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Apple Receives Patents On Flexible Devices, Lifestream Smart-Glasses
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - 2:17pm | 260Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was granted 28 new patents Tuesday, including what could be a bendable iPhone and Lifestream, a competitor to Google Glass. “Apple states that future flexible electronic devices may include flexible housing members and flexible internal components. Rigid and...
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The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Tuesday, August 27
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 12:38pm | 702There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful or just down right comical. 1. CNBC CNBC ( @CNBC ) tweeted out this morning that APPLE (NASDAQ: AAPL ) plans to unveil...
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The Top 10 Financial Tweets For Friday, August 23
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 11:58am | 670There are millions of tweets written every day. Benzinga sifts through the maelstrom of information to find the ten best tweets of the day that are either informative, insightful or just down right comical. 1. CNNMoney.com CNNMoney.com ( @CNNMoney ) tweeted out this morning about Microsoft (NASDAQ...
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Wall Street Presents: Algo Trading From the Comfort of Your Living Room
Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 3:29pm | 553When algorithmic trading (or algo trading) comes into the conversation, one might assume a programming wunderkind with three PhDs glued to eight monitors. What if it was that the latest lucrative play of Wall Street is coming straight to your laptop while you're planted on the couch? Call our...
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Another 120,000 To Be Added To The Walking Dead
Friday, August 12, 2011 - 12:48pm | 645No, I am not talking about the awesome AMC Networks (NASDAQ: AMCX) show "Walking Dead," but rather the soon to be added to the unemployment line. The United States Postal Service is considering cutting 120,000 jobs, in addition to the 100,000 it expects to lose through attrition, as it seeks to...
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Google and Facebook Square Off on Net Neutrality (GOOG)
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:43am | 289Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Facebook, two of the strongest online companies in the world, are coming to blows over a proposed net neutrality agreement. On Wednesday, Facebook said it disagreed with a recent proposal put forth by Google and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) on net neutrality. Google shot back on...
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JP Morgan Trader Sacked for $130 Million Loss (JPM)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 - 3:38pm | 114CNNMoney.com is reporting that Chan Bhima, one of J.P. Morgan’s (NYSE: JPM) star coal traders, was fired after he lost $130 million on the wrong of a strong movement in European Coal prices during Q2. Back in July 2009, the bank saw Bhima's hiring as "an important step toward the expansion of our...
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College Grads: Which Majors Land The Most Money?
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:34am | 90According to CNNMoney.com, college grads have a better chance at higher salaries if their majors fall under the engineering, science, or mathematics fields of study. These career paths can lead to six-figure starting salaries, aided only by graduating from Ivy League schools. If you aren't...
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Microsoft's Future Relies On Its Cash Pile (MSFT)
Monday, June 14, 2010 - 1:19pm | 239According to a recent article at CNNMoney.com, the recent predictions about Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) impending doom, are unlikely to pan out because of the company's tremendous cash pile. According to the piece, "naysayers are writing requiems for Microsoft (MSFT) because of its paltry market...
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Warren Buffett Subpoenaed By FICC; To Testify On June 2
Friday, May 28, 2010 - 10:41am | 257In an article on CNNMoney.com, Carol Loomis said that Warren Buffett will testify before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) on next Wednesday, but under the pressure of a subpoena. A subpoena typically begins with "YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and give testimony." "This is an...