ThinkstockIf you thought that the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) deal with Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) was massive this year, there is talk that AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is now considering an even…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Wednesday morning. The country’s third largest wireless carrier posted revenues of $8.68 billion and an operating loss of $398 million.…
Wikimedia CommonsAT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has reported its third quarter earnings showing earnings growth, followed by gains in wireless and a record in its Uverse numbers. Earnings rose more than fourteen percent to $0.72…
courtesy of VerizonVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported third-quarter 2013 results before markets opened Thursday morning. The telecom giant posted adjusted diluted quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $0.77 on revenues of $30.28 billion.…
Courtesy BlackBerryThe $4.7 billion buyout offer for BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) from Canada’s Fairfax Holdings could be in trouble. The investment firm, led by former BlackBerry chairman Prem Watsa, apparently is having some difficulty…
ThinkstockThey say that some banks are too big to fail, but Italy is among the nations in the PIIGS, and it is simply “too big to bail.” That means Italy has to solve its problems…
ThinkstockThe market for telecommunications equipment is among the most competitive in the world, and one of its biggest players is trying to get itself into fighting trim. Alcatel-Lucent S.A.(NYSE: ALU) announced Tuesday morning that…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Do the numbers of searches that a product receives have any relationship to eventual sales? There does not seem to be any scientific basis for the theory. Experian Marketing Services has elected…
Courtesy of BlackBerryReuters has come out with a story, which, if true, would seem improbable. Apparently Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Europe’s SAP A.G. (NYSE: SAP) have considered buying…
courtesy of Apple Inc.For all of its trouble, based on worries that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost its magic and can no longer build iPhones that will create huge sales, there is a…
courtesy of SamsungHTC, once viewed as a real contender against Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone franchise and the Galaxy line built by Samsung, lost money last quarter. Its potential, which was so bright two…
ThinkstockAs the saying goes, “It ain’t over til it’s over,” and the bankruptcy auction for the assets of LightSquared L.P. may never be over. But at least it is a step closer. On Monday…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.It is no longer a secret that Blackberry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) is in trouble. It is also no secret that Fairfax Financial has entered into an expression of interest to…
ThinkstockLess than 10 years ago, just about everybody had a cell phone. However, at that point nobody had a smartphone. The smartphone revolution grew out of the ill-fated Palm idea for a personal digital…
courtesy of Nokia Corp.The press hit the high points of new research about smartphone sales in Europe. The data were analyzed as part of the Kantar Worldpanel. Largely lost in the tidal wave of…