May 6, 2014 by Erin Kennedy and Evan Niu, CFAApple Inc. Finally Fills Its Retail VoidApple's new retail chief has officially started, and her hefty welcome package will make sure she stays for the long haul.
May 6, 2014 by Erin Kennedy and Evan Niu, CFAApple Inc. Back at $600: What's Different This Time?Apple hits $600 for the first time in over 18 months. What's changed over the past year and a half?
Apr 29, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyApple Inc. Levers Up Another $12 BillionApple taps the debt markets to bolster its domestic cash coffers yet again.
Apr 29, 2014 by Erin Kennedy and Evan Niu, CFAWill Apple Inc.'s Debt Ever Be Too Much?All the latest news and rumors surrounding Sprint, Nokia, Apple, and Cirrus Logic.
Apr 29, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyApple Inc. Hits an Aggressive New LowApple updates its MacBook Air lineup, adding in faster processors while also dropping the price.
Apr 29, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyForget The Numbers: Here's Why Nokia Corporation Jumped TodayNokia posted earnings figures on par with what the market was expecting, but the company just transformed itself in a major way -- for the better.
Apr 29, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyThe Good and Bad of Sprint Corporation's EarningsSprint puts up solid results in some ways, but also loses a boatload of subscribers due to a service disruption. Overall, investors are still mostly pleased.
Apr 29, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyIs Cirrus Logic Overpaying for Wolfson?Cirrus Logic scoops up rival audio component maker Wolfson. The deal makes a lot of strategic sense, but is the price too high?
Apr 24, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA$90 Billion Says Apple Is CheapApple puts up a very healthy earnings report, including an announcement to substantially boost its capital return program yet again. Does the Mac maker still have what it takes to please investors?
Apr 16, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyBlackBerry's Health Investment Makes Sense, But Can It Deliver?BlackBerry has announced an investment in healthcare IT startup NantHealth. This comes just as BlackBerry is trying to save money, but sometimes bold bets are necessary.
Apr 16, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyThe Biggest Threat To Facebook Inc's WhatsApp DealFacebook's big WhatsApp buy made headlines a couple months ago, but rival messaging service Line hopes to hit the 1 billion user threshold first.
Apr 16, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyWhy Twitter Inc Swallowed GnipTwitter's data licensing business is relatively small now, but the company's acquisition of data partner Gnip could hint that it wants to grow this business even further.
Apr 16, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyTech Teardown: April 15All the latest developments in the Tech sector around Facebook, Twitter, and BlackBerry.
Apr 16, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyFacebook Inc's Newest Big IdeaFacebook may be looking to enter the payments market.
Apr 13, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyDoes Intel Corporation Finally Have a Chance in Smartphones?The smartphone applications processor market continues to soar. In the coming years, advances in architecture and cellular integration will drive this market even higher.
Apr 13, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyThe Truth Behind BlackBerry's Mixed MessagesBlackBerry definitely doesn't want to give up on hardware, but the reality is that the company may not have a choice in the long-run if it can't make phones profitably.
Apr 13, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyThis Early Wearables Leader Might Abandon ShipNike might be getting out of the wearables hardware business, but it could very well partner with Apple in some way instead. That would be a win-win for both companies, who happen to share a common connection.
Apr 12, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyThanks to Microsoft Corporation, PCs Held UpWindows XP officially died last week, with Microsoft ending support for the aging operating system. The ensuring upgrade cycle within the enterprise boosted PC sales during the first quarter.
Apr 12, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyIs Apple iTunes About to Get a Major Makeover?Rumor has it that Apple may be looking to revamp its popular iTunes Store in order to further embrace music streaming. Has iTunes Radio fallen flat?
Apr 12, 2014 by Evan Niu, CFA and Erin KennedyAre Apple Inc. and Nike About to Get Even Cozier?All the latest developments in the tech sector around Apple, Nike, Microsoft, and BlackBerry.