Apple Inc’.s (NASDAQ: AAPL) products are so successful that when it comes to competing with them, every company that tries gets a swing at the pinata. Very few hit it, at least…
Reuters:Â Â The SEC said there was no single cause of the market plunge. Reuters:Â Â The Senate approved a single audit of the Fed. Reuters:Â Â Morgan Stanley Group (NYSE: MS) is the subject…
Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the smartphone market rose 60% in the first quarter of 2010 as sales for the entire industry grew 57%. The total handset market grew only 22% during the…
One its face, it would seem to be a mismatch. Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), two huge global firms which have been notoriously unsuccessful in the smartphone market up against the two companies…
Reuters:  Calm water is helping manage the Gulf oil spill. Reuters:  April retail sales should be up in a sign of consumer recovery. Reuters:  The US is questioning Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:…
WSJ:Â Warren Buffett intends to discuss his investment in Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) at the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) annual meeting. Reuters:Â Â Federal authorities have started a criminal probe into Goldman.…
Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will release a new operating system which it says will allow its customers to move around the internet more quickly and make the use of its screen dynamics easier…
These are ten of the top analyst calls seen so far this Monday morning from the upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street firms: Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) Cut to Hold at…
There are almost too many key stocks to note as pre-market movers this morning because of the floodgates of earnings news. We have covered some of the larger volume and price movers…
Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) margins must be under pressure. In its latest earnings report its said that its forecast the global handset market was intact. It also said it market share would rise to…
Less than two years ago Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was a $150 stock. Recently, however, pressure from new smartphones, particularly the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, taken together with the general…
Reuters:Â Â The costs of the US bailout of the financial industry was $89 billion. Reuters:Â Â Goldman Sachs (GS) and AIG (AIG) are unwinding their CDS positions. Reuters:Â Â The euro surged on news…
Reuters:Â Â The Fed once again pledged low interest rates. Reuters:Â Â If the yuan rises, the euro may be badly hurt. Reuters:Â Â Soda companies are hurt by the economy according to AlixPartners. Reuters:Â Â …
These are the top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen this Wednesday morning from Wall Street research calls: AGA Medical Holdings (NASDAQ: AGAM) Started as Outperform at Baird. Align Technology (NASDAQ: ALGN) Reiterated…
Lee Iacocca, Chrysler’s CEO in 1979, worked for $1 a year while his company paid back taxpayers $1.2 billion in loan guarantees. Edward Liddy, former CEO of Allstate (ALL), was paid $1…
