Microsoft Corporation

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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) did something more important than just hitting a new 52-week high today.  It did something more important than hitting an all-time high today.  For a brief period...
The Android smartphone operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) grabbed nearly 70% of sales in China during the fourth quarter of 2011 according to a new report from Chinese research firm...
Charles Blahous, a George Mason University research fellow, reports that the new health care law could add $530 billion to the deficit. (Washington Post) Fed Chairman Bernanke says many banks need...
Markets opened lower this morning on the first trading day in the US following last week’s poor report on non-farm payrolls. Higher-than-expected inflation in China also caused led some observers...
Despite the fact that Easter and Passover holiday may not be the best time to launch a new product, Amazon. com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) reports that the Lumia 900 from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and...
Lists of top-sellers at single destinations do not always equate to broad-reaching trends around the entire nation nor around the entire globe.  Still, when you see a surprise like this it tends to...
The promise that AOL’s (NYSE: AOL) patents have value was quickly realized as the firm sold Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) $1.1 billion worth of patents. The patents numbered about 800. The news should...
The press covered the decision by Facebook to list on Nasdaq rather than the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) as if a real contest existed between the two exchanges. Facebook could not have done otherwise if it...
Several media sources report that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has given app developers financial incentives to create software for its Windows mobile OS. The operating system, combined with phones from...
JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) will cut 900 jobs at its headquarters, which is about 13% of the total. New CEO Ron Johnson, formerly of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), claims this will turn the crippled retailer into...
A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC),...
Research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is out with its report on the US mobile phone market for the rolling three-month period through February 2012. The data shows that 234 million Americans now...
A report at The Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital blog, cites several sources confirming that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will begin firing workers next week. The company employs about 14,000...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has one more bit of evidence that it is acting as if it was its own stock index.  Its exceptional share performance is worth a substantial portion of the overall broad...
The Nasdaq has risen 19% in the quarter that is about to end. That is much more than the S&P 500, which is only 13% higher. Many analysts believe that the Nasdaq has risen too far, too fast. That...