ThinkstockAlmost every major point in the Gartner third-quarter mobile phone report was expected. Sales rose 47% over the same period last year to 428 million. Samsung extended its lead as the largest…
courtesy of AOLAs a Justice Department investigation of Deepwater Horizon continues, BP PLC (NYSE: BP) may pay a record fine for the results of the disaster. (Reuters) Qatar says it would back…
courtesy of SamsungResearch firm Gartner says that worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users declined 3.1% year-over-year to nearly 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012. However, smartphone sales,…
courtesy of BlackberryBlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) today announced that its newest smartphones and operating system — BlackBerry 10 — would launch worldwide on January 30. The Canadian-based company…
ThinkstockThe short interest in the actively traded cult stocks and in some of the active low-priced shares is often volatile. We tracked some rather large moves up and down in this group…
ThinkstockA promotion of the new Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) Lumia 920 is on the front page of the AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) main website. The price is $99.99 with a two-year subscription…
thinkstockAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) will be able to sell cheaper e-books. (Reuters) Amazon is likely to win its showdown of e-books in Europe with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) as the loser. (Reuters)…
courtesy of AppleAccording to September data published today by comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), the mobile handset market share leader continues to be Samsung Electronics, followed by LG Electronics, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL),…
courtesy of MicrosoftThe media is filled with rumors that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has tested its own smartphone. The move has many disadvantages, but Microsoft should ignore those. There are many advantages if Redmond takes this…
thinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) says its head of software and chief of retail will leave. (Reuters) China will try to build its own jet engines. (Reuters) UBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) will cut…
Now that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has released Windows 8, the guessing games have begun. First is whether mixed reviews of the product will slow its adoption. The pricing of Windows may…
Sandy’s Impact The effects of Hurricane Sandy already have been felt on Wall St. as the major exchanges have elected to close today, and perhaps tomorrow. Much less certain is the damage…
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) better have a hit with its upcoming Windows-based Lumia phones if it wants to remain relevant. If Lumia flops, then Nokia is going to live up to the charge that it…
For just a moment, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) may have emerged from Apple’s shadow yesterday. Apple disappointed Wall St. as it sold many fewer iPads than expected. Its growth was not colossal as usual. It…
thinkstockA fight has broken out among the CEOs of companies that make tablets, primarily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Samsung. (Reuters) Apple’s disappointing numbers are based mostly on…
