Yum Brands' China Sales Catch a Case of Bird Flu
The bird flu outbreak in China is taking a big bite out KFC's sales there. They fell 16% last week, and the downtrend for the unit of Yum Brands is continuing this month.
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Extreme Shoppers Score $8,000 of Stuff for $1,300
How's this for holiday savings: Bringing home a haul of remote control cars, tablets, coats and boots worth $8,000 for just $1,300. That's what extreme couponer Joni Crothers and her "coupon-tourage" accomplished on a Black Friday shopping spree to fulfill the wish lists of 16 children in need.
Barnes & Noble Launches New Tablets in E-Books Fight
NBarnes & Noble's first high-definition tablets, unveiled on Wednesday, were well received by analysts who said the devices keep the bookseller in the fight with Amazon.com, Apple, and Google -- for now.
What to Expect From Gadget Makers This Holiday Season
Makers of consumer electronics are refreshing their products for the holiday shopping season. Apple's rivals are hoping that a head start on the buzz will translate into stronger sales.
Kiss Your PC Goodbye
Your desktop -- and maybe even the shiny new laptop that you bought a few months ago -- are dinosaurs. The "good enough" computing revolution that has nudged consumers-on-the-go toward smartphones and tablets is taking its toll on the box business.
Why Hewlett-Packard Will Never Be Great Again
In the past two years, Hewlett-Packard's world has turned upside-down, thanks to CEO woes, costly acquisitions and a doomed attempt to revive webOS. All those problems cost the tech giant 58% of its market value. But as bad as things appear now, they can always get worse.
Why Dell Will Never Be Great Again
Dell shares opened sharply lower on Wednesday after the PC maker posting disappointing financial results. Sales are soft, margins are contracting, and the outlook is uninspiring.
The Tablet Wars Get More Interesting
If Amazon.com wants a price war, Barnes & Noble is ready to play. The struggling real-world bookseller announced this week that it's offering an 8-gigabyte version of its Nook tablet for the same $199 price point as Amazon's Kindle Fire. Meanwhile, Apple is widely expected to unveil the iPad 3 early next month.
Savings Experiment: How to Pick a Tablet
Not since The Ten Commandments have tablets been in such demand. While the iPad launched the market, it's not the only option out there. Read on to find out what your options are when tablet-shopping, and how best to compare the various models.
Apple iPad 2 Launches to Long Lines
Apple's second version of its popular iPad tablet computer went on sale Friday afternoon, and was greeted by the now-familiar lines of buyers outside Apple stores.
Tablets and Smartphones Slow Laptop Sales Growth
Gartner has lowered its laptop-sales forecast for this year and the next, predicting that the popularity of tablets and smartphones will slow laptop sales. Gartner expects worldwide laptop sales to increase 11% this year and and 14% next year, down from a previously forecast 16$ and 15%, respectively.
Global Tablet Sales Poised to Soar, Analysts Project
Analysts are feeling bullish about the market for tablet computers, with two new reports projecting that global unit sales will jump tenfold over the next few years.
No, the iPad Is Not Killing Microsoft's Business
Investors are buying into the meme that Windows is dying -- and therefore Microsoft is as well. While tablets are clearly cutting into the giant's core PC business, Microsoft is also showing remarkable agility in building new franchises for the future, the Kinect for one.
Tablet Sales Expected to Surge, While Netbooks Fade Away
The tablet market is expect to dominate PC sales for a number of years to come, but forecasts about consumer electronics products are often wrong. It was only two years ago that the industry and researchers expected netbooks would become the growth sector of the market. That turned out to be way off.