Archive for the 'Apple' Category
Beatles-iTunes rumors spring up again
Management for The Beatles and Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have downplayed the rumors that began final weekend with reports that Paul McCartney had approved a $400 million deal with the iTunes Store to exclusively distribute The Beatles catalog.
The iPod company strongly dismissed the claims y…
Apple (AAPL) gets a boost from Fed, recession survey
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are trading higher with the broader market after the Federal Reserve announced that it will make $200 billion worth of Treasury securities to financial institutions in an effort to increase liquidity, combat the global credit crisis, and stave off a recession. th…
Lions Gate and Apple roaring for digital distribution
Lions Gate (NYSE: LGF), the feisty little studio that is responsible for torture-porn franchises Saw and Hostel, has hooked up with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to see whether consumers care about owning digital copies of the movies they buy on DVD and Blu-ray format.
According to the following press…
Kiss of death: GOOG $2,000 & AAPL $300
Towards the end of 2007 when the overall stock market was softening, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) were still soaring to new highs, and the optimism most assuredly reached euphoria and beyond. What is the next level beyond euphoria — insanity — and that’s the kiss of…
Apple: No share buyback is a good thing
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced that week it would not use its $20 billion cash hoard for dividend or share buyback in the open market. Some thought that was a good move, some, a mistake. Let me add my voice to those who agree with Apple’s management decision.
Apple has been a rocket ship thes…
A mistake at Apple (AAPL): No share buyback
At Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) annual assembly, the company had an opportunity to calm upset investors. With its stock down from $202 to $124 in just a little by two months, throwing shareholders a bone might have been a good view.
Apple currently has $20 billion in cash and short-term invest…
Apple (AAPL) confident it would hit its 2008 iPhone targets
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been on the rise nowadays, as renewed enthusiasm by future iPhone sales has brought buyers into the stock, pushing shares up $7.67 to $130.63, or 6.2% .
The company has stated that its goal for overall iPhone sales by the end of 2008 was 10 million units, and accordin…
iPhones making their way back to China
Gray market sales have been a serious problem for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) with its hit iPhone and now it’s getting weirder: iPhones made in China are being exported to the United States and Europe and soon after smuggled back to the People’s Republic.
Apple’s been puzzling by a paradox with the iPho…
Apple (AAPL) rises on retail sales report
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are trading higher that wee hours after the Commerce station reported that AM that retail sales rose 0.3% in January. The announcement surprised analysts, who were expecting a 0.3% decrease in sales. that could be good news for AAPL, as analysts are questioning wheth…
A vote for virtualization: Toby Smith buys VMware (VMW)
“This is still a psychologically damaged market; take for example, what happened with VMware (NYSE: VMW) after its latest earnings announcement,” notes Toby Smith in ChangeWave Investing.
“VMware recently reported that its fourth-quarter net income more than doubled on an 80% increase in reve…
The Justice station helps Apple (AAPL)
Universal Music has proposed creating a project called Total Music…
Apple’s Mac OS X sees third month of increasing market share
Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been taken to task in the recent past for the iPod “halo” effect in which sales of the ubiquitous music player create demand for its PCs. Perhaps the theory is working after all, as the company’s Mac OS X has seen its third straight month of operating system marke…
Option update: Apple February options suggests wide price movement will continue
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) trades down $4.47 to $124.90:
AAPL sign option volume of 176,366 contracts compared to put volume of 101,864 contracts. AAPL February 125 straddle was priced at $8.35. AAPL March option implied volatility of 50 was approach its 26-week average according to Track inp…
Ringleader dials up $6 million for mobile ad network
While the mobile space is huge, it’s still not easy to penetrate. Yet, with only $2 million in angel funding by the past couple years, Ringleader has done fairly well. The company has put together a sophisticated online advertising network, which helps with mobile ads (as well as those on the de…
