RIM Shares Slip Below Book Value

Into the mud … or rather, deeper into the mud.
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Apple Shares Hit Yet Another Lifetime High

On the day it announced that sales of the iPhone 4S surpassed four million units over the weekend, shares in Apple hit their second record high in as many days. Shares peaked at $426.70 a share, up $4.70 from Friday’s close of $422, before falling back in midday trading. Share price has risen by more than 97 percent this year.

How Will Apple Shares Fare Today?

Some volatility is inevitable, but Steve Jobs leaves behind a strong company, built to continue his legacy of innovation.
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A New All-Time High for Apple: $411.50

The broader market is mired deep in the doldrums, but you wouldn’t know it to look at Apple.
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HTC Shares Tank on Apple Patent Ruling

A preliminary ITC ruling in the patent-infringement dispute between Apple and HTC has sent the Taiwanese gadget maker’s shares into a tailspin.
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Ballmer Says Microsoft Breakup Not in Cards

Microsoft Corp. weathered government pressure a decade ago to break up its business. Now the software giant faces similar questions from a new quarter: its stockholders. At the company’s annual shareholder meeting Tuesday, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer and Chairman Bill Gates sought to calm investors, some of whom asked if the maker of Windows operating systems and Xbox game consoles would be more valuable as individual companies.

My Prediction, Palm: Pain.

Palm lost about half a billion dollars in market value last week after the company warned of a nasty revenue shortfall. And it seems that was only the beginning of what may prove to be a long and painful decline. Investors brutalized the company Thursday, slashing nearly five percent from its share price.

Nokia Slashes Prices

Tesla Motors Plans IPO

Add Tesla Motors to the list of companies planning to avail themselves of what may, or may not, be a fledgling IPO recovery this year. The electric car maker said Friday that it’s planning an initial public offering to raise up to $100 million.

Sirius XM CEO “Perfect” to Run Comcast-NBCU–Not That Sirius XM CEO Would Want To

Good thing Comcast and General Electric plan to name NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker as head of their proposed joint venture, because Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin doesn’t want the job. Not that he wouldn’t be a good candidate to run a merged Comcast-NBCU. Because as Karmazin himself told Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto, he’d be an excellent choice.
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Cisco Blinks

Sirius Slapped With Minimum Bid Notice

Microsoft and Yahoo: Big Deal

eBay Plans Options Water Safety Course

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Insert “Sirius Trouble” Pun Here

Research in Slow Motion

RIM: A Less-Than-Perfect Storm?

Microsoft "Done" With Yahoo Bid

Microsoft “Done” With Yahoo Bid