courtesy of Google Inc.The consortium that bought a portfolio of more than 6,000 patents from bankrupt Nortel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and seven other Android phone makers,…
ThinkstockFirst Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) reported third-quarter 2013 results after the markets closed Thursday afternoon. The solar panel maker posted quarterly adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $2.28 on revenues of $1.265 billion.…
ThinkstockA Chinese firm often referred to as the Craigslist of China, 58.com Inc. (NYSE: WUBA) sold 11 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) in its initial public offering Thursday morning at an IPO price of…
ThinkstockImproving gross margins and cost savings are driving a turnaround at Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU). The networking equipment maker said earlier in October that it would cut 10,000 workers and make other changes that the…
ThinkstockChinese solar PV maker Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) has been down for so long that anything must look like up. The company said Wednesday morning that it has received a letter…
ThinkstockParis-based Criteo SA (NASDAQ: CRTO) held its initial public offering (IPO) this morning, selling 8.08 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at an IPO price of $31 per ADS. One ADS is equal to one…
courtesy of SamsungCorning Inc. (NYSE: GLW) reported fiscal third quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. For the quarter, the specialty glass products maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.33…
ThinkstockDigital Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: DLR) is supposed to be the landlord of the cloud. That should imply not only endless growth but dividend growth as well. Unfortunately, the growth of the cloud is…
ThinkstockPrivate equity firms have utilized the incredible market strength over the past couple of years to have initial public offerings on some of the deals that were put together before, and even during, the…
Electronic Arts Inc.Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) reported a second fiscal quarter 2014 results after markets closed on Tuesday. The games company posted adjusted diluted EPS of $0.33 and $1.04 billion in non-GAAP revenue.…
Jon OggInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has just lived up to its promise of endless share buybacks with a greatly expanded share buyback plan. The goal is to keep buying up the stock…
ThinkstockOn the afternoon of October 24, short-seller Muddy Waters said it was starting coverage of Chinese mobile Internet services firm NQ Mobile Inc. (NYSE: NQ) with a Sell rating and a price target of…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsAfter Steve Ballmer announced in August that he will step down as Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) chief executive officer, director John Thompson was put in charge of the company’s efforts…
Courtesy Facebook Inc.When Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) reports third-quarter earnings on Wednesday it is expected to post earnings per share (EPS) of $0.19 on revenues of $1.91 billion. The EPS estimate is equal to…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) managed to post such strong earnings and was positive enough in its outlook that there is one thing to consider. No one wants to consider this…