Apple cleaning up act in China with more renewable energy
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - 50 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is cleaning up its manufacturing operations in China to reduce the air pollution caused by the factories that have assembled hundreds of millions of iPhones and iPads during the past eight years.
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan Red
By RYAN NAKASHIMA - AP - 2 hrs 26 mins ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — YouTube on Wednesday unveiled a new $10-a-month subscription plan in the U.S. called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series and movies from top YouTubers, and on-demand unlimited streaming music.
P: 19.26 (-0.07), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67)
iPhone 6s Sales Could Be Disapointing
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 2 hrs 31 mins ago
iPhone 6s. Photo: Apple. Apple will turn in its earnings report for the September quarter next week. When it does, shares could sell off if a recent note proves accurate. Earlier this month, analysts at Pacific Crest warned that Apple's...
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Apple Launches New Clean Energy Programs in China To Promote Low-Carbon Manufacturing and Green Growth
Business Wire - 2 hrs 31 mins ago
Apple(R) today announced two new programs aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of its manufacturing partners in China. The programs will avoid over 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas pollution in the country between now and 2020, equivalent to taking nearly 4 million passenger vehicles off the road for one year.
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Stock Prices of 'Back to the Future' Products: Then & Now
Andrew Steele - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Oct 21, 6:06PM CDT
Let's all jump into our DeLorean and check out some 1985 stock prices of some very popular contemporary companies.
MAT: 23.85 (+0.07), NKE: 132.47 (+0.10), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), PEP: 100.25 (-0.02), YUM: 73.56 (+0.53)
Why Apple's 6.5 Million Music Subscribers Is Much Better Than It Seems
Daniel B. Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 6:00PM CDT
Apple Music has not quite made all other streaming services irrelevant, but early results suggest it might. CEO Tim Cook revealed that the subscription-based service, which offers a huge catalogue of songs, has 6.5 million paying subscribers. He...
P: 19.26 (-0.07), S: 4.34 (-0.02), TMUS: 40.22 (-0.48), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
New Apple TV ups content ante
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 5:49PM CDT
Less than a week before the 4th-gen Apple TV streaming video device was slated to go on sale, Apple (AAPL) added NBC, CBS (CBS) All Access and Made to Measure to its channel content lineup. According to MacRumors, the Comcast (CMCSA)-owned NBC...
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), CMCSA: 61.11 (-0.44), CBS: 43.18 (-0.77)
Apple says no to CISA
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 5:49PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) is one of the latest tech firms to disapprove of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), joining Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Alphabet's Google (GOOGL). Its dissent comes less than a week before an expected...
NFLX: 97.96 (-1.03), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Google adds ad-free YouTube
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 5:49PM CDT
It'll cost non-Apple users $9.99 a month -- but Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google property YouTube will launch an ad-free plan Oct. 28 for its streaming videos, music, new original series and movies from popular YouTube artists. Called YouTube Red, it's...
GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
After Apple Inc.'s Chipgate Fiasco, Is It Time to Buy Taiwan Semiconductor?
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 5:00PM CDT
Nearly every generation of Apple 's iPhone seems to have a "gate" scandal related to perceived flaws. Users complained about the iPhone 3G's cracked cases, the iPhone 3GS's overheating issues, the...
TSM: 22.22 (-0.09), IT: 86.02 (-0.93), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Stock Indexes Lose Some Ground; Apple Holds Above Its 50-Day Line
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 4:17PM CDT
Stocks lost ground in fast trade Wednesday with the pain spreading to most industry groups. The Nasdaq chopped off 0.8%, while the S&P 500 dropped 0.6%. The Dow Jones industrial average trimmed 0.3%. Volume in the stock market today was solidly...
SWI: 58.31 (+8.11), EBAY: 24.21 (-0.21), PYPL: 33.83 (-1.04), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Apple Joins Facebook, Netflix Vs. Cybersecurity Bill
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 4:02PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) is one of the latest tech names to voice disapproval of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), joining tech heavyweights Netflix (NFLX), Facebook (FB), Twitter (TWTR) and Alphabet (GOOGL). "We don't support the current CISA...
NFLX: 97.96 (-1.03), YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), FEYE: 28.76 (-1.53), FB: 97.11 (+0.11), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), MSFT: 47.20 (-0.57), TWTR: 29.30 (-1.61), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), CRM: 75.83 (-1.70)
Go Back to the Future with These 5 Market Crushing Stocks
Eric Dutram - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Oct 21, 3:55PM CDT
If you ever have a time machine that can go back to 1985, you better buy these top performing stocks which have crushed the market over the past 30 years.
HD: 123.30 (+0.45), NKE: 132.47 (+0.10), AMGN: 150.09 (-0.36), MO: 59.84 (+0.10), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Is Microsoft the Next BlackBerry?
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 3:45PM CDT
Who's winning the operating system wars? It ain't Microsoft.
IBM: 140.92 (+0.28), BBRY: 7.08 (-0.12), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), MSFT: 47.20 (-0.57), GOOG: 642.61 (-7.67), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), HPQ: 28.23 (-0.33), NOK: 6.94 (-0.02)
Apple, Inc. Earnings: Why I'll Be Watching Guidance
Daniel Sparks, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 3:00PM CDT
When Apple reports second-quarter results on Tuesday, investors will hone in on revenue, earnings per share, and iPhone numbers, as per usual. But the tech giant's guidance for its current quarter, which wraps up at year-end, will get extra...
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Google's YouTube Lets Users Watch Ad-Free - For A Fee
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Oct 21, 2:49PM CDT
Google is the latest tech enterprise to roll out a membership-fee service for ad-free streaming content. It includes videos, music and new original series and movies from popular YouTube artists including Swedish comedian PewDiePie. Google, a unit of...
NFLX: 97.96 (-1.03), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), P: 19.26 (-0.07), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Several Reasons Why Apple (AAPL) Stock is Gaining Momentum Today
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 2:22PM CDT
Apple (AAPL) shares are rising on Thursday after Canaccord Genuity issued an optimistic note, stating that the tech giant is maintaining a strong share of the premium tier smartphone market.
AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Stocks Fall; Valeant Defends Accounting Practices
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 2:02PM CDT
Stocks relinquish gains made earlier Wednesday as a selloff in Valeant Pharmaceuticals pressures the rest of the biotech sector.
TSLA: 210.09 (-2.94), BIIB: 276.34 (+10.53), F: 15.41 (+0.03), VRX: 118.61 (-28.13), KMB: 118.09 (+0.87), IBB: 304.46 (-1.50), TM: 123.70 (+1.49), SBUX: 60.53 (-0.35), YHOO: 31.12 (-1.71), CMG: 665.67 (-39.96), ABBV: 53.83 (-1.00), GOOGL: 671.80 (-8.20), HMC: 32.70 (+0.70), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01), KO: 42.19 (-0.10), AMZN: 555.77 (-5.11), MU: 16.43 (-0.66), PFE: 33.46 (-0.54), LLY: 77.01 (-0.78), FCAU: 15.20 (-0.74), BMY: 62.51 (-1.38), BA: 141.19 (+2.31), WDC: 71.44 (-3.42), LRCX: 70.79 (+0.76), MCD: 102.54 (-1.30), GM: 35.42 (+1.94), KLAC: 63.98 (+10.12), RACE: 55.00 (-5.00), SNDK: 76.78 (+1.59)
How Does Sony's PlayStation 4 Stack Up Against the New Apple TV?
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 2:00PM CDT
The PlayStation 4 Universal Media Remote. Photo: Sony. Sony 's latest PlayStation 4 accessory costs $30 and doesn't have anything to do with video games, but it does serve to highlight how the Japanese electronics giant's device is much more than...
SNE: 28.10 (+0.87), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)
Carl Icahn Forming Super PAC to Push Corporate Tax Reform
at The Street - Wed Oct 21, 1:26PM CDT
The CNBC 'Fast Money' traders get the latest on the Valeant Pharma stock plunge, then hear from Carl Icahn on why he's forming a super PAC focused on corporate taxes.
VRX: 118.61 (-28.13), SPY: 201.85 (-1.24), GM: 35.42 (+1.94), IBB: 304.46 (-1.50), BA: 141.19 (+2.31), AAPL: 113.76 (-0.01)