TechCrunch reports that Microsoft MSFT may spend $1 billion to buy Nook outright from Barnes & Noble NE. In the pre-market Barnes & Noble stock moved up as much as 30% and was still higher by nearly 20% on the day ...
WHY APPLE DOWN, AMAZON UP MAKES SENSE $AMZN $AAPL
To the uninitiated investor, there seems nothing more insane than the contrasting behaviors of Apple and Amazon stocks.
Tuesday after the close, Amazon AMZN reported weak earnings, and the stock promptly went up about 9% in the ...
TIM COOK DUMPS STEVE JOBS’ PRODUCT STRATEGIES WITH IPAD MINI $AAPL $GOOG $AMZN
On Tuesday, Apple (AAPL) made a number of product announcements including one for the iPad Mini, the fourth-generation iPad, a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display and updated Mac Minis. To me it was striking from yesterday’s ...
BIG RED FLAG LOST IN HOOPLA OF GOOGLE’S PREMATURE EMISSION $GOOG $AAPL $RRD $LNKD $FB $AMZN $YELP
(GOOG) was scheduled to release earnings after the market close. Inadvertently, earnings were released at 12:39 PM by its agent RR Donnelley (RRD). Google stock fell about 9% before it was halted. Both revenues and ...
SAMSUNG’S MANHATTAN PROJECT COULD BLOW AWAY APPLE’S IPAD
Apple‘s iPad reigns supreme in the tablet world, but an iPad killer may now be on the horizon. Market share estimates vary but most estimates see Apple steadily holding about 70% of the market share.
The ...
OBAMACARE DOING TO INSURANCE AGENTS WHAT INTERNET DID TO TRAVEL AGENTS
It was not long ago that legions of travel agents labored all across America in offices ranging from those located in class A office buildings to downtrodden strip malls. They gawked at 14-inch green CRT ...
INSURANCE AGENTS LOSE JOB SECURITY WITH OBAMACARE RULING
Much has been discussed in the media about most of the aspects of the Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare.” I have not seen much about the plight of more than ...
GOOGLE JELLY BEAN MAY CREAM AMAZON KINDLE, LITTLE THREAT TO APPLE
Google has a tradition of naming its operating systems after desserts. Jelly Bean is an incremental upgrade to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The biggest improvement in Jelly Bean is in its search function and now presents ...
FOUNDER’S DEPARTURE COULD OVERTURN BEST BUY’S DEATH SENTENCE
There is not much doubt thatBest Buy (BBY) will go out of business eventually unless it changes the way it does business. Finally there is a big leap at Best Buy to arrest the company’s downward ...
GOOGLE’S BRAND NEW CHALLENGE TO APPLE’S IPAD
The iPad has been a big success for Apple (AAPL). Apple bulls dream of iPad gaining and maintaining a market share similar to iPod. As a matter of fact, this is one of the propositions ...
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