Struggling RIM Misses the Bus Again
Once a market leader and now a laggard. That is the story of RIM (Research in Motion) the makers and pioneers of the once market beater Smartphone, Blackberry. The fortunes of impermanence have indeed reflected on the plight of RIM as it now stares at a measly 4 percent of the market share compared to the 20 percent share that it had a couple of years More...
Yahoo! Steadies the Course under Mayer
With the earnings reports season in full swing, expectations from the investor community on companies’ results have been high. The latest to release the earnings report was the internet search giant, Yahoo that More...
FTSE continues to rise, despite BT’s stumble
The FTSE 100 continued to rise late on Tuesday, despite concerns at British Telecom (BT Group). BT fell by just short of 6% after negative feedback from Merrill Lynch on its plans for reform. The group had formulated More...
Will Ford’s earnings fire higher or fizzle?
It is that time of the year again. The earning’s season that is. With 68 percent of companies in the S&P 500 beating analysts’ expectations, all eyes are on Ford Motor Company prior to it releasing its earnings More...
Worlds’ elite gather at Davos but will they get their hands dirty?
As the world’s elite and crème de la crème of business, politics, and society gather for their annual meeting in the Salubrious climes of Davos, the attention is slowly veering around to managing the complex More...
Google delivers stronger than expected quarterly results
The earnings season is upon us Google is seen to beat market estimates. Riding on the back of increased advertising revenues, Google proved yet again that it has the resilience and business depth to tide over the More...
Is Microsoft to lend its hand to Dell buyout?
The PC market as a whole is not a good place to be in, circa 2013 with the rise of smartphones and tablets. Sure, people still want their share of processing power, but nowadays they prefer it in smaller and snazzier More...
Atari runs out of coin, files for bankruptcy
Atari is a name that is synonymous with gaming. Even for young hipsters who were not even born when games like Pong, Missile Command and Centipede were all the rage, most of them will still have heard of this pioneering More...
Apple’s code of silence in times of peril
If there is one thing that Apple excels at (among so many), it is the maniacal emphasis on keeping everything in-house, under the wraps and away from the public eye. This has defined the design aesthetics behind More...
Facebook allegedly fending off competitors
Facebook is being accused of limiting competitors’ access to some of its new products; a move that has become common place in the tech space. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is on the receiving end of scrutiny after being More...