Apple’s Profits Are Flat, and Stock Drops
Its stock sank 11 percent. What is going on? Because of its great success in recent years, many investors have come to expect nothing short of perfection from Apple. And while it is still widely...
View ArticleNokia Reports Profit but Fails to Soothe Investors
The company, based in Espoo, Finland, said it had a profit of €202 million, or $269 million, in the three months through December, after a loss of €1.1 billion a year earlier. Sales fell 20 percent, to...
View ArticleStrategies: At Dell, a Gamble on a Legacy
By making personal computers that were powerful, reliable and inexpensive, and by selling directly to buyers who customized their PC features, Mr. Dell revolutionized his industry. “The original PC...
View ArticleJapan Times Reaches Deal With Times Co.
The agreement creates a combined English-language print edition, in which each publication will comprise one section. It will be distributed Monday through Saturday, like the International Herald...
View ArticleDealBook: Blackstone Drops Out of the Bidding for Dell
Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesDell’s founder, Michael S. Dell, and the investment firm Silver Lake are offering to take the company private in a $24.4 billion deal. 10:25 a.m. | Updated The Blackstone Group...
View ArticleMetroPCS Shareholders Approve Merger With T-Mobile USA
The deal, first announced in early October 2012, had looked set for defeat until earlier this month, when Deutsche Telekom gave in to pressure to reduce the combined company’s debt. Activist...
View ArticleSamsung Reports 42 Percent Jump in Profit
In an earnings report, Samsung said its net profit from January through March had soared 42 percent to 7.2 trillion won, or $6.5 billion, from 5 trillion won a year earlier. Sales rose 17 percent to...
View ArticleCampaign Spotlight: ‘How’ Now, Time Warner Cable Media?
Time Warner Cable, the nation’s No. 2 cable provider behind Comcast, plans to begin on Monday a campaign to raise the awareness of its Time Warner Cable Media division, which sells video and digital...
View ArticleDealBook: Google’s Effort to Skirt Regulation May Invite More Scrutiny
Harry Campbell Google’s motto is “don’t be evil.” But its recent acquisition of Waze, reportedly for $1 billion in cash, shows that just because you’re not evil, it doesn’t mean you can’t be aggressive...
View ArticleSamsung’s Profit Rises, but So Does the Competition
Samsung, which is based in Suwon, South Korea, said net income rose to 7.77 trillion won, or $6.9 billion, from 5.19 trillion won a year earlier. Sales rose to 57.46 trillion won, from 47.6 trillion...
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