The stock of GoPro (GPRO) is hotter than its wearable action cameras. After its IPO at $24 a share the stock shot up to $31.34. With about 123.1 million shares outstanding, this gives the company a valuation of $3.86 billion. GoPro CEO Nicholas Woodman has successfully pulled off alchemy by
On Oct. 16, 2013, I made an unhedged call to consider backing up the truck and buying Twitter shares upon its IPO — for a trade, though, not as an investment. After the stock begins trading in the open market, only skilled traders should consider entering a position. Now, I would
This post was published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. Yesterday evening, Twitter announced that it will list its stock on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). This is a coup for NYSE as Twitter is the highest profile IPO of 2013. The road show is likely to begin on October 25th and
Meg Whitman is a star CEO. She built eBay from 30 employees to 15,000 employees. The New York Times hailed her as a potential first woman President of the United States. She ran to become Governor of California, but lost to Jerry Brown. In January 2011, Hewlett-Packard fired its CEO Leo Apotheker
Cisco (CSCO) is the largest manufacturer of networking equipment perfectly positioned to benefit from growth of the Internet. The stock dipped after it reported earnings, but here is why Cisco is an attractive opportunity for the long-term investor on any further weakness in price. Cisco is providing equipment and services
Tim Cook’s testimony before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation has given much publicity to Apple ’s ingenuity at avoiding taxes. Although Apple is in the limelight, it is not alone in using complex schemes to dodge taxes. The crème de la crème of American corporations including Google , Microsoft , Cisco, and IBM use similar schemes to dodge
At the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Huawei introduced the world’s fastest smartphone. Most Americans have never heard of Huawei. Huawei is no small fry; it is a large Chinese company. Its principal business is networking and telecommunications equipment. It has overtaken Ericsson to become the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world.
It is true that you can buy an iPhone running Android and not iOS. The phone comes unlocked and can be bought for about $300. The phone features a 700MHz processor, a 5 megapixel rear camera, a 0.3 megapixel front camera, dual SIM support, and a 3.7 inch display. Of
A congressional committee hints that China may be spying on your phone calls and emails. Spying may be accomplished through the software code and telecommunication equipment manufactured by two large Chinese firms. On October 8, 2012, Chairman Mike Rogers and Ranking Member C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger of the United States House
“Imagine a world where finding, enjoying, storing and moving content is easy. Because TV should be easy.” You would think these are the words from an Apple (AAPL) ad for its much speculated upcoming iTV. You could not be more wrong. With a little help from Cisco Systems (CSCO), soon every player in the