Motorola’s (MOT) US Sales Slammed
Motorola’s (MOT) share of the US cellphone market is falling fast. The NPD Group said overall sales of handsets from all manufacturers dropped 13% to 28 million in the second quarter. According to the…
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Newest first · Page 110AMD (AMD) Gets Goosed By PC Numbers (AAPL)(INTC)(HPQ)(DELL)
AMD (AMD) shareholders have on their rally caps. The shares are up 9% to $5.77. PC sales growth for the last quarter was better than expected. MarketWatch writes, Worldwide shipments grew 3.1% from the…
RIM (RIMM) Gains Big Market Share In US
Motorola (MOT) kept its lead in US market share by holding 25.8% of the country’s cellular phone business. That was hardly the big story. Research-In-Motion (RIMM), maker of the Blackberry, was the significant winner…
Apple (AAPL): The Myth Of Being A Software Company
Apple (AAPL) says customers have already downloaded 60 million software applications for its iPhone. That number seems phenomenal, but from a revenue standpoint it is not. According to The Wall Street Journal," If sales…
Can Apple Put iPhone Rumors To Bed? (AAPL)
Usually rumors on new technology items create buzz or create hype for shareholders, but they can also create unrealistic expectations that ultimately hurt the stock. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been under the cloud…
Dell (DELL) Hopes To Hunt And Kill Apple (AAPL) iPod
Dell (DELL) wants to accomplish what no other company has been able to do over the last five years. It wants to hunt down and kill the Apple (AAPL) iPod like a mangy dog.…
If Dell (DELL) Says Business Is Good, Someone Else’s Is Not
In an interview with BusinessWeek, Dell (DELL) founder, chairman and CEO Michael Dell said that the company’s turnaround efforts are bearing fruit. He said growth rates for the second half of 2008 could exceed…
Motorola (MOT), A Creature Of The Past, Auctions It Future
Management at Motorola (MOT) is in the midst of an ugly capitulation. It now as much as admits that it cannot run the company with any success, even though it is spinning off the…
RadioShack (RSH): A Contarian View Of Earnings
Shares of RadioShack (RSH) soared nearly 14% on Thursday after the company reported revenue growth of 6% on a 6.9% increase in same store sales. Good initial sales of digital-to-analog TV converter boxes, video…
As Lenovo Falters, HP (HPQ) And Dell (DELL) Sweat
Share of large China-based PC company Lenovo were downgraded overnight. According to Reuters, "JP Morgan downgraded Lenovo to neutral from overweight due to a near-term slowdown in revenue growth from weak China demand and…
Apple Guidance Too Conservative For Bulls (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) just posted earnings of $1.19 EPS and $7.46 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates of $1.08 EPS and $7.37 Billion in revenues. The company is guiding next quarter to…
Apple Violates 200-Day Moving Average Ahead of Earnings (AAPL)
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be the key earnings for tech stock investors and traders today. Last week we pointed out that the stock was using its 200-day moving average as support,…
Apple (AAPL): A Hard Ride Ahead
All the news from Apple (AAPL) is good. Recent Gartner and IDC data show the Mac outselling PC products from Dell (DELL) and HP (HPQ). The iPhone sold one million units in its first…
Will Apple Avoid Tech Earnings Woes? (AAPL)
Investors holding Apple Inc. (NASDAQ; AAPL) and traders alike are all eagerly going to be waiting for Monday’s (July 21) earnings release after the close. We would warn you ahead that First Call estimates…
The Mirage Of Rising Global PC Sales (AAPL)(INTC)(AMD)(NVDA)(DELL)(HPQ)
Several reputable firms measure global PC sales. According to The Wall Street Journal, "Gartner Inc. said world-wide PC shipments grew 16% in the period, with U.S. shipments growing 4.2%." On the face of it,…