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If you’re a PC user, or were in the past, you know of the head-scratching key combination you know as Control-Alt-Delete. In a recent comment, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) co-founder Bill Gates called it a mistake. If you’ve moved on from a Windows-based system, maybe you forgot that control-alt-...

If you think you know which two stocks, you’re probably right. Watching their rapid march towards death has to make one feel sorry for all of the employees who may soon (or already have) lost their jobs. Wednesday, Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY) and J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) saw huge moves to the...

Tech watchers were surprised, but not very disappointed when current Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer announced his retirement. Almost instantly, long-time Microsoft watchers began the campaign to bring founder Bill Gates back to the helm. Speaking to Business Insider, Gates denied...

The stock market continues to move higher despite a few days of slight correction and consolidation. This is making it more difficult to find value-priced stocks. If you’re looking for names in the tech field, we put together a list of stocks priced below their 50 day moving average. AOL (NYSE...

If history is any guide, the end is likely near for Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY)> On Friday, the company announced what was already floating around the Wall Street rumor mill. Blackberry is laying off 40 percent or about one-third of its workforce. Even worse, it pre-announced that it expects...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will include the reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE) and BlackBerry (NYSE: BBRY). Analysts are looking for solid year-over-year revenue growth from both, as well as earnings growth from the former and a narrowed net loss from the latter. Others on deck to share...

This weekend in Barron's online: managing health care expenses for the long term, as well as the prospects for GE, Nexstar Broadcasting, United Rentals, Approach Resources and more. Cover Story "How to Protect Your Health and Wealth" by Beverly Goodman. In this week's cover story in Barron's,...

Every year, analysts worry that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will disappoint investors with lackluster iPhone sales performance. Quarter after quarter, Apple has defied all but the loftiest expectations and reported positive sales growth. Based on the size of the crowd at the Apple Store at the Somerset...

Things are not going well at BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). Everybody knows that. The company is getting ready to cut its workforce by as much as 40 percent by the end of the year, according to The Wall Street Journal. As of March, BlackBerry had 12,700 employees. Under the worst-case scenario, by...

Highlights on the earnings front this week will be the reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL). Analysts are looking for marginal year-over-year growth of earnings and revenues from both of them. Others on deck to share quarterly results this week include General Mills (NYSE: GIS),...

It was a week filled with anticipation, surprises -- and most of all a massive acquisition. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) purchased Nokia's (NYSE: NOK), while rumors insisted that BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) wished it had been acquired as well. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) confirmed the existence of not one but...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) successfully beat analyst expectations and sold 31.2 million iPhones during the last quarter. This has been the trend for Apple for the past several years. Even when Mac and iPad sales decline, the iPhone continues to rise to new heights. At the same time, Google's (NASDAQ:...

Turkey, stuffing and new game consoles are not the only things that are expected to be sold during the holiday shopping season. If BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has its way, the Canadian smartphone maker will find a buyer -- and wrap up its auction process -- by November. According to The Wall Street...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) may fight for additional market share by acquiring another former stalwart in the mobile phone space. According to Bloomberg, the Windows maker is still "keeping an eye" on BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) -- even after spending $7.2 billion to acquire Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) handset...

As investors scramble to cash in on Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) handset business, Nokia has quietly announced that its top designer is leaving the firm. According to AllThingsD, Marko Ahtisaari (Nokia's exec VP of design) will step down from his role...