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New data from industry research firm IDC shows that Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share of the smartphone market in China fell to 10% — or nearly cut in half — in the second quarter. Lenovo Group...
German gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.3% in the second quarter of 2012, following a 0.5% increase in the previous quarter, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office. This result was...
The Markit preliminary composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for Germany indicated that private sector output fell at faster rate during August. A renewed contraction in services offset slower...
nationsonline.orgThe Markit preliminary composite purchasing managers’ index (PMI) for the eurozone indicated that services and manufacturing output in the region contracted for a seventh...
HSBC’s preliminary or “flash” reading of its China manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for August declined to 47.8. That was a nine-month low, as well as a drop from July’s final...
Shares of Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) opened higher this morning after the company said last night it won Federal Reserve approval for a 25% dividend hike and an expanded, $600 million share...
Union leaders are displeased that President Obama has decided to extend a two-year pay freeze for federal employees until at least next spring because Congress has failed to agree on a budget for the...
CNNMoney is the latest media outlet to acknowledge the fact that trading volume is light. In their estimation, it is at a five-year low. There could be several reasons for this. The most obvious is...
NokiaNokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) will release a Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows Mobile powered phone on the Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) network before the end of the year, according to...
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says he needs more time to repair the financial and economic damage done to his country, or by his countrymen, over the years since the recession began. For...
Japan’s exports plunged in July, the Ministry of Finance said. The nation swung back to a trade deficit. The yen fell following the worse-than-expected report. The trade gap totaled 517.4 billion...
The quarterly ExpertRECALL Index released today indicates that more than 123 million medical device units were recalled during the second quarter of 2012, an eight-quarter high. The medical device...
A pickup in sales of digital content and the popularity of the Fifty Shades of Grey series helped Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) narrow its fiscal first-quarter net loss, boosting shares in...
Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) reported this morning that its second-quarter earnings came to $0.88 per share on $5.96 billion in revenue. The results were down from $1.10 per share on $6.44 billion...
Asian stocks were mixed as China moved to alleviate a cash crunch and ahead of U.S. reports that are expected to show the world’s biggest economy is improving. China’s Shanghai Composite Index...