Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeing yet one more analyst upgrade ahead of Thursday’s launch of the iPhone with Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). The move is eliminating the AT&T Inc. (NYSE:…
Updated throughout the day. New pension finance treatment could change earnings at AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE VZ). (Bloomberg) Ally picked Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM),…
Consumers who want an Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone from Verizon Wireless can no longer order it online. The Verizon Wireless website posted a message which says iPhone 4. Verizon. It begins.We are…
Unemployment most likely improved last month but the jobless rate may rise. (Reuters) JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) may have ignored signs that Madoff was committing fraud. (Reuters) Ben Bernanke said that if the…
Recently, I violated the cardinal rule of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone ownership — I got mine wet. Worse, the “incident” occurred in the bathroom. Details will be spared, but suffice it to…
If mobile phones still did nothing but voice calls and text messaging, existing mobile networks would likely be sufficient for another 10 years or more. Smartphones that surf the web and allow…
Companies locked in a struggle to remain viable and maintain their profits and sales sometimes begin to run out of customers. This happened to GM (NYSE: GM), which had a 50% share…
These are some of this Friday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. AT&T, Inc.…
The IMF “Fiscal Monitor” and ratings agencies have both warned Japan and the US on their growing debt loads (Reuters) Ford Motor’s (NYSE: F) annual profit may be its largest since 2000…
If there was any lingering doubt about the identity of the 600-pound gorilla in the mobile phone market, today’s earnings announcements from three major mobile players out to put those doubts out…
Fourth quarter results for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) were no better than so-so. The company reported revenue of $26.4 billion and EPS of $0.54, excluding one-time items, compared with revenue expectations…
Earnings season is in full swing and we have a back-breaker of an earnings week ahead of us. There are some 11 DJIA components reporting earnings and a whole slew of other…
Earnings season is in full swing and we have at least 11 of the 30 DJIA components on deck to report earnings. We have given basic previews broken out by day for…
We examined nine companies whose plans to revive their fortunes have not succeeded and found several common themes. Managements often fail to appreciate the size of the challenges they face. Competition is…
Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is gambling on a rate hike to its 4G smartphone plans. Sprint will charge another $10.00 per month beginning on January 30, extending the surcharge for “Premium…
