What If Apple Weren't A Tech Stock? [View article]
Apply is down for one simple reason: Too many people have accumulated huge long term capital gain profits in AAPL, which they are eager to cash out before taxes increase..........
Google's (GOOG) Eric Schmidt says his company hasn't made any move to provide a Google Maps app for the App Store, in spite of the backlash to Apple's (AAPL) iOS 6 Maps. Schmidt hints, but doesn't overtly state, that Apple hasn't signaled it will approve a Google Maps app. He also refuses to guarantee Google will remain the default search option for iOS - that arrangement has produced huge revenue-sharing payments for Apple, and cemented Google's mobile search dominance. [View news story]
Two years ago Google Maps similarly misplaced buildings and houses. Apple should not use anything from a thief previously disguised on its board. Apple will surely do everything possible to debug out its own maps. Everything has a beginning even though a beginning is hard.
Samsung And Apple: A Necessary Love-Hate Relationship [View article]
The greatest risk lies in raising a man-eating tiger or poisonous snake in your bed. There is hardly any risk diversifying to other suppliers who have plenty of unused capacities due to the global slowdown.
As Steve said, "Use thermo-nuclear against thieves (in your boardroom or bedroom)......"
Constrained by selfish voters who care only about their own benefits, Governments can and will do nothing excepting begging for more and more money printings.
Samsung And Apple: A Necessary Love-Hate Relationship [View article]
Never deal with a known thief twice, let alone an unfaithful servent caught for repeated and unrepented stealing of your most valuable and essential properties! To use such a thief again is like feeding a poisonous snake in your bed. Apple has been cheated once and should ASAP diversify to other suppliers, such as AUO, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSM) and GlobalFoundries who have plenty of unused capacities due to the global slowdown.
"Come on. This is farce," says tech legal site Groklaw, incredulous Apple-Samsung jurors took only 21 hours to deliberate over a 700-question form one lawyer says would take him 3 days to understand. Groklaw is also unimpressed with contradictory statements from jurors, several verdict inconsistencies, and the fact jurors reached a decision without reading a 109-page instruction form (.pdf). Some lawyers are predicting this case will reach the Supreme Court, due to the issues it raises about UI and design patents. (more) [View news story]
You lawyers just love to make simple issues very very complicate, so as to use endless debating to make more money for yourselves. The jurors did read the instructions and 21 solid hours plus three solid weeks of trial is long enough for a theft case.
"Come on. This is farce," says tech legal site Groklaw, incredulous Apple-Samsung jurors took only 21 hours to deliberate over a 700-question form one lawyer says would take him 3 days to understand. Groklaw is also unimpressed with contradictory statements from jurors, several verdict inconsistencies, and the fact jurors reached a decision without reading a 109-page instruction form (.pdf). Some lawyers are predicting this case will reach the Supreme Court, due to the issues it raises about UI and design patents. (more) [View news story]
Apple-Samsung jurors deliberated for 21 solid hours, which is equivalent to a typical lawyer's 3 days of 7 hours/day anyway. The jurors also had been listening and pondering with the debate for three solid weeks of trial. This should be sufficiently long to distinguish thefts from inventions.
The San Jose Verdict: Implications For Apple [View article]
A thief has been caught and Samsung's cheap devices will suffer. Some consumers will have to pay more in the near term (for better devices) but the majority will benefit (since we'll have better devices due to the huge incentives given to R&D due to this verdict) and will win in the long run.
Is An Oil Shock Coming This Summer? [View article]
The current low oil price is driven mainly by the over-production drive by US and her allies to provide a cushion against possible Iran related supply disruptions. OPEC will cut production once this risk is over and only then the price will hit the bottom. The oil/gold ratio is irrelevant during ths process.
Germany benefits from this weak Euro: better exports as well as lower labor and borrowing costs. It is unreasonable for you or anyone else to expect that the Germans would give up these benefits to leave EURO.
North Korea's much ballyhooed long-range rocket launch ended in apparent failure today, dealing a blow to the prestige of the reclusive and impoverished state that's continually defied international pressure to push ahead with the plan. The Unha-3 rocket broke up and crashed into the South China Sea just moments after it launched. [View news story]
The South China Sea is thousands of miles away from Korean! If "The Unha-3 rocket broke up and crashed into the South China Sea" then it is great success! It can't be the South China Sea. It must be either the East China Sea or the Korean Sea!! Everyone, study world geometry!
EPA Carbon Ruling Creates Dip-Buying Opportunity In Coal [View article]
The whole world, in particular China, is following USA to develop the very cheap and abundant Shale gas, which will replace coal gradually but ultimately. The light on the Coal industry is being dimmed.
Chesapeake Energy (CHK -2.5%) trades down after missing Q4 estimates late yesterday, despite a big jump in profit. Revenue actually rose 38% Y/Y on higher sales and production, as well as from a hedging gain that boosted bottom-line results. Additionally, the company says it plans to more than double its oil and liquids production by 2015 in an effort to become a top U.S. oil producer. [View news story]
Well, CHK is up big in Fri due to increasing % of oil prduction.
What If Apple Weren't A Tech Stock? [View article]
Too many people have accumulated huge long term capital gain profits in AAPL, which they are eager to cash out before taxes increase..........
Google's (GOOG) Eric Schmidt says his company hasn't made any move to provide a Google Maps app for the App Store, in spite of the backlash to Apple's (AAPL) iOS 6 Maps. Schmidt hints, but doesn't overtly state, that Apple hasn't signaled it will approve a Google Maps app. He also refuses to guarantee Google will remain the default search option for iOS - that arrangement has produced huge revenue-sharing payments for Apple, and cemented Google's mobile search dominance. [View news story]
Samsung And Apple: A Necessary Love-Hate Relationship [View article]
As Steve said, "Use thermo-nuclear against thieves (in your boardroom or bedroom)......"
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Samsung And Apple: A Necessary Love-Hate Relationship [View article]
"Come on. This is farce," says tech legal site Groklaw, incredulous Apple-Samsung jurors took only 21 hours to deliberate over a 700-question form one lawyer says would take him 3 days to understand. Groklaw is also unimpressed with contradictory statements from jurors, several verdict inconsistencies, and the fact jurors reached a decision without reading a 109-page instruction form (.pdf). Some lawyers are predicting this case will reach the Supreme Court, due to the issues it raises about UI and design patents. (more) [View news story]
"Come on. This is farce," says tech legal site Groklaw, incredulous Apple-Samsung jurors took only 21 hours to deliberate over a 700-question form one lawyer says would take him 3 days to understand. Groklaw is also unimpressed with contradictory statements from jurors, several verdict inconsistencies, and the fact jurors reached a decision without reading a 109-page instruction form (.pdf). Some lawyers are predicting this case will reach the Supreme Court, due to the issues it raises about UI and design patents. (more) [View news story]
Groklaw seems picking bones inside an egg.
The San Jose Verdict: Implications For Apple [View article]
Some consumers will have to pay more in the near term (for better devices) but the majority will benefit (since we'll have better devices due to the huge incentives given to R&D due to this verdict) and will win in the long run.
The San Jose Verdict: Implications For Apple [View article]
Is An Oil Shock Coming This Summer? [View article]
How Germany Can Save The Euro [View article]
North Korea's much ballyhooed long-range rocket launch ended in apparent failure today, dealing a blow to the prestige of the reclusive and impoverished state that's continually defied international pressure to push ahead with the plan. The Unha-3 rocket broke up and crashed into the South China Sea just moments after it launched. [View news story]
If "The Unha-3 rocket broke up and crashed into the South China Sea" then it is great success! It can't be the South China Sea. It must be either the East China Sea or the Korean Sea!! Everyone, study world geometry!
EPA Carbon Ruling Creates Dip-Buying Opportunity In Coal [View article]
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Is the payment from NLY taxed as income or div?
Chesapeake Energy (CHK -2.5%) trades down after missing Q4 estimates late yesterday, despite a big jump in profit. Revenue actually rose 38% Y/Y on higher sales and production, as well as from a hedging gain that boosted bottom-line results. Additionally, the company says it plans to more than double its oil and liquids production by 2015 in an effort to become a top U.S. oil producer. [View news story]