Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) this morning issued a preliminary look at first and second quarter earnings, and the view is not pretty. The company noted margin declines and poor sales in Africa,…
Paul Ausick Household debt combined with falling home prices have been more toxic to the economy than previously believed. This is not just true in the United States, according to new IMF data. The…
NokiaTroubled handset maker Nokia (NYSE: NOK) cannot get a break. Its alliance with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) was supposed to allow it to produce attractive new smartphones meant to help it claw back…
The Android smartphone operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) grabbed nearly 70% of sales in China during the fourth quarter of 2011 according to a new report from Chinese research firm…
Despite the fact that Easter and Passover holiday may not be the best time to launch a new product, Amazon. com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reports that the Lumia 900 from Nokia Corp.…
Lists of top-sellers at single destinations do not always equate to broad-reaching trends around the entire nation nor around the entire globe. Still, when you see a surprise like this it tends…
Several media sources report that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has given app developers financial incentives to create software for its Windows mobile OS. The operating system, combined with phones from Nokia (NYSE: NOK)…
JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) will cut 900 jobs at its headquarters, which is about 13% of the total. New CEO Ron Johnson, formerly of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), claims this will turn the crippled…
Research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is out with its report on the US mobile phone market for the rolling three-month period through February 2012. The data shows that 234 million Americans…
Research firm Nielsen reports that 49.7% of US mobile phone subscribers owned smartphones at the end of February. In February of 2011, that number was just 36%. The leading operating systems vendors…
The heads of the BRICÂ nations say the pace of IMF-led reforms concerns them. (Reuters) Facebook cuts trading of its stock in the secondary markets. (Reuters) The board of Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS)…
Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) lost half its market share in China last year, falling from 42% share in the first quarter to about 20% in the fourth quarter. The company wants to…
NokiaNokia’s (NYSE: NOK) new flagship smartphone, the Lumia 900, will not carry a premium price in the U.S. The smartphone’s retail price will be as low as $99.99 and AT&T (NYSE: T) will…
Increasing numbers of mutual funds have performances tied to huge investments in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). (Reuters) Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, is in China to address production labor problems. (Reuters) The European Union…
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has set April 8th for the launch of the Lumia 900 smartphone from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK). The phone is the first to use the Windows Phone 7…
