Over the last two years, in the PC business Michael Dell has been beaten like a rented mule. His company continues to lose market share particularly in the US. Industry analysts would say that Dell has done a poor jobs of bringing out innovative and attractive products. Apple (AAPL) Mac sales keep r...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Nokia Corp. (NOK), Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD), H and R Block (HRB), Kroger Co (KR), Costco Wholesale (COST), FedEx Corp (FDX), Procter and Gamble (PG), Eastman Kodak (EK), Electronic Arts (ERTS), Dow Chemical (DOW), Texas Instruments (TXN), CKE Restaurants (CKR) Here...

Filed under: eBay (EBAY), Nokia Corp. (NOK), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), ValueClick Inc (VCLK) The bulls have scored another coup and laid the bears out on the streets just like it was Pamplona. Yep, there's no "Running of the Bears" after all. Oil rolled over for a third day and a more than $4.00 drop to...

Filed under: Industry, Apple Inc (AAPL), Motorola (MOT), Nokia Corp. (NOK) Handset maker Sony-Ericsson said it is having a tough time. According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), "the mobile-phone maker continues to be hit hard by a weakening economy in Western Europe, hurting dema...

Filed under: Launches, Competitive strategy, Apple Inc (AAPL), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Research in Motion (RIMM) If the world comes to an end tomorrow, at least day traders will have found another way to make or lose money. E*Trade (NASDAQ: ETFC) has found another platform for people to buy and sell stoc...

Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Nokia Corp. (NOK) Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) is a well known, and quite successful phone manufacturer. So it's no surprise to find out that, like many other companies, they've felt a need to come out with a phone that competes with Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s ...

Filed under: After the bell, Exxon Mobil (XOM), Nokia Corp. (NOK), Merrill Lynch (MER), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Barrick Gold (ABX) If you thought holding a rally after a huge day was too much, you weren't too far off the mark. Many people ask over and over if this is a real bear market or not. By a...

Google’s preeminence in Silicon Valley is largely due to its ability to offer advertisers a way to hawk their messages against contextually relevant keywords. The plain-text advertising messages, which aim to peddle everything from broadband connections to litigation services, have worked well...

Filed under: Deals, Dell (DELL), Motorola (MOT) Last week, news that Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) might want to shed its well-known wireless handset division amid a breakup of the company, sent some odd waves through the marketplace. Motorola's name brand recognition, after all, revolves around its ce...