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How Will Retailers Endure the BlackBerry Price Cut? (BBRY)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 9:29am | 706Read More...This week, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) and AT&T began to discount the BlackBerry Z10 (NASDAQ: BBRY) by a whopping 75 percent. The company attempted to downplay the price cut when it told The Wall Street Journal that it was merely "part of life cycle management to tier the pricing for current devices...
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SLIDESHOW: BlackBerry's Next Phone, Apple's New Camera and More From the Second Week of July
Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 11:22am | 182Read More...BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) fans got a lovely tease this week when the first image of the A10 leaked online. While the device has not been confirmed by BlackBerry, many are convinced that it is the real deal. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) fans got a similar tease when evidence of the so-called "mogul" slow-...
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BlackBerry's A10 to Compete with Samsung's Galaxy Note III (BBRY, SSNLF)
Friday, July 12, 2013 - 12:40pm | 520Read More...Sales of the BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) handsets may be lower than anticipated, but the company hopes to change that with another new handset. According to BGR, BlackBerry is developing a new smartphone that will contain a five-inch AMOLED display. This would make it the largest handset that the...
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BlackBerry is Struggling to Gain Traction in a 'Very Well Saturated' Market (BBRY)
Wednesday, July 10, 2013 - 2:49pm | 646Read More...BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the cellular device manufacturer that once ruled the smartphone industry, is having a very difficult time at retail. The company recently announced that it sold 700,000 fewer handsets than analysts expected. Related: BlackBerry Sold 3 Million Z10 and Q10 Units Last...
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How Can BlackBerry Make Investors Believe Again? (BBRY)
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 8:44am | 576Read More...After a disastrous earnings announcement that left the stock down nearly 32 percent since June 26, Blackberry (NASDAQ: BBRY) executives have some explaining to do. They’ll get that chance Tuesday as the company hosts its annual shareholder meeting 10:00 a.m. EST. Let’s hope CEO Thorsten Heins...
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SLIDESHOW: BlackBerry Z10 Sales, iWatch Trademark Troubles and More From July's First Week (AAPL, BBRY)
Saturday, July 6, 2013 - 1:34pm | 155Read More...Just when you think things are beginning to slow down, rumors surface regarding how many BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) 10 handsets may have been sold. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) made several headlines this week -- and not for all the right reasons. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Microsoft (NASDAQ...
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Samsung Falling Victim to Same Economic Headwinds as Apple (AAPL, SSNLF)
Friday, July 5, 2013 - 9:45am | 620Read More...While you were sleeping off a fun-filled July 4 bash, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) was reporting earnings guidance and despite double-digit growth that was the highest in history, the stock sold off nearly four percent. The story is eerily familiar to that other smartphone maker everybody loves to talk...
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BlackBerry Sold 3 Million Z10 and Q10 Units Last Quarter (BBRY)
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 - 11:56am | 407Read More...BlackBerry's (NASDAQ: BBRY) long-awaited smartphones, the Z10 and Q10, may have sold no more than three million units during the first fiscal quarter. The company sold a total of 6.8 million handsets during the sales period, which ended on May 31, 2013. Analysts had expected the firm to sell 7.5...
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Barron's Recap: World's Most Respected Companies
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - 8:37pm | 1076Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the world's most respected companies, a special report on what is next for the markets, and the prospects for Kansas City Southern and the Dole Food buyout. Cover Story "World's Most Respected Companies" by Vito J. Racanelli. After topping Barron's annual...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 24
Sunday, June 23, 2013 - 8:41pm | 882Read More...Quarterly reports from Nike (NYSE: NKE), Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also:...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of June 17
Sunday, June 16, 2013 - 12:40pm | 937Read More...Quarterly reports from FedEx (NYSE: FDX), Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Kroger (NYSE: KR) will be among the highlights on the earnings front this week. Here is a quick look at what analysts are expecting from these and some of the week's other, most prominent earnings reports. See also: Weekly...
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Investors Flee From Samsung On Lower Sales Expectations
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 8:59am | 555Read More...Over the past several months, investors have slowly packed up and left Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) behind. The company may set new records nearly every quarter for the past several years, but until it can produce numbers that beat analysts' lofty expectations, investors will continue to be wary of its...
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Apple Maintains Strong Lead in Smartphone Sales – Continues Gains With iOS
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 10:41am | 596Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is still #1. That’s not just Apple fans talking. Research firm, comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) released its latest data based on surveys of more than 30, 000 mobile subscribers in the U.S. and the surveys said: Of the 138.5 million smartphones out there, 39.2 percent (54.3 million...
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Apple's New Milestone and Other Hot Tech Stories from the Past Week
Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 9:41am | 176Read More...Between the unveiling of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One and the announcement that Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) had acquired Tumblr, it appeared that the previous week (May 19 through May 25) would lead the month for the biggest stories. The following week (May 26 through June 1) proved to be nearly...
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BlackBerry Could Ship 40 Million Handsets in 2013
Friday, May 31, 2013 - 3:54pm | 426Read More...BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) could ship an extremely large number of smartphones this year. The ailing smartphone maker -- which fell to third place after Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platform debuted -- has reportedly experienced a fair amount of growth this...
















