Lenovo's posts record profit on smartphone sales
AP - 42 mins ago
HONG KONG (AP) — Computer maker Lenovo's annual profit rose 29 percent to a record high as smartphone sales surged in China and other markets.
Google eyeing up to $30 billion in foreign buyouts
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Tue May 20, 8:27PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is amassing cash overseas to help finance a foreign shopping spree that could cost the Internet company up to $30 billion.
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 5:59PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) added auto-build photo slide shows and videos to its Google+ social media site, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook (FB). Google shares rose 0.3% to 540.39.
Does Uber's Valuation Make Sense?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 5:05PM CDT
According to a recent Bloomberg report , privately held Uber is seeking an additional $1 billion in funding at a $10 billion valuation. Only two other pre-IPO enterprises merit that sort of price tag at the moment: Airbnb and Dropbox. In the...
Fossil May Be More Valuable Than Meets the Eye
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 4:40PM CDT
Fossil lost 10% of its valuation after it released first-quarter earnings that met expectations, as higher costs had an effect on investor sentiment. Nonetheless, in looking at Fossil and its 22% stock-price loss over the last six months, investors...
High-Yield Data Center Operator Lifts Dividend By 40%
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 4:21PM CDT
The market's defensive posture has been good news for IBD's Finance-REIT industry group. As of Monday's close, the group ranked 27th, up from 118th six weeks ago (IBD ranks 197 industry groups based on six-month price performance). Finding firms with...
Facebook, Publicis Ink Deal - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 3:56PM CDT
Recently, Facebook (FB) entered into a multi-year partnership with French advertising agency, Publicis Groupe.
Google Acquires Divide - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 3:50PM CDT
Google Inc. (GOOGL) recently added one more startup to its portfolio with the acquisition of Divide, a cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) company.
Google Glass Goes High Fashion
Lyons George, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 3:27PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is finally ready to start making some money from its Glass project. In the video below, Motley Fool Analyst Lyons George explains how the search giant is getting ready to take it's futuristic project to the...
Here's Why Google Inc is Testing the Gaming Waters
Tim Brugger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 1:30PM CDT
Facebook recently held its first app developers conference in three years. The F8 conference was intended to rally developers behind its suite of mobile app development software. Companies such as Facebook and search giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue May 20, 12:59PM CDT
App Store Official Charts for the week ending May 19, 2014:
Did AT&T Just Hand Google a Gift in the Form of DirecTV?
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 12:30PM CDT
AT&T 's acquisition of DirecTV was a curve ball, as it seemingly sways from AT&T's goal of bolstering its broadband Internet to better compete against the rise of Google . Nonetheless, looking beyond the acquisition's lack of broadband...
IsTwitter Set to Acquire SoundCloud? - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Tue May 20, 12:30PM CDT
Reportedly, Twitter (TWTR) is likely to acquire Berlin-based audio hosting and sharing startup, SoundCloud.
China's Smartphone Diplomacy With an Angry Southeast Asia
at The Street - Tue May 20, 12:07PM CDT
Is China dialing into smartphone diplomacy? It has already tried to secure Southeast Asia's minerals and river water by investing in its infrastructure. It also sees the growing region as a frontier for Chinese companies cramped by competition at...
Google+ Will Now Autogenerate Videos, Photo Montages
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue May 20, 12:05PM CDT
Google (GOOGL) on Tuesday added a feature to Google+ that will auto-build photo slide shows and videos, similar to the autogenerated videos produced by rival Facebook. Google says the storytelling features will collect your geotagged and time-stamped...
3 Stocks Boosting The Technology Sector Higher
at The Street - Tue May 20, 12:02PM CDT
TheStreet highlights 3 stocks pushing the technology sector higher today.
Google's Latest Acquisition Is a Nail in BlackBerry's Coffin
Alex Dumortier, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue May 20, 9:16AM CDT
Following a good start to the week, U.S. stocks are down on Tuesday morning, with the benchmark S&P 500 and the narrower Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.28% and 0.35%, respectively, at 10:15 a.m. EDT. In company-specific news, search...
The Microsofting of Google
at The Street - Tue May 20, 8:35AM CDT
The intent of the European courts is to do to Google what the U.S. antitrust authorities did to Microsoft, bind it with people who will just say no.
Critical Alerts For Google, Schlumberger, Eli Lilly, Theravance, and United Rentals Released By InvestorsObserver
PR Newswire - Tue May 20, 8:31AM CDT
InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for GOOGL, SLB, LLY, THRX, and URI.
Digital Wallets Designed for Eliminating the Need for Credit Cards - NXTD's Wocket(TM) Looks to Change the Way Consumers Make Credit Card Payments Worldwide
PR Newswire - Tue May 20, 7:30AM CDT
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