Best Apps to Manage Your Money
Money magazine has served up a bounty of mobile apps to help you save more and budget better. Let's take a look at their top recommendations:
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3 Things Investors Can Learn From March Madness
Even if you don't have any money riding on March Madness, there are some meaningful financial lessons being dispensed on the basketball court this time of year.
Short Sale Stocks: The 5 Companies Bears Love to Hate
The market has hit new highs, but plenty of bears think prices will soon fall. Here are the 5 stocks with the biggest short positions, and why traders have bet against them.
Will Burgers Be Healthier Than an Apple This Week on Wall Street?
This week, the country's most valuable tech companies will be reporting their financials, and so will the world's top burger flipper, and the king of video streaming. Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the days ahead on Wall Street.
Is Nokia Toast? Cell Phone Maker Still Has All the Wrong Answers
Nokia's stock price has nearly doubled since hitting bottom last summer, but it's premature to call this a turnaround for the company that, until recently, was the world's largest cell phone maker. If anything, at least one analyst sees this as a selling opportunity.
10 Brands Losing the Most Value
While some of the biggest brands have grown their values by more than 20% since last year's report by Interbrand, others have fallen precipitously. Here are the brands that lost the most value over the past year.
Wall Street Watch Wednesday: Microsoft Sweetens the Pot for Investors
Microsoft wants to reward its patient shareholders: The world's largest software company announced Tuesday after the market close that it would be increasing its quarterly dividend by 15%. But as impressive as the dividends are, the market would gladly trade them for one thing.
This Should Be a Good Time for Microsoft. It's Not.
These should be good times for Microsoft. It's going on the offensive ahead of the holiday shopping season, with new PCs, tablets with Windows 8, and smartphones running Windows Phone 8. Unfortunately for Microsoft, the buzz just isn't there.
Wall Street Watch This Week: Bring on the New Gadgets
It's going to be a big week for consumer electronics. The fireworks kick off on Wednesday when Nokia and Microsoft will introduce their new Lumia phones, then shift to Amazon on Thursday, when the online retailer is expected to introduce its new Kindle Fire.
Wall Street this Week: Keep an Eye on RIMM, Homes, Cards, Schools
Here's some of what will shape the week ahead on Wall Street: BlackBerry-maker RIMM will make a sour report; homebuilder earnings will be up and down; University of Phoenix grades itself; and American Greetings gets a condolence card. Oh, and watch out for window dressing!
Why Research In Motion Will Never Be Great Again
The company behind the iconic BlackBerry smartphone is undergoing a "strategic review" that may lead to a sale of the company. But will anyone buy Research In Motion when nobody is buying BlackBerrys?
What to Watch This Week: Phones, Airbeds and Discount Brokers
Let's go over some of the items that will help shape the week that lies ahead on Wall Street: smartphones and software, discount brokers and airbeds, and would you like a side of fries with that?
Minor Glitch Drops Price on New Nokia Windows Phone to $0
A software glitch in some of Nokia's new Lumia 900 smartphones led it to offer a sweet $100 wireless bill credit. Since the handset only cost $99.99, you can do the math: It's free. Oh, and the easily downloadable fix? It'll be available Monday.
5 Reasons Nokia's New Windows Smartphone Will Be a Hit
No crowds lined up for Sunday's debut of the Lumia 900 -- Nokia's new smartphone running Windows Phone. But Microsoft is betting billions on the $100 device -- and it has good reason to be optimistic.