by | Mar 22, 2011 | Towing
Apple has sued Amazon over the term “App Store.”
Apple says it holds the trademark and claims that an Amazon Appstore will confuse customers who will wonder if it is part of Apple.
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by | Feb 8, 2011 | Towing
The S&P 500 is a bellwether for the American economy, and with quarterly reports for more than half of the index’s companies in this earnings season, S&P 500 firms are averaging a 4.5% positive earnings per share surprise, acco…
by | Jan 23, 2011 | Towing
With corporate earnings season in full swing — watch for McDonalds, along with Catepillar, Amazon and other — and with the Fed meeting on interest rates, the GDP estimate and housing numbers coming out — the week ahead is ex…
by | Dec 10, 2010 | Towing
Standard & Poor’s will make changes to several U.S. indexes next week, including the S&P MidCap 400, the S&P SmallCap 600, and the widely used S&P 500. The changes, which reflect the effects of acquisitions and market cap chang…
by | Oct 24, 2010 | Towing
Dozens of companies report earnings this week, and analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters are anticipating lots of strong quarterly reports. Among those posting improved results should be Microsoft and Visa. However, likely to p…