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Google Claims that Apple & Microsoft Created "Hostile, Organized Campaign" Against Android
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 7:06am | 344Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, David Drummond, stated on the company's blog Wednesday that rivals Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), among others, created a "hostile, organized campaign against Android." Drummond writes that "Android's...
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Markets Close Green, These Are The Plays
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 1:23pm | 195The markets are attempting to recover from massive losses today. If the markets are able to squeeze out a flat close or slightly positive, many major stocks look to be amazing buys. The key to going long is the massive fear in the markets and the reversal signal of capitulation in the markets today...
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Wilton Risenhoover Talks RobotDough, AKA the "Capital IQ for Consumers"
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 11:22am | 1724Think your investment strategy could have made you rich off Apple, Google or Amazon? RobotDough lets you find out. RobotDough is, as founder and CEO Wilton Risenhoover describes it, “like Capital IQ for consumers.” Risenhoover says that he wanted to take the best ideas of professional-grade tools...
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Apple Has Secret Plans for a Video Streaming Service, According to Jefferies -Business Insider
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 9:30am | 80Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be ready to launch its own video subscription service similar to Amazon and Netflix, says Peter Misek at Jefferies. "As part of Apple's roll-out of cloud video services, we believe Apple has unannounced deals with all/most of the studios/TV networks that are similar to the...
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Jefferies Reiterates Buy and PT of $500 on Apple
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 8:59am | 54Jefferies reiterated its Buy rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's stock unchanged at $500. On Tuesday, AAPL closed the day at $388.91. Its shares added 0.87% to their value in today's pre-market trading to stand around $392.29.
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The Case for Google's Acquisition of BlackBerry
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 6:20am | 421Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry announced a slew of new handsets Wednesday, including the 4G Torch 9810, which is expected to be launched in August. Exclusive to AT&T (NYSE: T) for the time being, all of the models are capable of speeds up to "nearly four times the network speed...
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The New World Order of Global Sovereigns
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 6:06pm | 1082By EconMatters The U.S. debt ceiling political soap has finally come to an end. With the debt deal done, the U.S. has dodged a major bullet of a debt default, but is not out of the woods yet for a sovereign credit downgrade. The big three rating agencies are still reviewing the debt deal, and have...
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Zings Of The Day, August 2, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 3:46pm | 73Samsung Electronics said it would not sell its Galaxy Tablet in Australia after reaching an agreement with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). This is what is known as the iSue. Italian authorities are meeting today to discuss growing market turmoil. Now that's a spicy meat-uh-ball.
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iPad 2 Launching Within One Day, iPad 3 Soon?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 3:22pm | 171Nearly five months after the launch of the iPad 2, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally caught up to demand. The report first came from 9 to 5 Mac. That may not matter though, as rumors continue to abound that the iPad 3 is just around the corner, in the next few months. Apple is now able to receive...
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iPhone 5 Update Bigger Than First Thought?
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 3:08pm | 141It could be, at least if you believe noted and respected Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu. In a note today, Wu said Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) next version of the iPhone could be a “bigger update than expected.” Wu brought up the possibility that the iPhone 5 will not be just a modest update, but will...
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iPhone 5 Coming To Canada October, Eh
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 2:32pm | 158According to an article from Boy Genius Report, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will be selling the iPhone 5 in Canada in October. The October launch date, which was told to BGR from a reliable source would be a later street date than here in the United States. At times, Apple has released the phone to...
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Blueshift Ideas Discusses Cloud Computing
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 1:01pm | 134Blueshift Ideas is out with some tweets regarding cloud computing, and discusses some winners in the space. In the report from last week, Blueshift says, "winners will be small, agile companies likely acquired by established IT companies in next 6-12 months." Blueshift goes on to say Oracle (...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 12:30pm | 83Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 98,351 contracts, 82.3% calls, 17.7% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 96,064 contracts, 58.7% calls, 41.3% puts 3. General Electric (NYSE: GE) 51,094 contracts, 38.5% calls, 61.5% puts 4. NVIDA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) 46...
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Herbalife (HLF) Continues its Amazing Run
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 12:20pm | 589There have been a handful of companies that I have missed, or chosen to stay out of, the past few years - and Herbalife (HLF) is one of them. Nutrion/weight loss companies have a history of big runs (Nutrisystem was the last darling of this sector) and then blow ups but Herbalife has prevailed for...
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Better Yet, Take A Picture Of Me With A Kodak (Patent That Is)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 11:55am | 578According to the Wall Street Journal, Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) is thinking of selling one of the most important parts of its company: the patent for previewing photographs. This is incredibly important because this is the same patent that has Kodak currently involved in litigation with...