSFT, NOK)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still one of the most revered companies in America, and in the world. Since Steve Jobs has passed away there has been a bit less enthusiasm for…
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Texas Instruments Leaving NYSE for NASDAQ (TXN, INTC, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)
The NASDAQ has always been considering the heavyweight exchange for technology listing, and it just put on more weight today with an announcement from Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE: TXN) that the chipmaker…
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Sony Offers Sneak Preview of Latest PlayStation (SNE, MSFT, NTDOY, AAPL)
The latest entry in the line of PlayStations from Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) is set for launch this weekend. The company has been touring Japan for the past several weeks to drum…
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Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Picks Wrong Carrier for U.S. Return
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has returned to the U.S. smartphone market. Unfortunately, its partner is also-ran wireless provider T-Mobile. That will make it very difficult for the smartphone to get adoption. Experts already…
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What’s New in the Financial World (12/15/2011) Retail Sales Rise, Nokia Launches Lumia
The National Retail Federation increased its forecast for holiday sales to 3.8%, which would mean a total of $469 billion for November and December. That is up from its earlier 2.8% prediction. The…
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Nokia Returns To US With Cheap Phone
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) brought the first of its new generation of it smartphones to the US as its launched its Lumia 710 with T-Mobile. The handset will cost $50 with a subscription…
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Verizon, AT&T Put New Nokia Phone to the Test (NOK, MSFT, VZ, VOD, T)
A new smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) using the Windows Phone operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is reportedly being tested by the two largest US wireless carriers for use…
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What’s Important in the Financial World (12/14/2011) Corzine Charges, Apple Founding
Officials at CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) have given the Justice Department documents that may prove former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine knew his firm lent customer money to its operations in Europe. Corzine had…