Consumer Reports issued a note about the reception problems of the AT&T (NYSE: T) iPhone 4 last July. Apple all but denied the trouble and offered free covers for the handsets that…
Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN) is starting to show more cracks in its story against the world of bundled GPS and personal navigation services in smartphones. The GPS leader turned in quarterly results…
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) recently joined the waves and waves of public companies which filed their 10-K annual reports with the SEC. We often dig through these and other reports to find…
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved…
Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) reported fourth quarter and full-year earnings this morning that both beat analysts’ expectations. For the quarter, Comcast posted EPS of $0.36 on revenue of $9.7 billion, and for…
EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH) for about $2 billion, including debt, in a deal that would give EchoStar, which makes set-top boxes and satellites…
We have many big events to watch for in the coming week at American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:…
Sprint-Nextel (NASDAQ: S) may not have the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone but that has not impeded its recover. The wireless provider posted relatively good numbers for the period which ended on December…
Short sellers moved into the shares of companies that Wall St. views as having weak earnings capacity and poor business strategies. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), which recently pushed out…
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:…
The method of using capital from the corporate treasury to return capital to shareholders via share repurchase programs has long been under question. Most buybacks never are fully utilized, and many simply…
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),…
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…
Barai Capital may be part of the insider trading investigation. (WSJ) Honda (NYSE: HMC) expects higher profits as its Q3 topped forecasts. (Reuters) A Florida judge could say that part of the…
