Apple's iPad launch earlier this year was the most successful tech-gadget debut ever, blowing away previous success stories like the iPhone and the DVD player, according to Bernstein Research analyst Colin McGranahan.
Might other dividend holdouts Apple, Dell, eBay, Google and Yahoo follow Cisco's recent example and also institute a dividend? Each one can easily afford a similar 2% yield, but whether to take that path isn't an easy decision. Here's how the numbers work out.
Hewlett-Packard raised the stakes once again in its bidding war with Dell over data-storage company 3Par, offering $1.8 billion and topping Dell's own higher bid made earlier in the day.
Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including five cheap stocks that have climbed smoothly upward in a volatile market, a comparison of four iPhone generations and what technology has in common with crack.
