April 13, 2012

WEIGHING GOOGLE AGAINST APPLE AFTER EARNINGS, SPLIT

It was not that long ago that a vigorous debate raged between investors about which one was a better investment, Google or Apple.

Apple’s stock price went on a tear and the debate died. After Google’s Thursday evening earnings release, the debate as to which company is better will surely reignite.

Dividend Or Stock Split

Apple recently announced a cash dividend and buyback. Some investors were expecting that Google would follow Apple’s lead, but Google has chosen a different path. Google effectively announced a stock split with a twist. Google announced a new class of non-voting stock. The non-voting stock will be distributed as a stock dividend to existing shareholders. … Please click here or the title below to read more.

April 13, 2012

LUMIA COULD BE A LIFESAVER FOR NOKIA BUT LITTLE WORRY FOR APPLE

AT&T helped raise Apple‘s iPhone from its infancy to becoming the most popular phone in the world. How can AT&T now take its love away from iPhone and shower it on the new baby fromNokia, Lumia 900, running Microsoft Windows?

Sherlock Holmes would have replied, ‘It is elementary, my dear Watson.’

AT&T had an edge because it had an exclusive on iPhone from launch in 2007 to last year. Now that edge is lost. It does make sense for AT&T to regain the edge, at least partially, with Lumia 900.

Google’s Android did not offer any viable options for AT&T.… Please click here or the title below to read more.

April 13, 2012