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Douglas A. McIntyre Steve Jobs, the cofounder of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), dead at 56. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may make a bid for Yahoo! (Reuters) Sprint-Nextel (NYSE: S) to sell the iPhone with an unlimited data…
Yahoo.comReading news stories about the next possible buyer for Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) resembles nothing so much as a game of Whack-a-Mole. First there was Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) back a few…
Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is surging today after a news report has turned into the rumor mill, and you can guess the rumor: a buyout. The Independent out of the…
World stock markets hit 15-month lows. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch the iPhone 5 as competition grows from Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android. (Reuters) China warns of a trade war if Congress…
The results are in, and though they may be temporary, it’s now official that IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has become the second largest high-tech firm in the world, passing Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:…
The federal government begins to probe the accounting of several Chinese companies. (Reuters) EU markets to decline more this quarter than in any other since 2008. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
Angela Merkel faces a test: will her own party support money being used for the bailout of Greece? (Reuters) Bernanke says the Fed may have to act if inflation falls below targets.…
One of the attractions of Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system is that it is open source. That makes it free to use for manufacturers. That advantages has begun to go away.…
Larry Page, CEO of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), believes the company is its own worst enemy. Perhaps he has not looked around at the competitive landscape. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and…
Short sellers appear ready to follow bank stocks all the way down to zero, at least based on data for the period that ended September 15. Shares short in Citigroup (NYSE: C)…
This was no good week for stocks even if the markets have bounced off the lows numerous times on Friday. The low of the DJIA on Friday morning of 10,638 was down…
It is old news that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) sells more iPads by a huge margin than any rival can sell other tablet PCs. Apple is so successful that it is almost unfair.…
Just in case anyone believed that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was being seriously threatened by competitors to its iPad tablet, that belief can probably be put to rest for a few years.…
Computer peripherals maker Logitech International SA (NASDAQ: LOGI) has been having a tough year and its going to get tougher. The company posted an EPS loss of -$0.17 in its first fiscal…
