ThinkstockApple Dividend Rumors The latest speculation about Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) financial plans is that it will raise its dividend. That may be a way to fend off activist investor David Einhorn, who wants…
courtesy of BlackBerryWhen Research In Motion unveiled its long-delayed BlackBerry 10, it also announced it was changing its name to BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). CEO Thorsten Heins argued that the new name reflects how the…
ThinkstockJim Cramer of TheStreet Inc. (NASDAQ: TST) and The Motley Fool believe that Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) should buy LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD). LinkedIn has three lines of revenue, all of which come from…
courtesy of NetflixGermany continues to battle France over the use of stimulus to help jump-start the EU economy. (Reuters) U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) and AMR probably will close an $11 billion merger this…
Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt may sell up to $2.5 billion of his shares, although the action has been overblown by the press. The Rule 10b5-1 plan allows him to make the sales,…
Southeastern Asset Management, which owns 8.5% of Dell’s shares outstanding, has filed documents and a letter to Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ: DELL) board that objects to the planned LBO. The letter makes it clear, Michael…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning boosted by higher-than-expected trade balances in China (more coverage here) and in the U.S. (more coverage here). In Europe the big news came later in the morning,…
Thinkstock LED tool maker Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) said today that it would miss the deadline for fourth quarter and full year 2012 revenue and earnings filings. Shares have lost more than 5%…
courtesy of USPSThe U.S. Postal Service said today that its fourth-quarter deficit totaled $1.3 billion. That’s $2 billion less than the deficit the service ran in the fourth quarter of 2011. The USPS said…
ThinkstockU.K. Prime Minister David Cameron prevailed in his determination to reduce the European Union’s (EU) seven-year project budget, the first time in the 27-member group’s history that the project budget has shrunk. The chop…
ThinkstockIf you hear word associations sometimes, what is the first competing company that would come to mind when you hear RadioShack? Most will say Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY), while others will list…
thinkstockWe have warned investors repeatedly in 2011 and 2012 that the pressure on the credit ratings in Europe likely will continue. That may be true, but as over the past six weeks we have…
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThese are Friday’s market winners and losers. Biggest Winners Shares of LinkedIn Corp. (NYSE: LNKD) are up 19.01% to $147.67, on trading volume of 5.1 million shares. The company reported…
ThinkstockThere is a case of good news and bad news in a survey of chief financial officers today, and it has what should likely be an economic overhang for 2013. The good news is that…
ThinkstockThe December trade balance, known by the rest of us as the trade deficit, came in at -$38.54 billion. While this is still a huge number on the surface, this is the lowest number…