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Why Tesla's $35,000 Model 3 Won't Be A Hit
Thursday, July 17, 2014 - 10:37am | 582Read More...Last night, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) confirmed via Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) a story published in Auto Express saying that its Gen III model will be available in 2017 and only cost around $35,000. That means that Tesla's newest vehicle, the Model 3, will sell for about half as much as the Model S...
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Morgan Stanley: Microsoft To Detail 'Wild Card' Plan For Nokia In Fiscal Q4 Call
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 11:18am | 305Read More...A stronger PC market and stability in enterprise operations leave Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) poised to post a solid fiscal fourth quarter July 22. Analysts expect fiscal fourth-quarter earnings of $0.60 a share, on revenue of $23.06 billion. But Morgan Stanley's Keith Weiss said the focus next week...
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5 Companies That Could Acquire Rackspace
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 7:42am | 908Read More...Will Rackspace (NYSE: RAX) find a buyer in 2014? Analysts are very skeptical. Trip Chowdhry, one of the tech industry's most vocal analysts, does not believe that any company will want to buy Rackspace unless it is offered at a steep discount ($10 to $15 a share). "Not at these levels...
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3 Reasons Investors Shouldn't Be Too Excited About The Apple-IBM Deal
Tuesday, July 15, 2014 - 6:33pm | 579Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) surprised investors Tuesday afternoon when the companies announced a global sales partnership. The deal includes new sales (IBM will sell iOS devices to its global business clients) and special apps that IBM will develop exclusively for the iPhone and...
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What Will Help Fiat's Sluggish Momentum In The United States?
Monday, July 14, 2014 - 3:01pm | 451Read More...It appears to be a tale of two brands. While Chrysler sales have been doing very well lately, sales of its stable-mate Fiat (OTC: FIATY) have been struggling. Fiat completed its acquisition of Chrysler back in January – and earlier this month, Chrysler Group LLC reported its 51st...
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Apple's 'Reactive' Strategy Led To New Hires, Not New Products
Friday, July 11, 2014 - 11:25am | 709Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has attracted a lot of new talent over the past 12 months, but where are the new products? Some bloggers believe that Apple acquired Beats Electronics to perfect and promote the long-awaited iWatch. They have pointed to Apple's recent hires -- TAG Heuer's Patrick...
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Best Buy Offers New 'Destiny' Beta With In-Store Demo On July 19
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 12:54pm | 625Read More...Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) customers will be able to play Destiny at select stores on Saturday, July 19. The three-hour event (which is scheduled to run from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.) will be held at 71 Best Buy stores nationwide. All participating locations can be found at BestBuy.com/GamingEvents....
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Apple Store Popularity Could Be Dwindling
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 12:06pm | 527Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) once had one of the coolest stores one could find at the mall. During the holiday shopping season, dozens of consumers crammed into the hundreds of Apple Store locations at any given hour. This traffic was heavily fueled by the release of new products. Even during the off...
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Is Samsung's Gear Live Another Smartwatch Disappointment?
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 9:18am | 417Read More...Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) is taking another stab at the wearable market with the Gear Live, its third smartwatch. Early user complaints indicate that Samsung could have spent more time working on the device, which was unveiled less than a year after the Galaxy Gear 2 arrived at retail. However, the...
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Smart Toys Could Boost Free-To-Play Video Game Market
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 11:38am | 678Read More...Numerous developers are supporting the free-to-play format, but are microtransactions the best way to profit? When targeting teens and adults, microtransactions seem to be very profitable. But it is a whole other story when looking at six-year-old kids, who may not comprehend the concept....
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Dennis Gartman On The Bull Market, Gold And Why The Market Is Not Rigged
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 8:44am | 743Read More...Despite the number of people remaining bearish, Dennis Gartman says it's still a bull market out there. Gartman has been writing his daily financial trading commentary, “The Gartman Letter,” every day for the past thirty years -- with the single exception of his parent's 50th wedding anniversary....
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Exclusive: GM Class Action Suit Could Cost the Company Billions
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 9:07am | 588Read More...Editor note: This is the second of a two part series. Read Carey’s initial comments here. Earlier this year Hagens Berman, the law firm that won a $1.6 billion class action suit against Toyota (NYSE: TM) for the company’s wave of 2009-2011 recalls, was appointed interim lead counsel...
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Exclusive: Biocept's CEO Lays Out This Small Cap's Massive Opportunity
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 8:31am | 494Read More...Shares of Biocept (NASDAQ: BIOC) have been volatile since the company made its debut as a public company in early February. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, CEO Michael Nall and CFO Bill Kachioff laid out the company’s opportunities and events investors should watch for in the...
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Activision's $58 Million TV Promo Budget Could Double In 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014 - 12:25pm | 502Read More...Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) plans to spend $500 million on its newest franchise, Destiny. This budget includes any and all aspects of the game, from development and distribution to packaging and global promotions. When Activision announced its budget, no one knew how much of it would be spent on...
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Google's Project Tango Could Define The Future Of Augmented Reality
Thursday, July 3, 2014 - 11:29am | 599Read More...Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Project Tango could define the future of augmented reality, and its newest partner hopes to make that happen. The search engine giant has partnered with PMDTechnologies (stylized as 'pmdtechnologies'), a Siegen, Germany-based developer of 3D...















