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iPhone Coming to China Mobile? Reports Say Yes
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 9:50am | 177Apple is reportedly teaming with China Mobile for a deal that could expose the iPhone to 600M people. Forbes has published an interesting story this morning that indicates the iPhone will soon be available to China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) subscribers. If true, this would give Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) the...
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Watch Out iPhone: Android Captures Almost 50% of Worldwide Smartphone Market
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 6:58am | 315Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) popular Android software now holds almost 50% of the global smartphone market, research firm Canalys announced in a report Tuesday. Of the 56 countries Canalys tracks around the world, Android software led in 35, and hit a global market share of 48%. The worldwide market...
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Apple Launches Beta Version of iCloud Website
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 6:15am | 267Following the announcement of its new cloud service earlier this year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has now launched the beta version of its iCloud website. The website - www.icloud.com - now loads a login screen with an iCloud badge carrying the "Beta" signature. Apple's service will allow users to store...
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How To Play The Coming Recession
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 2:26pm | 902U.S. Treasuries have always been seen as a "safe" investment, backed by the full faith, and credit of the U.S. government." Yet with worries about the debt ceiling, and the possibility of a downgrade of U.S. debt, we have seen the continued move down in yields on U.S. Treasury debt. Many market...
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Monday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 12:34pm | 69Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 158,351 contracts, 65.5% calls, 34.5% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 120,326 contracts, 65.9% calls, 34.1% puts 3. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) 65,962 contracts, 66.5% calls, 33.5% puts 4. JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:...
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Benzinga's Political Roundup August 1, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 12:24pm | 97Congressional leaders are going to vote today to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avoid a U.S. default. The Justice Department is intensifying its investigation into the purchase of Nortel's patents by a group led by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Research in...
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I, For One, Welcome Our New Robot Overlords
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 12:11pm | 481Foxconn announced this morning that it is going to add 1 million robots to its assembly lines to help with production of products such as the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, iPhone and other products manufactured there. There are supposedly 10,000 robots working at the factory now, and that number is...
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Piper Jaffray Reiterates Overweight and PT of $607 on Apple
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 9:30am | 55Piper Jaffray reiterated its Overweight rating on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). At the same time, the rating agency left its price target on the company's tock unchanged at $609. On Friday, AAPL closed the day at $390.48. Its shares added 1.84% to their value in today's pre-market trading to stand around $...
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Rodman & Renshaw Comments On Apple's September 2011 iPhone 5 Release
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 9:21am | 122Rodman & Renshaw has published a research report on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in anticipation of the company's launch of the iPhone 5 in September 2011. In the report, Rodman & Renshaw writes, "While credible data points on hardware specifications are scarce, we speculate the form factor will...
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Bose Inspires Apple HDTV Concept?
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 8:06am | 253The little-known, ultra-pricey Bose VideoWave Entertainment System could be the blueprint for Apple's first television. That's according to Global Equities Research, which, after speaking with numerous developers, believes it has formed a converged view of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) impending HDTV...
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With the Cloud, it's Not a Question of If, but When
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 7:07am | 334For many technology market watchers, the cloud environment has long been held with an air of suspicion. Some are skeptical that consumers will trust their content in the cloud, while others are disdainful of possibly lax security measures. With virtual storage and computing costs still falling at...
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Global Equities Provides Color on Apple
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 3:17am | 98Global Equities provided color on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In a research report published today, Global Equities commented on the company's HDTV. In a research report published today, Global Equities states, “Apple HDTV is directionally similar to Bose VideoWave TV, in terms of simplicity, reducing...
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Financial Shenanigans – Chapter 13: Boosting Operating Cash Flow Using Unsustainable Activities
Sunday, July 31, 2011 - 6:00am | 1502Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports By Howard M. Schilit and Jeremy Perler Today I am continuing my in-depth review ofFinancial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports. This is an ongoing process, so...
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How Do You Say I'm Lovin' It In Chinese?
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 1:20pm | 525McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is already in China in a major way, but it is going to grow even faster, and that might have shareholders saying "I'm lovin' it" in Chinese. According to Bloomberg, McDonald's is going to be taking Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) head on in the world's most populated country in a...
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Friday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Friday, July 29, 2011 - 1:01pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 218,002 contracts, 60.7% calls, 39.3% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 110,081 contracts, 60.0% calls, 40.0% puts 3. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) 92,518 contracts, 48.2% calls, 51.8% puts 4. Annaly Capital Management (...