Reuters: Microsoft’s (MSFT) results and forecast were weak. Reuters: CIT (CIT) may sell its aviation finance business. Reuters: Fatigue at the Fed is leading to questions about its expanded role. Reuters: Twitter…
Markets in Asia were mostly higher. The Nikkei rose 1.6% to 9,945. The Hang Seng was up .5% to 19,913. PetroChina (PTR) moved up with th eprice of oil. The Shanghai Composite…
Wall St. analysts expect Apple’s earnings to do better than estimates. This is not surprising. Apple (AAPL) has a history of setting low expectations about its figures and then beating them handily.…
These are some of the cautious analyst calls and analyst downgrades we have seen from Wall Street firms with more than two hours until the market opens this Tuesday morning: Burger King…
Markets in Asia were higher The Nikkei rose 2.3% to 9,262. The Hang Seng was up 2.8% to 17,744. HSBC (HBC) was up 5%. The Shanghai Composite rose 2.1% to 3,145. At…
Cellular providers including Sprint (S), AT&T (T), and Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) have had the broadband wireless market all to themselves. WiFi offered some modest competition, but its service only works within a…
Reuters: GM will accept product liability on cars it has built in the past. Reuters: Obama could consider a second stimulus if necessary. Reuters: Rising office availability in NYC is slowing. Reuters: …
Reuters: Toyota’s (TM) new management has a rocky road. Reuters: A poll shows confidence in Obama’s economic plans drops. Reuters: Apple’s (AAPL) Jobs was at work. Reuters: Ford (F) and Nissan will…
Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG) actually have something to worry about, if Steve Ballmer is not bluffing. The Microsoft (MSFT) CEO says that he company is prepared to spend 5% to 10%…
Reuters: The US faces a long period of economic stagnation. Reuters: Obama will release plans for a financial market overhaul. Reuters: The White House will not help California fix its deficit. Reuters: …
Palm (PALM) may not have had much of a choice in terms of which cellular company was going to market its new Pre. AT&T (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) were probably not…
Walt Mossberg, the tech columnist of The Wall Street Journal, made a good point recently. Smartphones like the Apple (AAPL)iPhone are not phones at all. They are miniature portable computers. Suddenly, there…
The debut of the new Microsoft (MSFT) search technology Bing was greeted by mostly positive reviews. The only legitimate complaint about the launch is that the world’s largest software company announced the…
Verizon Wireless (VZ)(VOD) plans to flank the AT&T (T) Apple (AAPL) iPhone marketing plan by any means available. It will launch versions of the Palm (PALM) Pre, which has to be a…
Reuters: Twitter will release business tools in an attempt to make money. Reuters: A GM (GM) bankruptcy is seen as nearly inevitable. Reuters: American Express (AXP) will cut 4,000 jobs. Reuters: Obama…
