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11 Ways The Cell Phone Has Evolved Since The Nokia 3310
Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 3:20pm | 614The original Nokia Corp (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) 3310 was launched in the fourth quarter of 2000 and discontinued in 2005 only to be brought back in 2017. The 17-year-old Nokia earned a reputation for being nearly unbreakable and remains a popular internet meme. According to The Guardian, Nokia's new...
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Cisco, Alcatel And Nokia: Who Can Beat Earnings Expectations?
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 10:15am | 669Three networking giants are on deck to share their latest earnings results this week. Analysts expectations for all three are low, based on the consensus forecasts. After this week's reports, views may change on the two companies that are merging. Although many blue chips have already reported on...
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Amplitude Analytics Raises $9 Million To Help Nokia, MapQuest & Others Pinpoint Their Path To User Growth
Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 4:41pm | 719Amplitude Analytics, a startup that provides behavior analytics for growth-focused companies, has raised $9 million in a Series A led by Benchmark. Several existing investors -- Quest Venture Partners, Data Collective, Merus Capital, Charlie Cheever, Dave Morin and a number of unspecified angel...
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Can Nokia Exist If It Sells All Of Its Businesses?
Tuesday, August 4, 2015 - 2:42pm | 631Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) famously sold its handset business to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $7.52 billion. This week the company sold its mapping business to BMW Group, AUDI AG VORMALS AUDI (OTC: AUDVF) and Daimler AG (OTC: DDAIF). The three automakers reportedly paid $3....
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Facebook, Twitter And Exxon Mobil Highlight This Week's Earnings
Sunday, July 26, 2015 - 3:36pm | 916The earnings crunch continues this week as the month of July winds down. Among the week's highlights will be results from social media giants Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR). Wall Street analysts are expecting strong top line growth from both and gains in earnings as well....
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Here's Why Microsoft Investors Shouldn't Lose Hope After Seeing Q4 Results
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 - 3:05pm | 340Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) posted disappointing fourth-quarter numbers on Tuesday owing to the decline in Windows phone sales and $7.6 billion Nokia acquisition write-down. However, Brent Thill, UBS managing director of software research, is bullish on the company going forward. Thill...
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Wunderlich Lowers Microsoft 2015-2016 Estimates, But Keeps Valuation Premium
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 3:55pm | 339Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) will announce its fiscal fourth-quarter financial results after the market closes on Tuesday. In a report published Monday, Wunderlich analysts Rob Breza and Ryan MacDonald provide a preview for some of the most relevant metrics. The experts think...
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New Microsoft Graphic Shows Just How Dumb The Nokia Purchase Was
Friday, July 10, 2015 - 12:39pm | 455Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced earlier this week a complete overhaul of its handset division, including a $7.6 billion impairment charge related to assets associated with its acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services (NDS) business. Ballmer: 'We Are Trying To Accelerate Our...
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Microsoft Is Trying To 'Undo' Steve Ballmer's Mistakes
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 11:08am | 581Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is restructuring its phone business less than two years after acquiring the mobile division from Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK). Rich Tullo, Director of Research at Albert Fried & Company, compared Microsoft's situation to Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE...
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'Microsoft Overslept For The Marathon,' But Not Exiting Phone Race
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 - 2:25pm | 391Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Wednesday that it would be laying off 7,600 employees, or 6 percent of its workforce, primarily from its phone business. The company also expects to take a $7.6 billion hit from its acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business. Nick Bilton, New...
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Microsoft Reveals Several Key Management Changes
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - 12:24pm | 551In an email sent out to employees on Wednesday, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) revealed a few changes in its Senior Leadership Team, aimed at refocusing its efforts on productivity and business processes, cloud platforms and personal computing. Some Leaving Ex-Nokia chief and current...
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How DreamWorks Animation Is Changing Augmented And Virtual Reality
Saturday, June 6, 2015 - 7:37pm | 682Dreamworks Animation Skg Inc (NASDAQ: DWA) and Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE: NOK) teamed up a few years ago to solve a key problem. The two companies had one primary goal: how can they reinvent the app? "We were trying to solve similar problems," Jim Mainard, VP & Head of Digital Strategy...
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Would Uber Buy Nokia's Here Mapping Service For $3 Billion?
Friday, May 8, 2015 - 9:33am | 283Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) has already indicated it is exploring a sale of its mapping business, Here, which has drawn interest from automakers including Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. At the same time, The New York Times reported that Uber may also be entering a potential bidding war. The German-...
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Nokia, Alcatel Lucent's Quarterly Results Won't Affect Deal Terms, Says Alcatel CEO
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 3:03pm | 471Alcatel Lucent SA (ADR) (NYSE: ALU) reported its first-quarter earnings earlier on Thursday. Although adjusted operating profit for the company doubled to €82 million, its quarterly EPS loss remained nearly same year-over-year at €0.03. Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel Lucent, was on CNBC...
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Apple & Other Earnings Expected To Dominate The Week Of April 27
Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 10:45am | 862The first-quarter earnings season rolls on this week, and perhaps the most anticipated report of the week, if not the quarter, will come from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). Investors and Wall Street are looking for spectacular results. Analysts' forecasts also call for earnings growth from Time Warner...