If any company has the chance to take on the Apple (AAPL) iTunes/iPod franchise it is Nokia (NOK). It has started its own music store and recently signed up Warner Music (WMG).…
According to Reuters, global companies may start to issue profit warnings as business slows overseas. Reuters reports that InBev is sticking to it offer to buy Anheuser-Bush (BUD). Reuters reports that Chrysler…
Wall St. was disappointed by RIM’s (RIMM) forecast for the upcoming few quarters? Could the same thing happen to Apple (AAPL)? Several companies in the cell phone business have made comment that…
These are the earl-bird upgrades and downgrades we are seeing in Telecom, Tech, and I.T. on this Friday morning with about two and a half hours to open: ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH)…
After over a year of playing cat and mouse, it looks like Apple (AAPL) may be close to a deal with China Mobile (CHL) to sell the iPhone on the mainland. Since…
Most of the focus in the smartphone business over the last month has passed Palm (PALM) by. The new 3G Apple (AAPL) iPhone, RIM’s (RIMM) earnings, the Nokia (NOK) purchase of the…
Wall St. is getting nervous that RIM (RIMM) could lose its luster as it moves from providing handsets for business into the consumer market. Apple (AAPL) is sitting there along with Nokia…
According to Reuters, the Fed is seen as holding rates on fears of inflation. Reuters writes that the CEO of Nissan is bracing for the worst in the US. Reuters writes that…
Motorola (MOT) hit a 52-week low today. Make that a multiple year low, at $7.36. Piper Jaffray downgraded the stock last week. The question about the company is whether it is worth…
According to Reuters, a proposal from the SEC would cut the role of credit rating agencies. Reuters writes that United (UAUA) will lay-off 950 pilots. Reuters reports that GM (GM) will cut…
Google (GOOG) is trying to get out a bunch of wireless handsets with its Android software. But, log-jams and competing agendas are hurting that. The first products were supposed to to be…
Nokia (NOK) will join the scores of consumer electronics companies which have lost billions of dollars on the Hollywood walk of fame. It is not enough that Nokia has 40% of the…
According to Reuters, a new survey put Google (GOOG) first in reputation among US companies. Reuters reports that gas prices climbed to a record $4.10. Reuters writes that Bunge ((BG) will buy…
If you thought this was a bad day for the market with the DJIA trading well under that 12,000 psychological level, there were some 400 stocks that hit 52-week lows today when…
Nokia (NOK) has come to market with two smartphones aimed at business users. They do not have RIM (RIMM) Blackberry e-mail services, so new customers and IT officers will have to start…
Douglas A. McIntyre 