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’Goldman really likes its new iPad
Apple’s stock took a beating on Tuesday, after reports that the iPhone 4′s ‘death grip’ issue is a hardware problem sparked pressure for a product recall:
Unlucky timing then for what was a frankly ecstatic note on the same day from Goldman on the stock market implications of the iPad.
Presenting the ‘iPad’
No, it’s not a sanitary towel.
It’s the latest, much anticipated, offering from Apple.
Flashes coming out on the wire from CEO Steve Jobs as we pixalate:
18:02 27Jan10 RTRS-APPLE INC SAYS A FEW WEEKS AGO SOLD 250 MILLIONTH IPOD
18:04 27Jan10 RTRS-APPLE CEO SAYS APP STORE HAS MORE THAN 140,000 APPS
18:09 27Jan10 RTRS-APPLE CEO SAYS NETBOOKS “AREN’T BETTER AT ANYTHING”
Abu Dubai? Pah!
Wall Street was quick to shrug off news of the imperilled emirate of Dubai on Friday. But then quite a few senior market types were away for the long Thanksgiving weekend, and trading was due to close at lunch time.
Apple stock leaps on record profit
Apple profits jumped an annual 47% on surging iPhone and Macintosh computer sales in the third quarter, capping a remarkable boom year for the company. While Google and other tech companies have recently reported strong results or improved outlooks,
Apple director quits Google amid probe into board links
The close boardroom ties between Google and Apple were loosened further yesterday as Art Levinson, a director of both companies for five years, quit the board of the internet group with immediate effect,
Orange wins UK iPhone deal
Orange, the UK’s third largest mobile operator, has signed an agreement with Apple to sell its popular iPhone in Britain. The deal, announced Monday, is a blow for O2, the UK’s largest mobile operator,
Jobs takes stage again at Apple
Steve Jobs on Wednesday made his first public appearance since a liver transplant five months ago. In an unbilled speech at Apple’s launch in San Francisco of ringtones and other improvements to its music products and services,
Google’s Schmidt quits Apple board
The close personal link that sealed an unusual alliance between Silicon Valley’s two most prominent companies was broken on Monday as competitive conflicts forced Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive,
Lex: Apple
Sales of Macs may have dipped, but the iPhone has more than made up for it.
There are two lessons here for investors. First, despite a confidence-sapping lack of communication about the health of co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs during his recent mediacal leave,
Apple crushes consensus, Yahoo middling
Yahoo, via Reuters:
* Q2 earnings per share $0.10
* Q2 revenue fell 13 percent to $1.57 billion
* Sees Q3 2009 revenue $1.45 billion to $1.55 billion
* Says marketing services
Steve Jobs quietly returns to Apple
Steve Jobs has returned to Apple as its active chief executive a few days ahead of the scheduled end of his medical leave, Apple indicated on Monday. It was the first time Jobs had been heard from in his official capacity since January,
Apple’s recession pricing
The recessions comes to Cupertino – Apple broke with its upper-echelon pricing at its annual World Wide Developers’ Conference on Monday, and announced significant price reductions across its flagship lines.
SEC to review Apple disclosures on Jobs
US regulators are examining Apple ‘s disclosures about CEO Steve Jobs’s health problems to ensure investors weren’t misled, reports Bloomberg. A review by the SEC does not mean investigators have seen evidence of wrongdoing,
Apple chief to take medical leave
Steve Jobs on Wednesday announced he was taking a six-month medical leave of absence as chief executive of Apple, prompting concern not only about the prognosis for his health but also for his company.
What’s that about an AAPL a day?
Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave of absence, with immediate effect. Here’s the statement, via Dealbreaker and the WSJ Digits blog:
PRESS RELEASE: Apple Media Advisory
Dow Jones News Service via Dow Jones
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent the following email to all Apple employees:
Apple chief reveals hormone imbalance
Apple on Monday sought to allay speculation about the health of Steve Jobs, with an open letter from its chief executive explaining that he was suffering from a hormonal imbalance. Jobs, who has revived Apple’s fortunes over the past decade and is seen as critical to its future,
Prepping your portfolio for a consumer recession
Citigroup’s chief US equity analyst,Tobias Levkovich, is not a natural bear. Up until October 8th, he was the most bullish of 9 senior market strategists tracked by Bloomberg – he’s now the least optimistic.
Just a Microhoo? No way! Bulge bracket M&A meets blogging
It’s possibly the biggest takeover story that could have realistically hit the frenetic pixels of TechCrunch.com, pointyheaded news personified: a hostile bid by Microsoft (universally loathed) for Google’s mis-firing rival,
Apple plunges as outlook disappoints
Shares in Apple slid more than 12% in after-hours trading on Tuesday as jittery investors took fright at the company’s second-quarter forecast, which fell short of most Wall Street expectations. The slide,
Dr Doom: Beware the Nasdaq 100 darlings, and emerging markets
In the US there is a renewed love affair with high tech stocks, notes Marc Faber (aka Dr Doom), in the final part of his latest monthly Gloomboomdoom market commentary for subscribers.
Driven by the superior performance of Google,
Telefónica hit by fine as 02 set for iPhone deal
Telefónica’s O2 mobile phone business was poised on Wednesday night to clinch a deal as Apple’s exclusive network partner for iPhone in the UK, which would make O2 the first European mobile operator to reach a deal with Apple for its much-hyped iPhone.
Warner truce clears way for EMI bid
Warner Music has struck a truce with independent record labels, which could clear the way for the US-listed group to make a $6bn bid for EMI and reset the balance of power in the music industry’s negotiations with Apple and other digital distributors. Warner has secured the support of the music companies’ fiercest critic to revive merger talks with EMI.
Markets live transcript 10 Jan 2007
Markets live chat transcript for the chat ending at 11:29 on 10 Jan 2007. Participants in this chat were: Paul Murphy (PM) Robert Orr (RO)
PM: Welcome to Markets Live – Alphaville’s daily markets discussion.