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The Most Dangerous Place to Get Investing Advice

Overall, good article, but agree with prior comment critical of article as way too long. This is a financial blog, not a book reading.

10 Ways Tech Gets Hurt by the Consumer Slowdown

"Semiconductor companies whose products tend to go into consumer devices include large companies like Micron Technologies (MU), AMD, Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM) as well as dozens of small companies too numerous to mention."

QCOM is not a semi-conductor company. It develops, owns, and licenses intellectual property.

Wish you guys would do a bit a research, exercise a bit of journalistic proofing, before publishing. It would enhance the quality of this site, as well as your credibility, which IMHO, could use a bit of improvement.

Apple Investors: Fasten Your Seatbelts, Put On Helmets

Zack,

In response to:

"The late session bounce was apparently caused in part by a published report that the Wall Street Journal cited, that there were a number of companies kicking the tires of Lehman, including BofA. But after the market close BofA said they weren't interested, and GS backed off too. The bump may have been assisted by Oil hitting a nearly 6 month low, and short covering on beaten down sectors. . . I'm not so sure how much credence to put into this bounce,"

how do you explain the stock trading up $.50 - $.70/share after hours?

Turbulence in the Wireless Industry: Who Benefits?

I think you need to better understand the existing pervasiveness & applicability of QCOM's technology and licensing before making the presumption that QCOM is all about "closed-technology." Due diligence of QCOM's technology suggests otherwise.

How Apple's iPhone Changed Verizon Wireless

Disagree. Deal AT&T struck with Apple is not a deal that any other carrier would have struck. AT&T was desperate & had to make a move to offset a declining subscriber base.

The iPhone definitely provided AT&T Wireless with the jump start it needed. Verizon Wireless, in contrast, was not & never was in such a desperate situation to "give the farm away" as what AT&T did with Apple.