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What to Watch This Week: Malls, Kinect, Kindles, Homes and Newspapers
2:32PM 1/30/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Earnings, Microsoft, Amazon.com, New York Times Co, Market News
With 2012's first earnings season well under way, let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead: Here's why you should be watching one major mall owner, two tech giants, three homebuilders and a couple of old media behemoths.
Tech Companies Team Up to Combat Email Scams
2:10PM 1/30/2012
Technology, Google , Microsoft, Bank of America, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay, AOL
Google, Facebook and other big tech companies are jointly designing a system for combating email scams known as phishing. Such scams try to trick people into giving away passwords and other personal information by sending emails that look as if they come from a legitimate bank, retailer or other business.
5 Reasons You're Not Buying Video Games Anymore
8:45AM 1/20/2012
The latest news on the video game front isn't pretty. Media tracker NPD Group's data reveals that industry sales plunged 21% last month. It's clear that the industry is undergoing a radical shift, but for investors, the more important issue is why.
The 10 U.S. Companies That Will Be Most Profitable in 2012
8:30AM 1/19/2012
Investing, Earnings, JP Morgan Chase, IBM, Exxon Mobil, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, AT&T, Wal-Mart Stores, Stock Picks, Wells Fargo & Co, Procter & Gamble, Chevron
Each January, 24/7 Wall St. makes its predictions about which publicly traded U.S. companies it feels will have the highest profits in the year ahead. Read on, and find out which of the Fortune 500 will rake in the biggest fortunes.
Apple Boots Nokia Out of Top 10 Brands List
3:30PM 1/17/2012
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Company News, IBM, General Electric , Google , Intel, Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, McDonald's, Stocks in the News
On the 2012 Interbrand list of the world's most valuable brands, the top seven are the same as in 2011, with Coca-Cola leading the way. Then we get to No. 8. That spot used to be held by wireless phone giant Nokia, but Apple has knocked it down -- way down.
Why Kinect for Windows Is Even Cooler Than Apple's Siri
3:30PM 1/11/2012
Microsoft Kinect -- the camera-based motion controller for the Xbox 360 -- is coming to a computer near you next month. How will an accessory that seems more suited to video games fit with the way you use your PC? Much better than you might guess.
An Apple Stock Dividend in 2012? Keep Dreaming
12:45PM 1/06/2012
Company News, Investing, Google , Microsoft, Apple, Walt Disney
Apple investors should be some of the happiest folks on Wall Street, and for the most part, they are -- except when it comes to dividends. Here%u2019s why shareholders still are unlikely to get any of Apple's ever-growing cash hoard.
Will Apple's iTV Be the Death of Netflix?
7:30AM 1/06/2012
Apple and Netflix have gotten chummy lately, but that may be about to change. When Apple brings out its soon-to-appear next-gen HDTV, there's no question it'll have all sorts of clever high-tech goodies. What is a question is how it will serve up video content.
3 Hot Technology Trends to Watch in 2012
9:20AM 12/30/2011
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
Technology, Ford Motor Co, Microsoft, Nokia, Apple, Stock Picks, Amazon.com, Toyota, Yahoo, Stocks in the News
If you think 2011 was a wild year for technology, just wait until you see what 2012 has in store for you. Here are three tech trends that will undoubtedly grow in relevance -- and investor profitability -- in the year ahead.
The world's leading search engine has begun pushing its own flight search feature ahead of other organic results. Punch in "MIA to LGA" in a Google box, and the first thing you'll see after a shaded box of sponsored search results is Big G's own comparison engine. Only later do you see
third-party providers, which are naturally unhappy about that.
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