Well, it used to be Greece taking us down daily, but now it is the much larger concern of Italy. The markets were supposed to be cheering that Silvio Berlusconi was going to…
Shares in Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are both down more than -5% in mid-afternoon trading today. There’s not specific news to account for the drop, but…
Last week Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) said it would buy out the 50% stake in Sony Ericsson owned by its partner L.M. Ericsson Telephone Co. (NASDAQ: ERIC) for about $1.46 billion. The…
When Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reported that it sold 17 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year, that meant that the company’s smartphone market share fell from about 17.4% to…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to cut hours at some of its 24-hour stores, a sign of flagging traffic as the holiday retail period begins. Walmart has been in the process of…
Samsung boasted that it sold more smartphones than Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the third quarter, but it may not have made much money in the process. Volume is nearly useless without margins.…
Greece and the rest of the PIIGS were hurting us for so long that it seems hard to believe that the Europeans are setting a 50% haircut for the Greek sovereign debt and…
European Financial Stability Facility $1 trillion saves greece. The eurozone has set a larger European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), which may have a balance as high as $1.4 trillion. This amount will…
The failure of the new Nintendo 3DS and upgraded Wii have caused the Japanese company troubles similar to those faced by Motorola, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) in…
Eurozone officials decide on a second bailout of Greece and a larger EFSF. (Reuters) Private financial firms have positive reactions to the Obama plan to aid more homeowners with underwater mortgages. (Reuters)…
Nokia’s new Microsoft smartphone: Today will be remembered as the day that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) began an historic turnaround, or when it lost its bet on new smartphones that run the Microsoft…
The Obama administration announces a new plan to help underwater mortgage holders. (Reuters) Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) warns that more subscribers will cancel and shares fall 24%. (Reuters) Nearly 35% of News Corp.…
A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., the conclusion…
Obama to announce aid for student and home loans. Home loan proposals will include refinancing for underwater mortgages. (Reuters) EU leaders press Italy for more austerity measures. (Reuters) China’s October PMI is…
Slow sales of Windows keeps Microsoft’ s (NASDAQ: MSFT) revenue low. (Reuters) The Murdoch family will face voters angered about the UK paper hacking scandal at today’s annual meeting. (Reuters) Greece’s parliament…
