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US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - 2 hrs 19 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.
Is a Payment Service From Apple, Inc. Imminent?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 7:00PM CDT
Apple CEO Tim Cook and other Apple executives have boasted on numerous occasions of a robust pipeline of new products. Cook has even said it has products coming that are in entirely new categories. But what often goes under the radar is that Apple...
Another Good Sign for Apple's iPhone 6 Launch
Adam Levine-Weinberg, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 5:30PM CDT
Apple investors are eagerly awaiting the upcoming fall product cycle. While Apple CEO Tim Cook has been hinting for a year that the company is on the verge of entering new product categories, the launch of the next-generation iPhone, probably to be...
Is Apple Really a Threat to Sirius XM?
John-Erik Koslosky, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 5:00PM CDT
Ever since Apple made the shocking move to acquire Beats Music, the companies that deliver consumer audio programming like Pandora , Spotify, and Sirius XM have had good reason to be on edge. Apple is a powerful company with a lot of...
Is Tim Cook Wrong About the iPad?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 3:00PM CDT
Investors are questioning whether or not there's any growth left for Apple 's second-largest business segment: iPads. Apple's iPad sales have been down, year over year, in four of the past five quarters. In fact, the tablet market, in general,...
Facebook, Inc. Stock Nearly Doubles Since Its IPO -- Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 2:20PM CDT
After Facebook reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings last week, shares soared to new all-time highs, hitting $76.74 before settling at $75.19 when the market closed on Friday. The report sent the stock up 5% and is helping the social...
The Catalysts That Could Catapult Apple, Inc. Stock Past $110
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 1:40PM CDT
Apple stock recently got another upgrade, this one from RBC Capital Markets. Analyst Amit Daryanani maintained an "outperform" rating for Apple and raised his target from $100 to $110 on Wednesday. His reasoning for incremental confidence in Apple?...
Alleged Apple, Inc. iPhone 6 Leak Supports Evidence for Larger Display
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 1:00PM CDT
With an iPhone 6 announcement speculated to come sometime in the first half of September and shipments rumored to begin later that month, leaks regarding phone parts are now commonplace. Even more, with the iPhone 6 launch so close, the leaks are...
Is the Apple iPad Due for an Upgrade?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 10:48AM CDT
After several years of the iPad-induced "post-PC era" that Apple seemed quite bullish on, it's starting to look as though the shoe is on the other foot. This quarter, Apple's iPad sales plummeted 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. That's two straight...
Google Must Watch Out for the Sharks
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 10:00AM CDT
Google and Apple are on the short list of the top disruptive companies of our lifetime. But Paul Nunes, who has studied businesses for decades, says either of these excellent companies can themselves be disrupted – and virtually overnight, at...
xTupleCon: Days of Future Apps Revealed
PRWeb - Sun Jul 27, 6:09AM CDT
'Days of Future Apps' aptly describes the theme for xTuple's global ERP user conference this October, as the complete xTupleCon14 agenda is announced.
Apple, Inc. Stock This Week: Why Shares Hit a 52-Week High
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 7:00PM CDT
Helped by a solid third-quarter report, Apple shares hit a new 52-week high this week of $97.88 -- only a few dollars shy of Apple's post-split all-time high of $100.72. That makes for a gain of about 55% in the past 12 months. AAPL data...
Netflix Hits 50 Million, but That's Not Enough
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 2:00PM CDT
Netflix shares went the wrong way this week, even as the leading premium video service's fundamentals improved dramatically. Revenue climbed 37% in Netflix's latest quarter, with profitability soaring 145%. Netflix is now topping 50...
Proof That Apple, Inc. Is Preparing a Massive iPhone 6 Launch
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 1:00PM CDT
iPhone 5c being manufactured. Source: Apple. Investors have high expectations for Apple 's iPhone 6 launch later this year, and for good reason. This year's pipeline will probably trigger a massive upgrade cycle, unleashing pent-up demand for...
Weird Al Yankovic Just Made a Joke of the Music Industry
at The Street - Sat Jul 26, 12:00PM CDT
When pop artists like Yankovic can get sites to fund videos and earn royalties each time they play, it's silly to keep releasing albums and signing with labels.
Proof That Apple, Inc. Is Investing in Innovation
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 11:14AM CDT
Phil Schiller introducing Mac Pro at WWDC 2013. Source: Apple. As he introduced the Mac Pro at the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller found himself defending his company as skeptics had been arguing that...
Is Apple, Inc. Worth Over $800 Billion?
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 10:48AM CDT
It seems like just yesterday that the Street was wondering whether Apple could become the first company to hit a $1 trillion market cap. Actually, it was more like 2012 when Apple first crossed the $500 billion threshold . A lot has changed since...
Apple, Inc. Planning for "Major Product Ramps" Ahead of iPhone 6
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 10:16AM CDT
During Apple 's third fiscal quarter, the company spent an impressive $5 billion on share repurchases and $2.9 billion paying out dividends. But neither of these expenditures matches the unprecedented amount Apple is gearing up to spend on...
1 Reason to Own Apple Stock
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 9:30AM CDT
In the past four quarters, Apple 's year-over-year quarterly revenue growth rates have remained mostly the same, ranging between 6% and 4 %. But despite no ramp in Apple's top line growth, the stock has soared 54% during this same period. While a...
Was This Bill Gates’ Worst Mistake?
Jamal Carnette, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 8:25AM CDT
Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is in a two-man race for the title of world's richest man. Pitted against Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom mogul, in many cases the mundane gyrations of the market separate these two billionaires. According to ...
US companies increasingly fish for growth overseas
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - 2 hrs 19 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.
Is a Payment Service From Apple, Inc. Imminent?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 7:00PM CDT
Apple CEO Tim Cook and other Apple executives have boasted on numerous occasions of a robust pipeline of new products. Cook has even said it has products coming that are in entirely new categories. But what often goes under the radar is that Apple...
Another Good Sign for Apple's iPhone 6 Launch
Adam Levine-Weinberg, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 5:30PM CDT
Apple investors are eagerly awaiting the upcoming fall product cycle. While Apple CEO Tim Cook has been hinting for a year that the company is on the verge of entering new product categories, the launch of the next-generation iPhone, probably to be...
Is Apple Really a Threat to Sirius XM?
John-Erik Koslosky, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 5:00PM CDT
Ever since Apple made the shocking move to acquire Beats Music, the companies that deliver consumer audio programming like Pandora , Spotify, and Sirius XM have had good reason to be on edge. Apple is a powerful company with a lot of...
Is Tim Cook Wrong About the iPad?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 3:00PM CDT
Investors are questioning whether or not there's any growth left for Apple 's second-largest business segment: iPads. Apple's iPad sales have been down, year over year, in four of the past five quarters. In fact, the tablet market, in general,...
Facebook, Inc. Stock Nearly Doubles Since Its IPO -- Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 2:20PM CDT
After Facebook reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings last week, shares soared to new all-time highs, hitting $76.74 before settling at $75.19 when the market closed on Friday. The report sent the stock up 5% and is helping the social...
The Catalysts That Could Catapult Apple, Inc. Stock Past $110
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 1:40PM CDT
Apple stock recently got another upgrade, this one from RBC Capital Markets. Analyst Amit Daryanani maintained an "outperform" rating for Apple and raised his target from $100 to $110 on Wednesday. His reasoning for incremental confidence in Apple?...
Alleged Apple, Inc. iPhone 6 Leak Supports Evidence for Larger Display
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 1:00PM CDT
With an iPhone 6 announcement speculated to come sometime in the first half of September and shipments rumored to begin later that month, leaks regarding phone parts are now commonplace. Even more, with the iPhone 6 launch so close, the leaks are...
Is the Apple iPad Due for an Upgrade?
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 10:48AM CDT
After several years of the iPad-induced "post-PC era" that Apple seemed quite bullish on, it's starting to look as though the shoe is on the other foot. This quarter, Apple's iPad sales plummeted 9.2% on a year-over-year basis. That's two straight...
Google Must Watch Out for the Sharks
Rex Moore, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jul 27, 10:00AM CDT
Google and Apple are on the short list of the top disruptive companies of our lifetime. But Paul Nunes, who has studied businesses for decades, says either of these excellent companies can themselves be disrupted – and virtually overnight, at...
xTupleCon: Days of Future Apps Revealed
PRWeb - Sun Jul 27, 6:09AM CDT
'Days of Future Apps' aptly describes the theme for xTuple's global ERP user conference this October, as the complete xTupleCon14 agenda is announced.
Apple, Inc. Stock This Week: Why Shares Hit a 52-Week High
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 7:00PM CDT
Helped by a solid third-quarter report, Apple shares hit a new 52-week high this week of $97.88 -- only a few dollars shy of Apple's post-split all-time high of $100.72. That makes for a gain of about 55% in the past 12 months. AAPL data...
Netflix Hits 50 Million, but That's Not Enough
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 2:00PM CDT
Netflix shares went the wrong way this week, even as the leading premium video service's fundamentals improved dramatically. Revenue climbed 37% in Netflix's latest quarter, with profitability soaring 145%. Netflix is now topping 50...
Proof That Apple, Inc. Is Preparing a Massive iPhone 6 Launch
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 1:00PM CDT
iPhone 5c being manufactured. Source: Apple. Investors have high expectations for Apple 's iPhone 6 launch later this year, and for good reason. This year's pipeline will probably trigger a massive upgrade cycle, unleashing pent-up demand for...
Weird Al Yankovic Just Made a Joke of the Music Industry
at The Street - Sat Jul 26, 12:00PM CDT
When pop artists like Yankovic can get sites to fund videos and earn royalties each time they play, it's silly to keep releasing albums and signing with labels.
Proof That Apple, Inc. Is Investing in Innovation
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 11:14AM CDT
Phil Schiller introducing Mac Pro at WWDC 2013. Source: Apple. As he introduced the Mac Pro at the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller found himself defending his company as skeptics had been arguing that...
Is Apple, Inc. Worth Over $800 Billion?
Evan Niu, CFA, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 10:48AM CDT
It seems like just yesterday that the Street was wondering whether Apple could become the first company to hit a $1 trillion market cap. Actually, it was more like 2012 when Apple first crossed the $500 billion threshold . A lot has changed since...
Apple, Inc. Planning for "Major Product Ramps" Ahead of iPhone 6
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 10:16AM CDT
During Apple 's third fiscal quarter, the company spent an impressive $5 billion on share repurchases and $2.9 billion paying out dividends. But neither of these expenditures matches the unprecedented amount Apple is gearing up to spend on...
1 Reason to Own Apple Stock
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 9:30AM CDT
In the past four quarters, Apple 's year-over-year quarterly revenue growth rates have remained mostly the same, ranging between 6% and 4 %. But despite no ramp in Apple's top line growth, the stock has soared 54% during this same period. While a...
Was This Bill Gates’ Worst Mistake?
Jamal Carnette, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Jul 26, 8:25AM CDT
Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is in a two-man race for the title of world's richest man. Pitted against Carlos Slim, the Mexican telecom mogul, in many cases the mundane gyrations of the market separate these two billionaires. According to ...
