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Could Better Sound Quality Save The Music Industry? (AAPL)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 3:19pm | 445Since the advent of digital music in the early millennium, record labels, as well as online music services, have continually struggled to decide the quality of audio that should be offered to its users. Most, including Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes software, carry 16-bit audio files that are...
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comScore Reports January Mobile Subscriber Market Share
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 2:21pm | 354comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending January 2011. The study surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers and found Samsung to be the top handset...
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TurboTax Now Available for iPad
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 2:02pm | 95TurboTax today announced a new app designed and optimized specifically for mobile users of the iPad. TurboTax for the iPad combines the unparalleled ease and accuracy of TurboTax with the convenience and portability of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. One of the first iPad apps from Intuit Inc. (...
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Top In Research in Motion? (RIMM, AAPL, GOOG)
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 1:53pm | 239Shares of Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) have rallied sharply along with the broader market over the last six months, rising 46%. At one point, it looked like investors had given up on this company as fears about stiff competition from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) weighed on...
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IBM Invests $38M in Cloud Computing Data Center in Singapore
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 1:31pm | 89IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a US$38M investment in a new IBM Asia Pacific Cloud Computing Data Centre in Singapore, which will provide businesses with solutions and services to harness the potential of cloud computing. The new facility will extend IBM's globally-integrated cloud delivery...
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Technology Extremely Weak
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 1:15pm | 301The markets are continuing to sell sharply today even though oil has pulled back nicely. This is a new aspect to the markets over the last month and something that may signal a significant shift in market activity. Technology is falling today, leading the markets lower. The Nasdaq is trading at 2,...
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ZAGG To Offer sportLEATHER Through AT&T For Apple iPhone 4
Monday, March 7, 2011 - 10:25am | 77ZAGG Inc. (NASDAQ: ZAGG) announced their ZAGG sportLEATHER™ is now available through AT&T (NYSE: T) company owned retail stores nationwide. Made from genuine leather with sports equipment styling, the patent-pending ZAGG sportLEATHER for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 4 can be found at AT&T...
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Top Trade Ideas for next week
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 7:33pm | 3327( click to enlarge ) Priceline.com Incorporated (PCLN) broke out to new highs today on 1.5x the daily average volume. The stock has been on fire since July 2010. It's hard to predict how far the momentum will take the stock. If you want to ride the uptrend as long as possible, you can hold the...
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Apple working on unlimited music re-downloads with music labels
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 7:13pm | 302According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is currently in talks with several music labels, trying to negotiate the ability for iTunes Store customers to re-download their previously purchased tracks as many times as they want. This would allow any device to download any track as many times as...
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Zings Of The Day (AAPL, GM)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 4:51pm | 95Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs called the iPad a "post-PC" device. This is code for "empty your pockets to me." A judge has approved the bankruptcy plan for "Old GM", which allows General Motors (NYSE: GM) stocks and warrants to be transferred to creditors. I'm not sure which was worse. "...
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Five Stocks For St. Patrick's Day 2011 (SAM, DEO, KO, TSN, AAPL)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 4:11pm | 460Many may not believe St. Patrick's Day is comparable to consumer-driven holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas as far as the stock market is concerned, but you may be surprised to learn just what kind of opportunities this Irish celebration presents. While it is true that there is very little...
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Allen Wastler's Best And Worst Investments
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 3:13pm | 399Sometimes the best investment decisions have nothing to do with buying shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Ford (NYSE: F), or any other major corporation. For Allen Wastler, the managing editor of CNBC.com, his best is a simple one. “Best decision I ever made was jumping to the Internet,” Wastler told...
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Wedbush Maintains $44 PT On TDC
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 10:30am | 90Wedbush is maintaining its $44 PT on shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC). “Our price target represents a ~20x multiple on our 2011 non-GAAP EPS estimate of $2.17,” Wedbush writes. “The multiple we use for TDC shares is a premium to the market because its EPS growth is expected to be faster...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Advises Investors To Buy PPL Corp (MED, WTW, PPL, EMC, IBM, FE, STV, AA, C, BIDU, F)
Friday, March 4, 2011 - 4:06am | 362On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Medifast (NYSE: MED) has “no growth.” He added, “I suggest you look into Weight Watcher's (NYSE: WTW) which has great growth and is shareholder friendly." Cramer likes PPL Corp (NYSE: PPL), adding that the stock is a “super duper...
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Zings Of The Day (AAPL, BLK, STD, C)
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 5:02pm | 119Steve Jobs was back on stage yesterday as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled its iPad 2. The only thing it CAN'T do is walk on water. That's reserved for the iPad 3. BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK), Banco Santander SA (NYSE: SAN) and others are trying to bid for Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C)'s U.S. consumer-...