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While not offering any specifics, investors seemed comfortable enough with Dennis Lockhart's comments to end the week on a positive note. While speaking to CNBC the Atlanta Fed chief commented that tapering will begin “when the economy is ready and when the market is ready.” Lockhart also noted...

Encouraging news coming from the job market was enough to send the major markets higher. Initial Jobless Claims declined 21,000 to 323,000 versus an estimated 335,000. As to be expected, the Senate Banking Panel Voted in favor to approve Janet Yellen as the next Fed Chair. The Dow gained 0....

The iPhone 6 is roughly a year away, but that hasn't stopped chipmakers from gearing up for the following generation. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has gained a fair amount of praise for its A7 processor, which can be found within the iPhone 5S, iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display. Samsung (OTC:...

American chip maker Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) said it plans to open pop-up stores for the holiday season, according to Laptop. It’s unclear if the stores will actually sell anything, although a YouTube video created to promote the new Intel Experience locations indicates consumers can order...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) saw significant rises in short interest between the October 15 and October 31 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ:...

Panasonic's (OTC: PCRFY) 20-inch 4K tablet will retail for $5,999 when it is released in January. According to Engadget, the device (officially known as the Toughpad 4K) will come with an Ultra High-Definition 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD display with 3,840 x 2,560 pixels and 230 pixels per inch. The...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) saw the most significant rises in short interest between the September 30 and October 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Advanced Micro...

A lawsuit brought on by employees of several major Silicon Valley corporations received a potentially costly (for defendants) upgrade to class action status Thursday. The original suit alleged conspiracy among Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google (...

It’s Monday and although the Washington lawmakers couldn’t come to an agreement on the shutdown or debt ceiling, at least there was some interesting news surrounding Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Here’s what you may have missed after markets closed Friday. Apple to Launch a Lower-cost iMac? Analyst...

The third-quarter earnings crunch is underway this week. The financial sector will be well represented, with quarterly reports due from the likes of Goldman Sachs and American Express, as well as the tech sector, highlighted by Google and Intel. Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson are among the...

Thalmic Labs, a technology startup in Kitchener, Ontario, has introduced a unique alternative to traditional gesture-based control systems. Instead of using a camera, a sensor bar or some other familiar system, Thalmic Labs has produced a controller that recognizes the signals sent by the user's...

Among the leading semiconductor stocks, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) saw the most significant rises in short interest between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Broadcom (...

Acer has unveiled the newest member of the Chromebook family -- the C720 Chromebook. Powered by Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) hugely popular Haswell line of processors, the new laptop promises to deliver eight and a half hours of battery life. The machine is 30 percent thinner than the previous model,...

According to Forbes, analyst Jonathan Krinsky of Miller Tabak recently drew an interesting parallel between four contemporary tech stocks – Facebook (NASDAQ: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) – and the so-called “Four Horsemen” of the 1990s – Cisco (...