Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) is scheduled to release its next earnings report on Monday after closing bell. Wall Street already has its hopes up. The company set a new record for iPhone sales over launch weekend, and all indications are that Apple is heading for a blockbuster earnings report. But will the company manage to…
After higher expenses and slightly slower growth in advertising, resulting in disappointing earnings, Google (NASDAQ GOOG) is trading down fractionally while the benchmark Nasdaq Composite stock index was trading up 1.45 percent in early morning trade. After the bell yesterday, Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) reported third quarter revenue of $16.52 billion, down slightly from the…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) plans to launch Safety Check tool that enables users to alert friends and family they are safe in the case of disaster. This tool works when Facebook determines whether a user is located in an area disaster struck and sends the user a notification asking if the user is safe. When…
Investors in the pharma/biotech sector eagerly wait for pipeline updates as they play an important role in deciding whether or not to invest in a particular company. These updates provide information on experimental drugs and at times give an insight into the commercial potential of the candidate once it is successfully developed and commercialized. Late…
Members of Brazil’s bitcoin community say that while past issues have contributed to the current weak market, more important hurdles remain. A lingering regulatory uncertainty, a relative lack of merchant adoption and the limited availability of Portuguese-language bitcoin resources, they said, are all reasons why Brazil’s market has yet to ignite. For better or worse,…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has long been an integral part of the notebook market thanks to its Windows operating system. With the majority of vendors relying on this operating system, anytime the market gets a bump the same typically holds true for Microsoft. The third quarter of 2014, according to Digitimes Research, is shaping up…
