This morning, Dish Network started a takeover battle for Sprint. Dish is offering $7 per share which includes $4.76 in cash and the rest in Dish stock. Sprint has an existing deal to be acquired by SoftBank of Japan. Both offers from SoftBank and Dish are expensive because they represent about
(CLICK HERE TO ENLARGE THE CHART) Consumers have voted with their wallets and now it is official that Windows 8 is a flop. The new data from IDC show the steepest decline for PCs in one quarter. Only 76.3 million PCs were shipped in the first quarter of 2013. This number is
There has always been a debate about who was the real genius behind Apple Stores. Was it Steve Jobs or Ron Johnson? Now the debate is settled. The debacle at J.C.Penney strongly suggests that the real genius behind Apple Stores was Jobs, not Johnson. Unlike other disciplines, to be a genius in business, one
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd., known to the stock trading world as Foxconn, is the main assembler of Apple products including iPhones and iPads. The Taiwanese company reported operating results for the first quarter of 2013 Wednesday, suggesting some softness in results may be in store when Apple reports quarterly results on
This post was recently published on ZYX Short Change Alert. Consider adding a 10% tranche to P in the zone of $13.40 to $14. Those not in the position may consider starting a 20% tranche. The trigger is many reports that Apple is closer to starting iRadio. This will be bad news
Ever since Apple announced that it would offer a streaming music service, there has not been much doubt that Apple would attempt to beat Internet radio heavyweight, Pandora. The thinking is that Apple will squeeze music labels to get better terms than Pandora. Such a scenario is certainly better for Apple, but
Samsung’s new venture with Best Buy will not hurt Apple. Samsung is teaming up with Best Buy to open Samsung ‘Experience’ boutiques within the big box electronics retailer’s stores. Samsung’s Experience boutiques will be about 460 square feet in Best Buy’s main stores and will be staffed by Samsung’s own employees. There should be 500
It does not yet seem to be well understood, but Facebook has just launched a bazooka against Google, Apple, Microsoft, and BlackBerry. Present-day phones are built around apps. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, asked the right question, “Should the phones be designed around people and not apps?” His answer was apparently that people are more important
Here is an excerpt from a post on ZYX Buy Change Alert What To Do Now? Those in FB short-term position may continue to hold. If holding full size consider raising the stop on one half to the zone of $26.18 to $26.23. Those holding FB as a medium-term position may consider
Apple is ready to introduce an old design by Steve Jobs as the next iPhone, perhaps called iPhone 5S, according to the San Francisco Examiner, reporting on comments Apple government liaison Michael Foulkes made to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon. Foulkes reportedly told Gascon that the next two generations of iPhones