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China small-caps lead gains; rest of Asia mixed
October 22nd, 2015
Chinese stocks recovered from the prior day’s sudden sell-off, as a surge in small-caps rekindled investor interest. The rest of the region, however, put up a mixed performance as renewed weakness in commodity prices and an uninspiring lead from ...
Apple faces $400 million in damages in patent fight
October 15th, 2015
Apple’s potential damages in a patent fight with the University of Wisconsin’s licensing body could reach $400 million as a trial on the amount Apple owes for infringing a processor patent got under way on Wednesday, two people familiar ...
China Cannot Let This Happen
September 24th, 2015
After borrowing — and largely wasting — $15 trillion during the Great Recession, China now looks like a typical decadent developed-world country, complete with slow growth, anemic consumer spending and unstable financial markets. But it’s not France, Canada or ...
Apple gives weak forecast, shares fall nearly 7 percent
July 22nd, 2015
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares slumped nearly 7 percent in after-hours trading as its fourth-quarter revenue forecast fell short of estimates and it missed some targets for iPhone sales. The shares dropped to $121 after the company released its results ...
Apple files P2P payments patent
July 8th, 2015
Apple has filed a patent which uses NFC and Bluetooth technology to enable person-to-person payments between iPhones or Apple Watches. The system would enable users to choose a card from their iPhone’s Wallet, enter the amount they want to pay and ...
Samsung Predicts Recovery After First-Quarter Earnings Drop 40%
April 29th, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co. expects earnings to recover in the second quarter as new Galaxy S6 smartphones lure back users and the component divisions win orders from rival vendors. Shares rose. Samsung on Wednesday predicted the revival after reporting a ...
Apple Throws a Wrench Into Nasdaq’s Gearbox
February 26th, 2015
Shares of tech company slump, helping to end a 10-day winning streak for the index The Nasdaq Composite Index’s longest winning streak in more than five years ended with a whimper at the hands of a surprising culprit: a pullback in ...
Banks to allow account access using fingerprint tech
February 18th, 2015
Two banks are allowing their customers to access accounts on their smartphones using fingerprint recognition technology, in a UK industry first. RBS and NatWest customers must activate the feature with their security information, but would only need to use ...
Apple Becomes First $700 Billion US Company With Record Market Cap Close
February 11th, 2015
Apple Inc. has become the first U.S. company to close with a market cap of more than $700 billion, nearly doubling the market cap of its closest rival, Exxon Mobil. Apple’s share price closed nearly 2 points up at ...
China Mobile’s 4G Explosive Growth Is Positive For Apple
November 27th, 2014
China Mobile ’s 4G user base is experiencing explosive growth. February of this year was the first month that it supported the faster technology (a month after it started to officially support Apple AAPL +1.18%’s iPhone 5c and 5s) and it signed up ...
