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Media
Media Digest (5/1/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
China’s PMI rises to a 13-month high. (Reuters) BP (NYSE: BP) profits fall as it sells some assets to pay for the Gulf spill. (Reuters) New York state pension funds vote against…
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Investing
Nokia, Left For Dead, Cut To Junk By S&P
N9kia (NYSE: NOK), already almost without a pulse, was downgraded to junk by S&P. The agency said Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it had lowered its long-term corporate credit rating…
6:34am ET
Consumer Electronics
Samsung Passes Nokia as Handset Leader, Its Earnings Rocket
Samsung passed longtime global handset leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in the first quarter, according to Strategy Analytics. Global handset shipments reached 368 million units for the period, and the South Korean company…
6:15am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Alcatel-Lucent Finds No Takers on Mixed to Dire Earnings (ALU, JNPR, NOK, ERIC, CSCO)
Alcatel-LucentAlcatel-Lucent, S.A. (NYSE: ALU) recently saw its shares jump due to earnings from Juniper Networks, Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) but the new earnings report from the company itself shows that the ties are…
7:01am ET
Investing
Short Interest Changes in Cult Stocks and Controversial Stocks (ALU, STD, BAC, BKS, DNDN, DMND, FSLR, GMCR, GRPN, HGSI, LNKD, NFLX, NOK, RSH, RIMM, SIRI)
Jon OggThere are more changes in the short interest of some of the key cult stocks and most actively traded and controversial stocks. The start of earnings season may have influenced the…
6:38am ET
Consumer Electronics
Will LG, HTC and Sony Exit U.S. Smartphone Market?
Near the rear of AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless retail stores sit smartphones like the HTC Trophy, the LG Vortex and Sony Experia. These usually sell for less than high-end Samsung smartphones and…
6:39am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (4/24/2012) Nokia Almost Dead, Spain Yields Rocket Up
The important Auto China 2012 show has allowed many large manufacturers to increase their commitment to the People’s Republic. It is the world’s largest market for cars and light trucks, with sales…
6:27am ET
Investing
Nokia Steps Closer To The Grave
The blows to Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) fortunes have become fatal now. Fitch downgraded the company’s debt to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘. The outlook for Long-term Issuer Default Rating is negative, Fitch reported. The…
10:19am ET
Companies and Brands
Apple, Nokia, Sony Top Asian Brand List (AAPL, NOK, SNE,CL, KO, HMC, TM, GOOG, MCD, MSFT, AMZN, SSNLF, NKE, DIS, YHOO)
Among the more developed countries of Asia — China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan — the top global brand is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in three and trails only a local brand…
6:40am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/20/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
BRICs want more of a say in the International Monetary Fund before they make their next contributions. (Reuters) French president Nicolas Sarkozy almost certainly will be voted out of office, raising questions…
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Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Plans To Cut Its Way To Prosperity (NOK, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT)
Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) is magically trading higher after earnings. The reaction is certainly not due to any great accomplishments. There is probably some short covering, but the real news is the…
7:19am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Nokia Claims Lumia 900 Stock-outs Due to Sales, Not Bug (NOK, MSFT, T)
The introduction of the Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), and AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) was not exactly a thing of beauty. First, the launch was…
1:15pm ET
Investing
Nokia Nearly Junk
The wreck of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is no longer the slow motion one which began when current CEO Stephen Elop, formerly of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), took the helm over a year ago.…
7:40am ET
Consumer Electronics
Samsung To Release New Galaxy Phone
Samsung says it will release the third generation of its flagship. It will be called the Galaxy S. That is a bit like the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4S, at least the…
11:33am ET
Banking, finance, and taxes
Scoring Earnings Season: A True Tale of the Tape (AA, JPM, WFC, GOOG, NOK, INFY, CSTR, MFRM, CSC)
Earnings season for the first quarter of 2012 is upon us and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see how the tale of the tape is treating the companies reporting earnings. Our aim…