Watch Out,This Company’s Emphasis on Cloud Services May Spur Earnings Growth
ESTMZ - 15 mins ago
Technology powerhouse, Microsoft , is set to report 1Q2016 earnings today after the bell. The Estimize consensus has determined EPS of $0.59 and revenue of $21.5 billion and Wall Street is calling for EPS of $0.57 and revenue of $21.2 billion. It...
AMZN: 565.86 (+10.09), IBM: 144.65 (+3.73), MSFT: 48.75 (+1.55), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
Microsoft Corp. Should Kill Its Lumia Smartphones, But it Won't
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 35 mins ago
Source: Microsoft Other than sharing the same first letter, Microsoft and mobile have had little in common during the past decade. Thanks to the overwhelming success of its dominant PC operating system and application software franchises, the...
GOOGL: 682.87 (+11.07), MSFT: 48.75 (+1.55), GOOG: 651.49 (+8.88), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
Under Armour Earnings Rebound, But Margins Hit Stock
at Investor's Business Daily - 1 hr 19 mins ago
Under Armour (UA) reported better-than-expected Q3 earnings on Thursday, with quarterly revenue topping $1 billion for the first time on surging footwear sales and an expanded product lineup during the back-to-school shopping season. The trendy...
FIT: 37.33 (+0.51), UA: 93.18 (-5.97), NKE: 131.39 (-1.08), SKX: 45.76 (+0.05), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
Jim Cramer -- Texas Instruments, ServiceNow Are Lfiting the Tech Sector
at The Street - 1 hr 20 mins ago
Strong earnings results from semiconductor player Texas Instruments and cloud-focused ServiceNow have made those two stocks Thursday's big tech movers.
NOW: 76.97 (+3.95), TXN: 57.36 (+5.46), XLK: 42.69 (+0.99), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
Microsoft Is Changing Radically but It's Still the Same at Heart: What Wall Street's Saying
at The Street - 2 hrs 51 mins ago
Microsoft's first quarter should show more of the same from the software giant even if the way it looks will be really different.
MSFT: 48.75 (+1.55), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
No, Intel Corp. Probably Won't Be Inside the iPhone 7
Ashraf Eassa, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Oct 22, 8:30AM CDT
Intel's X-Gold 726 baseband, which is part of the company's XMM 7260 discrete modem solution. Image source: Intel. Venture Beat recently published a piece in which it claims that Intel has roughly 1,000 engineers dedicated to getting its...
QCOM: 60.48 (+1.51), TSM: 22.50 (+0.28), INTC: 34.36 (+0.99), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Altria, Nike, Apple, Amgen and Home Depot
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Oct 22, 8:30AM CDT
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Altria, Nike, Apple, Amgen and Home Depot
HD: 123.80 (+0.50), NKE: 131.39 (-1.08), AMGN: 151.96 (+1.87), MO: 61.13 (+1.29), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
How Apple Could Make $1 Billion for Carl Icahn If His New Super PAC Succeeds
at The Street - Thu Oct 22, 8:25AM CDT
If Carl Icahn's tax repatriation super PAC achieves its goal, it could mean a huge payday for Icahn himself.
AAPL: 115.06 (+1.30)
Alphabet Is Still All About Google With Little Moonshots on the Side
at The Street - Thu Oct 22, 8:13AM CDT
Alphabet will post its first earnings report since changing the reporting structure. But for investors, it's about two things - how strong is search and how weak are the moonshots.
YHOO: 31.85 (+0.73), FB: 98.75 (+1.64), GOOGL: 682.87 (+11.07), AAPL: 115.06 (+1.30), GOOG: 651.49 (+8.88)
This Company Just Beat Apple Inc to Mobile Payments in China
Leo Sun, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Oct 22, 7:30AM CDT
Apple recently registered a new company, Apple Technology Service (Shanghai) Ltd., to operate in the Shanghai free-trade zone and introduce Apple Pay to its Chinese customers. CEO Tim Cook previously said launching Apple Pay in...
FOSL: 54.87 (+0.73), GOOGL: 682.87 (+11.07), INTC: 34.37 (+1.00), GOOG: 651.49 (+8.88), AAPL: 115.06 (+1.30)
YouTube's $10 Service Wins Big Even If Most Users Don't Subscribe
at The Street - Thu Oct 22, 6:45AM CDT
YouTube's new subscription service Red may only attract a slice of its current user base, but for Google that's still a handsome business.
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Expect Sirius XM to Ride Growing Car Sales to Higher Profits
at The Street - Thu Oct 22, 6:00AM CDT
New car sales are occurring at a pace not seen in a decade, and that's great news for shareholders of satellite radio giant Sirius ahead of Friday's earnings results.
F: 15.61 (+0.20), GOOGL: 682.87 (+11.07), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31), SIRI: 4.01 (+0.10)
Apple Pledges to Build More Solar Power Plants in China
at The Street - Thu Oct 22, 4:30AM CDT
And four other things you need to know now.
AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
Apple cleaning up act in China with more renewable energy
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP - Wed Oct 21, 9:41PM CDT
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: 115.07 (+1.31)
YouTube to launch $10-a-month ad-free video, music plan Red
By RYAN NAKASHIMA - AP - Wed Oct 21, 8:05PM CDT
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: 19.29 (+0.03), GOOGL: 682.87 (+11.07), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31), GOOG: 651.49 (+8.88)
iPhone 6s Sales Could Be Disapointing
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Oct 21, 8:00PM CDT
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: 115.07 (+1.31)
Apple Launches New Clean Energy Programs in China To Promote Low-Carbon Manufacturing and Green Growth
Business Wire - Wed Oct 21, 8:00PM CDT
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: 115.07 (+1.31)
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: 24.53 (+0.68), NKE: 131.39 (-1.08), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31), PEP: 102.74 (+2.49), YUM: 73.49 (-0.07)
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: 19.29 (+0.03), S: 4.45 (+0.11), TMUS: 40.64 (+0.42), AAPL: 115.07 (+1.31)
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: 115.07 (+1.31), CMCSA: 61.86 (+0.75), CBS: 43.25 (+0.07)