Every time Motorola (MOT) posts a bad quarter, it seems that Nokia (NOK) posts a good one. Motorola is losing money in its core handset business. It sold only 40 million units…
Douglas A. McIntyre Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is set to report its second quarter 2008 earnings after the close today. The company is expected to post $0.53 EPS on revenues of $2.41 Billion, according to First…
It is all over now for Motorola (MOT) and Palm (PALM). They might have had a chance to pick up enough market shares to dig themselves out of the holes of late…
Early indications are the that new Motorola Razr2 may not have had such a hot fourth quarter. According to Bloomberg "Motorola probably sold 2 million Razr 2s, the slimmer camera phones (the…
The big US companies with the weakest prospects have sold off by as much as 50% over the few months. But, because some of them have powerful brands, large customer bases, and…
The worst part of the recession cycle is beginning. News from several big sectors like retail, housing, and automotive has already turned bad. In the last two days, Sprint (S) and GM…
It’s official. Fidelity’s Magellan Fund (FMAGX) is being re-opened for new investors. This fund at one point in 1997 became so large that the fund closed itself to new funds and outside…
Google (GOOG) data show that users of Apple (AAPL) iPhones have been accessing its mobile search tools more than people with any other smartphone. According to The New York Times "the data…
According to Reuters, Merrill Lynch (MER) plans to lay-off 1,600 people. Reuters writes that US durable goods numbers were worse than expected for November. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) will end its…
This holiday, the press is replete with stories of sales of Macs on the Amazon (AMZN) website and the transcendent experience of shopping at an Apple store. Perhaps all of those consumers…
Cell carriers like AT&T (T) and Vodafone (VOD) have run into the problem that their home markets are becoming saturated. By many estimates, there are over 250 million cellphones in the US.…
No matter how big its legal problems are with Nokia (NOK) or Broadcom (BRCM), Qualcomm (QCOM) keeps chugging along. Qualcomm said that based on the current business outlook, it now anticipates first…
The Apple (AAPL) iPhone and RIM (RIMM) Blackberry have been doing what Motorola (MOT) and Nokia (NOK) could not. They are driving handset sales to all-time records. According to research firm NPD,…
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a serial disappointment for shareholders and its turnaround has never come to a real fruition. There was a period that Ed Zander was deemed as a…
Qualcomm (QCOM) does not lose every legal battle it fights. It just seems that way. After set-backs in patent cases against rival Broadcom (BRCM), it has been in court with its largest…
