Some fast backpedaling by Korea’s LG Electronics has apparently stopped the claim by a Korean newspaper that the electronics giant is ditching Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the US company’s Windows Phone…
Last week, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that it sold 35.1 million iPhones worldwide in the latest quarter. The figure is large, but not extraordinary. Some consumer products and consumer electronics companies sell…
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS) is being treated rather poorly after its earnings report missed expectations. Leap Wireless International Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP) is being treated even worse.  Competition from Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:…
Near the rear of AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon Wireless retail stores sit smartphones like the HTC Trophy, the LG Vortex and Sony Experia. These usually sell for less than high-end Samsung smartphones and…
Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA showing much more strength than the S&P 500, which opened higher, or the Nasdaq, which opened lower. The S&P Case-Shiller house price index showed…
AT&T, Inc. (NYSE: T) has just delivered its expected earnings report. As AT&T has the highest dividend yield of all 30 DJIA components, this one was going to be key to watch…
Jon C. Ogg The important Auto China 2012 show has allowed many large manufacturers to increase their commitment to the People’s Republic. It is the world’s largest market for cars and light trucks, with sales…
Facebook reports that its revenue grew to more than $1 billion and its membership to 900 million. (Reuters) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) sells some of the patents it bought from AOL (NYSE: AOL)…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announces earnings at the close today. The sell-off in the company’s shares so far this month shows that many investors believe that the sale of iPhone and iPads will…
The global market for consumer spending on mobile content, apps and games, and services totaled $121.8 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow to $138.2 billion this year. The advertising spend…
Dividends have continued to rise. Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year. A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost 2.2% so…
Six states added, in total, 787,000 jobs during the past year, according to government data for March. This makes them the primary engines of national employment growth over that period. Nearly a third…
Earnings season is in full swing and we have many key reports due in the coming week. 24/7 Wall St. has provided some detailed previews for the key earnings reports we expect…
The amount the International Monetary Fund can raise, primarily to help to create a sovereign firewall for Europe, stands at $320 billion. Although, several nations have said they will help push the…
The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5, which was supposed to be released in June, July, or August–depending on the rumor–will be out in October according to famous Apple watcher Piper Jaffray’s Gene…
