Steve Jobs said that the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has 90% of the table PC market when he launched the new iPad 2. Industry experts confirmed the remarkable number. The iPad may…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) challenged the entrenched providers of video compression software when it bought small firm On2. The search company took On2’s advance video compression product and open sourced it. The company…
The chase for advertising dollars just waiting to be harvested from all those smartphones is just getting starting. Of an estimated $500 billion in annual global ad spending, only about $2.7 billion…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) Raised to Overweight at Barclays. Kirby Corporation…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced a new plan earlier this week that would allow content creators like publishers, music companies, and game makers to offer and receive payment for subscriptions to digital…
They say there is an ETF for everything. Now comes the launch by First Trust Advisors L.P. for a Smartphone ETF. The First Trust NASDAQ CEA Smartphone Index Fund (NASDAQ: FONE) offers…
The head of the Bank of Japan said that easing by the G20 central banks was necessary even though it may be causing inflation in the emerging world (Reuters) The head of…
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved…
Republicans have started to shut down funding for Dodd-Frank programs (Reuters) The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and other agencies will fine banks for improper foreclosure methods (Reuters) Ben Bernanke says…
Everyone knows that Facebook has more than 500 million users, a market value north of $50 billion, and a CEO whose life has already been documented in a feature film. Why does…
Updated throughout the day. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Green Mountain are in talks about a strategic partnership (Reuters) Borse Dubai has not been asked to sell its 20% stake in the London…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for February 14, 2011.These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in crowds?
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Cardinal Health Inc. (NYSE: CAH) Raised to Buy with $52 target at…
The size of the Japanese economy dropped in the fourth quarter of last year, but exports may aid a rebound. (Reuters) The Obama budget will cut $1.1 trillion in costs over 10…
Leave it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) to grab a headline on the same day that Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) reveals a tie-up with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT). Bloomberg cites “people who…
