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• Thursday Market Meltdown: AKAM, GT, BID, AAPL & GM

  Published: July 26, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bid, General Motos, Generalmotos, Goodyear, Inthenews, Market, Odp, Office Depot, Office Max, Officedepot, Officemax, Omx, Sotheby S

  Filed under: After the bell, Major movement, Apple Inc (AAPL), General Motors (GM), Office Depot (ODP), OfficeMax Inc (OMX), Sotheby's (BID), Goodyear Tire and Rubber (GT)While the market plummeted 311 points today on loan worries; it is easy for people to forget the market is still up. Last week when the Dow broke 14,000; it was up 12.3% for the

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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Circuit City Stores (CC)If you're not up on the ongoing face-off between Blu-ray and HD DVD, here's a quick synopsis on what is becoming the latest technology battle since that long ago technology

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• After hours Apple trading lifts Apple stock up to near $150 a share

  Published: July 25, 2007, 2:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Inthenews, Iphone, Macbooks, Macs Shipped, Macsshipped

  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL)Yesterday saw Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock slip as people reacted to the news of lower than expected iPhone activations. Today at 5:00 PM Apple released news that it had a "blow out" quarter with its computer sales, with 1,764,000 Macs sold, a 33% increase from the previous year over year quarter. With revenue of

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• Apple gets pounded on disappointing iPhone sales

  Published: July 24, 2007, 8:10 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Apple Sales, Applesales, Inthenews, Iphone, Iphone Sales, Iphonesales

  Filed under: Products and services, Apple Inc (AAPL), AT and T (T), iPhoneAccording to Reuters and many other news sources, Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) failed to sell the number of iPhones everyone was expecting. Analysts predicted some 200,000 sales, whereas the number in the air seems to be 146,000. As a result, this morning Apple stock tumbled

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• Apple hit by lawsuit over iPhone batteries

  Published: July 30, 2007, 4:19 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Inthenews, Iphone

  Filed under: Consumer experience, Apple Inc (AAPL), Marketing and advertising, AT and T (T)Apparently some people who bought the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone believe that the company misled them about the battery in the handset. For some time most consumers believed that the power source could be replaced by getting a new battery at an AT&T

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• Shelter from the storm: AAPL; AMZN & BIDU

  Published: July 30, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Amazon, Amazon Com, Amzn, Apple, Baidu, Bidu, Inthenews, Joseph Hargett, Josephhargett, Relative Strength Stocks, Schaeffer S Investment Research, Steven Halpern, Tech Stocks, Thestockadvisors Com

  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), iPhoneIn the declining market, the tech sector has stood out for its relative performance, according to Jospeh Hargett, an analyst with Schaeffer's Investment Research. He explains, "Within the tech sector, there are several pockets of opportunity that could provide some nice cover for your

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• AT&T: when the iPhone is not enough

  Published: July 31, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Inthenews, Iphone, Itunes

  Filed under: Launches, Consumer experience, Apple Inc (AAPL), AT and T (T)Wall St. would think that being able to sell the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone with all its music capabilities and access to iTunes would be enough for AT&T (NYSE: T). But, it isn't. The big phone company will start to sell music from four independent music publishers.

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• Apple shares down 3% on iPhone cutbacks rumors

  Published: July 31, 2007, 8:17 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Inthenews, Iphone, Ipod, Rumors

  Filed under: Major movement, Rumors, Apple Inc (AAPL)Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are down 3% today -- according to TheStreet.com and Theflyonthewall.com, a Miller Tabak & Co. note cites speculation from Goldman Sachs traders that Apple will cut production of the iPhone and/or the iPod. Keep in mind this is unconfirmed chatter despite

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• Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: The battle rages on

  Published: July 26, 2007, 12:25 pm

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Bbi, Bby, Best Buy, Bestbuy, Blockbuster, Blu Ray, Circuit City, Circuitcity, General Electric, Generalelectric, Hd Dvd, Hddvd, Hewlett Packard, Hewlettpackard, Hpq, Intc, Intel, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft, Sne, Sony, Target, Tgt, Tosbf, Toshiba

  Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Circuit City Stores (CC)If you're not up on the ongoing face-off between Blu-ray and HD DVD, here's a quick synopsis on what is becoming the latest technology battle since that long ago technology

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• R.H. Donnelley gets some dot-com magic

  Published: July 26, 2007, 11:09 am

  Tags: Business Com, Inthenews, R H Donnelley, R H Donnelley, Rhd

  Filed under: Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Yahoo! (YHOO)The rumors were true; Business.com was in play. And today we know the buyer: R.H. Donnelley (NYSE: RHD). The deal comes to about $345 million. Like other dot-coms, it hasn't been easy. The company got its start back in 1999 and spent a cool $7.5 million for the Business.com domain name.

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• Microsoft edges out Google at Digg

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:10 am

  Tags: Digg, Facebook, Goog, Google, Inthenews, Microsoft, Msft

  Filed under: Deals, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Marketing and advertisingDigg, the reader-generated news site, has fired Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) as its advertising partner, and hired Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). The world's largest software company will sell text ads across the site. Digg has 9.5 million visitors in June. The Web 2.0 world had

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• Microsoft Xbox price cuts won't make much difference

  Published: July 25, 2007, 6:59 am

  Tags: Inthenews, Nintendo, Ps3, Wii, Xbox

  Filed under: Analyst reports, Rumors, Products and services, Industry, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Sony Corp ADR (SNE)Rumors are that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will cut prices on its Xbox 360 by another $50 in August. Whether the cut could affect all versions of the game console is unclear. Several major games including the new Madden

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• Option update 7-31-07: Unconfirmed chatter Apple reducing iPod production

  Published: July 31, 2007, 10:25 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Inthenews, Iphone, Ipod, Ipod Production, Ipodproduction, Itunes, Option Implied Volatility, Option Volume, Optionimpliedvolatility, Optionvolume, Steve Jobs, Stevejobs, Three Billion Songs, Threebillionsongs, Under Armour, Underarmour

  Filed under: Earnings reports, Rumors, Apple Inc (AAPL), Under Armour'A' (UA), OptionsApple (NYSE: AAPL) volatility elevated on unconfirmed chatter iPod production reduced. AAPL is recently down $3.90 to $137.50 on unconfirmed chatter AAPL reduced iPod production. AAPL announced three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded

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• AC/DC is bypassing Apple

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:00 am

  Tags: Aapl, Ac Dc, Apple, Inthenews, Ipod, Itunes, Music, Verizon

  Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Verizon Communications (VZ)It would appear to be a small thing. The band AC/DC will bypass selling songs [subscription required] on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iTunes and has cut a deal with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) to market its music on the cell service's handsets. The band's label, Columbia Music said that the deal offered

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• Apple's production cut rumors could be viewed as positive

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:12 am

  Tags: Aapl, Apple, Engadget, Inthenews, Iphone, Ipod, Tuaw

  Filed under: Analyst reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Rumors, Products and services, Apple Inc (AAPL), iPhoneAfter tumbling 6.8% yesterday to close at $131.76 following some very unconfirmed chatter that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) will cut production of its iPhone, Citi came along this morning and reaffirmed its confidence in the company

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