courtesy of BlackberryIn an interview with a German magazine over the weekend, the CEO of Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) said that a possible sale of the company’s hardware unit and…
courtesy of YouTubeThe head of Rio Tinto PLC (NYSE: RIO) will leave after the company took a $14 billion write-down. (Reuters) The FAA grounds the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner after it…
courtesy of SamsungThe latest data from 451 Research’s ChangeWave service shows that Samsung’s Galaxy III smartphone is gaining market share on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). In its December survey…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Each January, 24/7 Wall St. forecasts the publicly traded U.S. companies that will have the highest profits in the year ahead. This year, Apple almost certainly will keep first place,…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning as data from Europe and Asia combined with a larger than expected U.S. trade deficit to pour cool, if not cold, water on the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research firms this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) maintained Underperform but named Bear of the Day…
thinkstockA Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 operated by ANA develops a crack in the cockpit glass. (Reuters) American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) will cut 5,400 jobs and take a charge in its…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning even though the number of new U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected before markets opened (more coverage here). The news was more…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.Mobile phone maker Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) announced today that it expects fourth-quarter operating margin for its devices and services business to fall in a range from flat to…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a better-than-expected quarterly earnings report from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA). There was not a lot of economic data out today, so corporate earnings had…
courtesy J.C. Penney Co. Inc.Why are some companies hated? The answer often depends on who is asking. Corporations can anger their customers, fail their shareholders, and mistreat their employees. 24/7 Wall St.…
ThinkstockThe past year was a tale of two products for semiconductor makers. Makers of the brains for desktop and laptops PCs had a tough year, while chipmakers focused on mobile devices like…
U.S. equity markets opened about lower this morning, and couldn’t catch a bid all day. The impending fiscal cliff dominated sentiment in Europe as well as the U.S. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei…
courtesy of BlackberryWhen Research In Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit charging RIM with infringing on Nokia intellectual property, no dollar…
Paul Ausick thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of December 14th in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
