If Apple truly is “insanely great” as co-founder Steve Jobs would have it, the availability of iOS 5 could be his true will and testament. It's a gigantic effort to seal loyalties of as many as 250 million global customers who will upgrade their current products, then set the stage for the roll-out of iPhone 4S, prospective iPhone 5, iPads and more.
Our sense of market sentiment is that investors remain very cautious about any reversal of price trends
While the primary trend – months to years --for the S&P 500 is still decidedly higher, the secondary trend –weeks to months – is lower.
The attempted Anonymous takedown of the New York Stock Exchange Web site shows the strength and exposes the weakness of anarchist movements.
While most Mormons consider themselves Christians, many Americans -- especially Evangelical Protestants -- do not believe that is the case.
If Herman Cain is wrong about the plight of America's poor, and what solutions are needed, as some black leaders have said, then why do the numbers suggest otherwise?
The Detroit Lions are 5-0 for the first time since 1956 and have seemingly taken the entire nation by storm. The team bandwagon is filling up, the city of Detroit has more hope in its sports teams in generations, and finally the Lions are looking like viable Super Bowl contenders.
A new report reveals that Google+ has lost about 60 percent of its traffic gained after opening to the public in September. Can Google+ survive against Facebook?
Facebook is completely redesigning its layout, but online consternation grows due to privacy issues.
The U.S. government has asked Google and Sonic to give up any WikiLeaks-related information and data, following with an order for them to turn over Appelbaum's e-mail contact list -- without a warrant.
The release of the iPhone 4s smartphone by Apple (AAPL) will likely juice the shares of AT&T's (T) by attracting hundreds of thousands of younger adult subscribers to AT&T's stable. Those extra subscribers should also help T improve its network quicker -- something the company needs to do.
On issues ranging from racial prejudice to economic inequity, Cain has invoked his own ascendance as a template for success -- and suggested that those who fall short have only themselves to blame.
Gold, silver, platinum and palladium, as well as other commodities, generally stand a better chance of handling a global economic downturn than other types of investments, Barclays Capital said Monday.
On the heels of the French-Belgian bank Dexia breakup, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a promise to come up with a plan by month-end to recapitalize European banks and deal with Greece's debt burden
The former chief executive of the Godfather Pizza chain now poses a serious challenge to front-runner Mitt Romney.
Incredibly, U.S. home mortgage rates continue to trend lower -- the average 30-year, fixed rate is now 4.07 percent, and they could drop even lower. Still, given soft home prices, jumping into the housing market is hardly a slam-dunk no-brainer, and here are five factors to consider before buying a home.
As the "Occupy Wall Street" protest becomes a movement, joined in the past two weeks by union workers and environmentalists and acknowledged publicly in legitimacy by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, we have to ask the question: How big can the Occupy Wall Street movement grow?
Union leaders said they were pessimistic on Friday after failing to reach an accord with officials from Freeport-McMoRan to end an indefinite strike at the Cerro Verde mine.
Given progress to-date, U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan, which in October began its 11th year, will probably have to increase substantially to win the Afghanistan War. Should the U.S. Congress re-start the military draft to provide the increase in troops needed?
Republicans need to stop looking for savior candidates and start focusing on the candidates they have, or they will end up like the 2004 Democrats: unable to present a compelling alternative to an unpopular incumbent.
The Big East suffered another blow on Thursday when the Big 12 officially extended an invite to TCU, which the Texas school is expected to accept.
The U.S. economy unexpectedly added 103,000 jobs in September -- nearly double the consensus estimate. It's the best news for the world's largest economy in several months, and if a job growth trend forms, the nation's high unemployment rate will start to decline -- and that would be a welcome sight for investors and job-seekers alike.
By now, unless you live under a very large Nexus Prime-shaped rock, you've probably heard about Apple's new darling, the Siri Personal Assistant - a voice-controlled application that understands voice commands by people who speak like people and not like elocution robots.
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) has produced its share of headlines in the past two months, and not all of them have been pleasant. Where is Hewlett's stock headed from here?
While fear fosters headlines, cash is what creates stories. And cash is the route the European Central Bank has chosen to go.
Journalist's murder, one of almost a hundred cases since 2000, is a test case for Putin's Russia.
Jobs, who died just about month after he resigned as chief executive officer of Apple, has left behind a massive, perhaps incalculable legacy.
Former Gov. Sarah Palin, R-Alaska, announced Wednesday that she will not seek the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. But does that decision mean she's out of the 2012 presidential race?
Platinum just finished plunging more than 22 percent from its late August level and the bottom has still not come into view.
As of today, for as little as $35 you can own a tablet computer—thanks to India. This is huge in the economy of development technologies, but is it enough to close the digital divide?
