UK bank Barclays buys 8,500 iPads, calls Apple’s tablet ‘the best solution’
Another significant win for Apple’s popular tablet brand: British multinational banking and financial services company Barclays has confirmed it’s purchased 8,500 iPads “to assist our branch colleagues...
View ArticleCiti: Apple bottomed, stock set for rebound
After a six-month absence on the Apple watch, Citi has returned – and with a strong recommendation to buy shares of the consumer electronics giant. After hitting a particular rough patch that included...
View ArticleApple’s Technologies boss cashes in shares
Bob Mansfield, Apple’s un-retired SVP of Technologies, is another high-ranked executive to cash in shares of AAPL stock after an “insanely insane” sell-off that saw a quarter of Apple’s market cap...
View ArticleGarage sale: ailing Panasonic, Sharp, Sony sell off $3B worth of property
You can put Panasonic, Sony and Sharp on your list of once mighty Japanese consumer electronics giant that are now forced to sell off billion dollars’ worth of property in an embarrassing move deemed...
View ArticleHere’s why AAPL hit 10-month low today
China’s influence over Apple’s financial health is growing. In fiscal 2011, the country accounted for sixteen percent of Apple’s revenues. But is Apple’s growth in China sustainable? Friday, two...
View ArticleEven with strong iPhone 5 debut in China, analysts downgrade AAPL, sending...
Is the glass half-full, or half-empty? Apparently, when it comes to Apple’s stock, financial analysts in Europe and Asia are born pessimists. After Citigroup Sunday downgraded the iPhone maker’s stock...
View ArticleAnalysts cut AAPL target price average to $740
All of the concerns voiced about the impending leap off the ‘fiscal cliff’ and its associated increase in capital gains taxes on stock sales have sent Wall Street into a tizzy. The end result: knocking...
View ArticleApple gains 4% ahead of CES and a smart watch
If you are just shaking off the holiday headaches, just think of Apple. After taking a drubbing from Wall Street analysts worried about everything from the fiscal cliff to too few (or too many) sales...
View ArticleAAPL tanks below $500 following weak iPhone 5 demand news
The Apple stock fell briefly below $500 a share this morning following reports by The Wall Street Journal and the Nikkei newswire of Apple allegedly halving part orders for the iPhone 5 amid what’s...
View ArticleAnalyst: remember Steve – Apple’s best days lie ahead
A Wall Street analyst Wednesday gave investors a pep talk, invoking the words of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs to point out the iPhone maker is hardly ready to head for the exit. Instead, Topeka...
View ArticleVerizon’s loss in 2012 holiday quarter doubles, iPhone activations at 6.2M
Carrier Verizon Wireless Tuesday morning posted results for the 2012 holiday quarter. The numbers don’t look good: the company posted a huge loss of $1.93 billion, despite adding a “record-high” 2.1...
View ArticleGoogle reports holiday quarter results
Google has just posted its fourth quarter earnings for the calendar year 2012. The Internet giant raked in $14.42 billion in consolidated revenue (versus estimates of $12.3 billion), up 36 percent...
View ArticleAAPL for a second time passes Exxon, GOOG hits new all-time high
Look, these things are not the be-all, end-all for business performance, but obviously market capitalization reflects investors’ expectations concerning Apple’s future performance. The iPhone maker...
View ArticleGoogle and Samsung go up every time Apple goes down, but not for long
With Apple’s market capitalization having fallen below the $400 billion mark, the first such drop since January 2012, many armchair analysts are observing on Twitter and elsewhere a worrying...
View ArticleApple’s latest major acquisition: Apple
Philip Elmer-DeWitt, writing for Fortune: Last quarter, Apple finally made a major acquisition. And what did it buy? It bought Apple. By my calculation, the company spent $16 billion last quarter ($4...
View ArticleExpense Planner reminds you of future payments
If you have ever found yourself short on cash, or even worse, overdrawn, because you forgot about a recurring automatic payment, then you could use a friendly reminder to help you keep track of...
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