A Manufacturing Report Glitch, Google's Satellite Plans, and Apple's Boring WWDC
Jack Kramer and Nick Martell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 10:00PM CDT
Relax and check out what sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 26 points Monday to start the week. 1. Errors in manufacturing data confuse the Street Mondays are a drag, but a double-botched economic report spiced things up. The Institute...
Apple expands into health, home with new software
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Mon Jun 02, 6:29PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is expanding into home and health management as the company tries to turn its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers into an interchangeable network of devices that serve as a hub of people's increasingly digital lives.
Apple Inc.'s WWDC 2014 Keynote: What You Need to Know
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 5:00PM CDT
Apple just wrapped up its annual WWDC opening keynote, which was filled to the brim with announcements, data points, and hints at what the Mac maker has up its secretive sleeve. Back to the Mac As usual, Apple kicked things off with various...
Apple Desperately Copies Google's 2008 Features but Passes on Innovation
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 4:25PM CDT
Apple is half a decade behind the curve while simultaneously falling short on every expectation.
Why Himax Technologies Inc. Shares Plunged Today
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 3:46PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Himax Technologies fell more than 10%...
Watch for Google to Potentially Rebound After Falling 1.06% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jun 02, 3:41PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $545.73 to a high of $560.90. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $555.91 on volume of 1.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of Google After 1.06% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Jun 02, 3:41PM CDT
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $545.73 to a high of $560.90. Yesterday, the shares fell 1.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $555.91 on volume of 1.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
How Google Plans to Fight Facebook's Dominance
Mukesh Baghel, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 3:39PM CDT
There's no doubt that Google is the 800-pound gorilla in search and display advertising. However, the company has been under pressure of late as competition from Facebook and Microsoft is increasing. Microsoft's Bing search platform is...
New Apple Mac, mobile features coming this fall
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Mon Jun 02, 3:16PM CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's Mac operating system will have easier ways to share and search, while the iOS software for iPhones and iPads is getting new features for keeping tabs on your health and controlling home devices.
Hey Twitter Longs, "Enough Is Enough"
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 3:10PM CDT
Twitter shares soared 10% last Wednesday behind an upgrade from Nomura. The "buy" rating came with seemingly frustrated notes, reasoning with investors that "enough is enough" in regards to its 50% stock losses in 2014. Nonetheless, Nomura took a...
The 25 Companies With the Best Compensation and Benefits
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 2:05PM CDT
These are the Top 25 companies for compensation and benefits, according to Glassdoor.com
Will Google's Nest Disrupt the Smart Home Industry?
Max Macaluso and Eric Bleeker, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 1:30PM CDT
Google 's Nest thermostat and ADT 's home-security systems are two of the biggest names in the connected-home arena, but they are far from the only ones. Heck, there's a whole conference dedicated to the market. Fresh from Connections -- "The...
Dell Avoids 'Scorched Earth' PC Pricing; HP Upside?
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Jun 02, 1:30PM CDT
Privately held Dell isn't slashing prices in the personal computer market, which is good news for Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), says UBS in a report. Though privately held since an October buyout by founder Michael Dell and investment partner Silver Lake...
Is Apple Inc. a Buy After Rising 20% in Less Than 2 Months?
Andrew Sebastian, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 11:45AM CDT
Apple is coming off of a great quarter in which the company reported EPS of $11.62 on $10.2 billion in net income . The EPS and net income numbers represented increases of 7.1% and 15.2%, respectively, compared to the numbers in the prior year's...
How Kenneth Cole Used Google Glass to Encourage Good Deeds and Market its Cologne
Fani Kelesidou, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 10:13AM CDT
Marketing, and especially digital marketing, has become more than just connecting with consumers through different touch points. In today's high-tech world, it's all about gathering essential information for customers and automatically putting that...
Google to Launch Global High-Speed Internet Service Via Satellites: Report
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 9:48AM CDT
Google is said to be working on creating a network of Internet-providing satellites for the world's population.
Apple Inc. iWatch Rumors are Heating Up -- Is it Really Coming?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Jun 02, 9:00AM CDT
Hardly a week that goes that Apple rumors don't seem to heat up and reports this week suggest a 2014 iWatch launch is looking increasingly realistic. iWatch rumors On Wednesday, Rosenblatt Securities analyst Brian Blair said (via Business...
How to Trade Apple Ahead of Developer Conference, Stock Split
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 8:59AM CDT
When is a pullback coming from either of these two events, and how should investors play it?
What to Expect From Apple at WWDC
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 8:47AM CDT
Apple is hosting its Worldwide Developer Conference next week/this week, and while the event has segued to some bombshells in the past, including the iPhone in 2007, it's largely been run of the mill in recent years. That may be about to change,...
June 2 Premarket Briefing: 10 Things You Should Know
at The Street - Mon Jun 02, 7:04AM CDT
U.S. stock futures rise; manufacturing in China expands; Dai-ichi Life in talks to buy Protective Life; Apple kicks off its Worldwide Developers Conference.