ThinkstockThe number three U.S. wireless carrier, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), has now struck a definitive agreement with Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) to acquire the 48.3% of Clearwire that it does not already own…
courtesy of Apple Inc.It’s a long way from the report of the one lonely guy outside an Apple store in Shanghai to Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) press release this morning claiming that the weekend…
ThinkstockWhen Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) made its $2.1 billion offer yesterday for Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR), it was inevitable that some shareholders would object to the $2.90 per share bid as being too…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) finally has released the iPhone 5 in China. Most press and many analysts believe that the American company’s market share in the People’s Republic has dropped so…
courtesy Dell Inc.At its Dell World conference in Austin today, Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) confirmed that the company is no longer in the smartphone business. At least smartphones using the Android operating system from…
ThinkstockIn a filing today with the SEC, Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) announced that it is making an offer to buy the 740 million shares (49%) of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) it does not…
courtesy of Apple Inc.The owners of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 are rejoicing. The awful map product made by Apple for its devices can now be replaced by the one from Google Inc.…
ThinkstockYet another rumor is making the rounds today that Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) is in active negotiations to acquire the 49% of Clearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR). Citing “people close to the situation,” CNBC.com…
ThinkstockAkamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) this morning announced an alliance between the two companies to offer “a global suite of content delivery network (CDN) solutions to companies.” No dollar…
ThinkstockWhen any industry grows at a breathtaking speed, there are always big winners and big losers. Motorola and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) once dominated handset sales, now that world belongs to Samsung and Apple…
Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) are trading higher this morning on news that it has signed a deal with China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL). Should the stock really be up? Will this really…
Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) looks like it more than just challenged. As it is on the road to being one of the next great penny stocks (a dubious honor), Moody’s has downgraded the rating…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that the iPhone 5 should become available in 50 additional national markets by year’s end. These include critical ones because of their sizes and number of smartphone users —…
According to October data published today by comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), the mobile handset market share leader continues to be Samsung Electronics, followed by LG Electronics, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Motorola, now part of…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is supposed to be a winner based on the launch of the iPhone 5 in China sooner than expected. With a December 14 now confirmed, you would think that with…