WiMax appears to be such a promising technology, at least on paper. It can send wireless broadband signals for miles from one base-station. If is faster than 3G, the core technology used…
Qualcomm (QCOM) reported earnings yesterday. Wall St. should have been happy. Revenue was up 15% to $2.31 billion. Operating income rose 84% to $1.14 billion. EPS was up 86% to $.67. All…
According to Reuters, Morgan Stanley (MS) has suffered a $3.7 billion loss from its mortgage portfolio, Reuters writes that shares in Cisco (CSCO) were driven down on concerns that orders from the…
Just when shares in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), and Apple (AAPL) were doing so well, it appears that, in Japan, consumers are moving toward game consoles and smart phones for their daily…
Any business where Cisco (CSCO) and Intel (INTC) are on the same side of the ball is going to get a lot of momentum. And, yesterday Cisco bought WiMax equipment company Navini…
It is obvious that Apple (AAPL) is not Google, or its stock symbol would be GOOG. But, the issues go beyond that. With Apple’s most impressive quarter behind it and with a…
Apple (AAPL) always beats earnings forecasts. In the last quarter, it hit revenue of $6.22 billion and had a profit of $1.01 a shares. It sold 10.2 million iPods, 1.1 million iPhones…
Qualcomm (QCOM) announced that the Administrative Law Judge issued an initial determination terminating an investigation based on a complaint filed by Nokia (NOK) against Qualcomm. Douglas A. McIntyre
According to Reuters, Halliburton (HAL) increased its third quarter profit by 19%. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) will buy the part of its Japanese operations that it does not own for $350…
There can only be so many handsets sold in any quarter. Samsung and Sony Ericsson had unit increases of over 30% in Q3. And, now cell phone giant Nokia (NOK) as announced…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) shares are being crushed pre-market after it issued an earnings warning. It’s been a long time since we saw a reaction in Ericsson shares like this, but shares are trading…
According to Reuters, China CITIC Bank is bidding to buy a stake in Bear Stearns (BSC) Reuters reports that the National Retail Federation’s survey of its members shows retail sales are expected…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) and other large banksare planning to create a roughly $80 billion fund to buy ailing mortgage securities and other assets. Reuters writes that Medtronic (MDT) is suspending…
“Qualcomm will not be able to take its royalty model further, that’s absolutely clear,” said Dresdner Bank AG analyst Per Lindberg in London, who rates the shares “sell” and expects them to…
Sony Ericsson, the world’s fourth largest handset maker, came out with results for its third quarter .On the surface, they looked fairly good. Revenue rose 7% to $4.4 billion. But, net revenue…
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