Apple (AAPL) has seen some ex-employees take shots at it lately. Former sales exec David Sabotta criticized Tim Cook's people skills, hiring acumen, and passion for technology. Former engineer Dan Crow argued the same top-down business structure that allowed Steve Jobs to build an empire is now a liability, since no one can fill Jobs' shoes. And last month, Steve Wozniak called Apple "arrogant" for refusing to make a larger iPhone. "Not all people want the same thing. A lot of people want the big screens." [View news story]
Check out the new Samsung Cromebook, it's not a bad machine.
Apple (AAPL) has seen some ex-employees take shots at it lately. Former sales exec David Sabotta criticized Tim Cook's people skills, hiring acumen, and passion for technology. Former engineer Dan Crow argued the same top-down business structure that allowed Steve Jobs to build an empire is now a liability, since no one can fill Jobs' shoes. And last month, Steve Wozniak called Apple "arrogant" for refusing to make a larger iPhone. "Not all people want the same thing. A lot of people want the big screens." [View news story]
Pandora (P) is suing songwriter trade association Ascap over its royalty rates. The company has asked a federal court to set "reasonable" licensing fees, while adding Ascap refused to give Pandora the same terms it granted to Clear Channel and other radio licensees. The suit comes a few weeks after the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which seeks to bring Web radio royalties in-line with satellite levels, was introduced in Congress. Royalties equaled about half of Pandora's 2011 revenue. [View news story]
Though analysts have come to its defense this morning, Apple (AAPL -1.9%) can't catch a break - shares now trade at 8.2x FY13E EPS (exc. cash). The decline comes as signs emerge Apple is taking new steps to vertically integrate: Digitimes reports Apple is now directly placing orders with material suppliers, who traditionally interact with manufacturers, and Horace Dediu theorizes Apple may have invested ~$2B in Sharp's display production. He also notes Apple's off-balance-sheet manufacturing/component purchase commitments have risen to $21.1B. [View news story]
Since I switched to Samsung I find it meets all my needs and no reason I should switch back to Apple.
Pres. Obama could revive efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and more strictly regulate the activities of oil and gas drillers. “It is our bet that that we will witness more stringent regulation and greater friction - permitting challenges, environmental hurdles - in the system in order to appease the winning coalition," energy research firm Simmons & Co. says. [View news story]
Four more years of Obama's destruction of America.
Shares of major hospital companies jump today as fears are allayed over a Mitt Romney administration that would undo Obamacare. The repeal of Obamacare would have meant that hospitals would have to put a large share of "bad debt" back on their books in order to pay for indigent patients' emergency care. HCA Holdings (HCA +9.5%), Tenet Healthcare (THC +10%), Health Management Associates (HMA +8.2%) and Community Health Systems (CYH +7%). [View news story]
Moody's reiterates a U.S. credit downgrade is possible if the deficit is not addressed, but will wait until 2013 budget negotiations are complete before taking any action. The failure of to reach agreement - and slide over the fiscal cliff - would not necessarily mean an automatic downgrade [View news story]
Fox, CBS, NBC call the presidential race for incumbent Barack Obama after multiple networks call Ohio for the president. Updated: S&P e-Mini futures look priced in: -0.47%; The dollar -0.47% against euro, -0.41% against Swiss franc. Updated 11:38 p.m: AP calls the race for Obama. S&P futures -0.58%; the dollar -0.41% against euro; -0.2% against pound; -0.39% against Swiss franc. [View news story]
and Obama stood by and watched four Americans being murdered in Benghazi and them covered it up with the help of the left wing media.
Fox, CBS, NBC call the presidential race for incumbent Barack Obama after multiple networks call Ohio for the president. Updated: S&P e-Mini futures look priced in: -0.47%; The dollar -0.47% against euro, -0.41% against Swiss franc. Updated 11:38 p.m: AP calls the race for Obama. S&P futures -0.58%; the dollar -0.41% against euro; -0.2% against pound; -0.39% against Swiss franc. [View news story]
Now Obama can finish the job of destroying America.
The Labor Department has not yet made a decision on whether to delay Friday's payroll report, reports the WSJ, and is planning to asses the situation when the "weather emergency" is over. Any delay would push the jobs numbers release to after the election. [View news story]
Apple (AAPL) has seen some ex-employees take shots at it lately. Former sales exec David Sabotta criticized Tim Cook's people skills, hiring acumen, and passion for technology. Former engineer Dan Crow argued the same top-down business structure that allowed Steve Jobs to build an empire is now a liability, since no one can fill Jobs' shoes. And last month, Steve Wozniak called Apple "arrogant" for refusing to make a larger iPhone. "Not all people want the same thing. A lot of people want the big screens." [View news story]
Apple (AAPL) has seen some ex-employees take shots at it lately. Former sales exec David Sabotta criticized Tim Cook's people skills, hiring acumen, and passion for technology. Former engineer Dan Crow argued the same top-down business structure that allowed Steve Jobs to build an empire is now a liability, since no one can fill Jobs' shoes. And last month, Steve Wozniak called Apple "arrogant" for refusing to make a larger iPhone. "Not all people want the same thing. A lot of people want the big screens." [View news story]
Pandora (P) is suing songwriter trade association Ascap over its royalty rates. The company has asked a federal court to set "reasonable" licensing fees, while adding Ascap refused to give Pandora the same terms it granted to Clear Channel and other radio licensees. The suit comes a few weeks after the Internet Radio Fairness Act, which seeks to bring Web radio royalties in-line with satellite levels, was introduced in Congress. Royalties equaled about half of Pandora's 2011 revenue. [View news story]
Though analysts have come to its defense this morning, Apple (AAPL -1.9%) can't catch a break - shares now trade at 8.2x FY13E EPS (exc. cash). The decline comes as signs emerge Apple is taking new steps to vertically integrate: Digitimes reports Apple is now directly placing orders with material suppliers, who traditionally interact with manufacturers, and Horace Dediu theorizes Apple may have invested ~$2B in Sharp's display production. He also notes Apple's off-balance-sheet manufacturing/component purchase commitments have risen to $21.1B. [View news story]
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Pres. Obama could revive efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and more strictly regulate the activities of oil and gas drillers. “It is our bet that that we will witness more stringent regulation and greater friction - permitting challenges, environmental hurdles - in the system in order to appease the winning coalition," energy research firm Simmons & Co. says. [View news story]
Shares of major hospital companies jump today as fears are allayed over a Mitt Romney administration that would undo Obamacare. The repeal of Obamacare would have meant that hospitals would have to put a large share of "bad debt" back on their books in order to pay for indigent patients' emergency care. HCA Holdings (HCA +9.5%), Tenet Healthcare (THC +10%), Health Management Associates (HMA +8.2%) and Community Health Systems (CYH +7%). [View news story]
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Moody's reiterates a U.S. credit downgrade is possible if the deficit is not addressed, but will wait until 2013 budget negotiations are complete before taking any action. The failure of to reach agreement - and slide over the fiscal cliff - would not necessarily mean an automatic downgrade [View news story]
Fox, CBS, NBC call the presidential race for incumbent Barack Obama after multiple networks call Ohio for the president. Updated: S&P e-Mini futures look priced in: -0.47%; The dollar -0.47% against euro, -0.41% against Swiss franc. Updated 11:38 p.m: AP calls the race for Obama. S&P futures -0.58%; the dollar -0.41% against euro; -0.2% against pound; -0.39% against Swiss franc. [View news story]
Fox, CBS, NBC call the presidential race for incumbent Barack Obama after multiple networks call Ohio for the president. Updated: S&P e-Mini futures look priced in: -0.47%; The dollar -0.47% against euro, -0.41% against Swiss franc. Updated 11:38 p.m: AP calls the race for Obama. S&P futures -0.58%; the dollar -0.41% against euro; -0.2% against pound; -0.39% against Swiss franc. [View news story]
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The Labor Department has not yet made a decision on whether to delay Friday's payroll report, reports the WSJ, and is planning to asses the situation when the "weather emergency" is over. Any delay would push the jobs numbers release to after the election. [View news story]