According to Reuters, some auto industry experts think car sales could hit a 15-year low in 2008. Reuters reports that the OPEC summit ended with members disagreeing about what to do about…
The Wall Street Journal claims that Google (GOOG) is about to invest at least $4.6 billion in buying wireless spectrum at the FCC auction in January. Owning a big piece of the…
Fly On The Wall And Barron’s are mentioning a rumor that cable giant Comcast (CMCSA) might buy WiMax IPO Clearwire. It is not likely to happen, but it should. Cable is being…
According to Reuters, executives at Ford (F) say that they see a tough US market and will cut production as necessary. Reuters reports that Northern Rock received an injunction from the publication…
This morning’s post-earnings downgrade of EchoStar Communications Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH) from a "Buy" to a "Hold" at Citigroup, is having a much broader impact than it originally seemed. Shares were not indicated this…
Barron’s mentions a rumor from tech industry journal TMCNet. Google (GOOG) will buy Sprint (S). Sprint has a market cap of $46 billion, so it is possible. It would get Google the…
The largest cable company in the US, Comcast (CMCSA), hit $30.18 last January. Mark that down. The shares may well never get that high again. Time Warner Cable (TWC) hit $44 in…
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…
According to Reuters, profits rose 2.7% at Toyota (TM) and the company raised full-year forecasts. Reuters writes that GM (GM) will take a $39 billion non-cash charge in Q3 Reuters reports that…
According to a blog at Fortune.com, Apple (AAPL) has re-locked the software for the iPhone, at least in the UK. The latest version of the phone comes pre-installed with a software update…
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…
It now appears that Google (GOOG) will announced its new mobile phone product on Monday with its first US partners being T-Mobile and Sprint (S), according to Fortune. “Any device Google brings…
Shares of Sprint (S) are off almost 5% to $16.30, a 52-week low. Consolidated net operating revenues in the quarter were $10 billion compared to $10.5 billion in the year-ago third quarter …
Douglas A. McIntyre Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) appears to be vying with Sprint (S) over rights to distribute new handsets loaded with the Google (GOOG) mobile OS and goodies…
Business makes strange bedfellows. Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD), is in discussions with Google (GOOG) about distributing phones with the Google handset operating system. According to The…
