Apple Inc.
Slightly more than a month ago when Steve Jobs resigned as Apple CEO, I wrote an article (read here) speculating, guessing, or whatever you wish to call it, that the legendary Steve Jobs could be dying. This evening, Apple Inc. founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, 56, has passed away. Steve Jobs’ family said the […]
... written on Oct 06 2011Apple Inc.’s stock tumbled by more than 5%, before staging a late recovery – that’s how disappointed investors were when it was revealed that there won’t be any iPhone 5 at all, at least not this year. It had been 16 months since the previous iPhone hit the market hence the extremely high expectation for […]
... written on Oct 05 2011Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple on Wednesday, 25 Aug 2011, a company he co-founded in his garage 35 years ago. The company wasted no time in naming its COO (chief operating officer), Tim Cook, as the new CEO but that was not enough to calm the market in after-hours trading when the stock […]
... written on Aug 25 2011In a surprising acquisition move, Google Inc. announced it is buying cell phone maker Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for a cool US$12.5 billion in cash. This is Google’s biggest acquisition, easily dwarfs previous biggest deal in 2008 when it purchased DoubleClick for US$3.2 billion. Google will pay a whopping $40 a share for Motorola Mobility, […]
... written on Aug 16 2011Finally, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL, stock) is now officially the world’s most valuable company after the iPhone maker surpassed Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM, stock) early in the trading Wednesday, 10 Aug 2011, till the closing bell. Apple’s market capitalization is a whopping US$ 337.17 billion compared to Exxon Mobil’s US$ 330.77 billion. Indeed it […]
... written on Aug 11 2011The U.S. stock market joined a sell-off around the world today (Monday) in the first trading since Standard & Poor’s downgraded American debt by one notch – from AAA, the highest rating, to AA+. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 250 points minutes after the opening bell on Wall Street. As expected the […]
... written on Aug 09 2011With less than 100 hours (Aug 2) before the world’s largest economic powerhouse, United States of America, is set to default on its debt obligations or otherwise, the global stock markets are trembling with fear. It’s very unlikely but should it happens, the U.S. economy may tumble by 5% and the stock market may drop […]
... written on Jul 29 2011China is a country that many hate but love at the same time. China’s economic engine will never stop, at least for many years to come, thanks to initial cheap labour and the huge production mills migration from the United States. And the U.S. unemployment may never recover as long as the country continue to […]
... written on Jul 21 2011Apple’s stock jumped as much as 7.5% to $405 a share in extended trading hour, after its earnings announcement. This is one company which grows as if there’s no tomorrow and leaves the competitors miles away especially in the tablet market. It was nice to read that iPhone sales actually quadrupled from a year ago […]
... written on Jul 20 2011Entrepreneurs and founders have a common problem during their company setup – what shall be their company’s name? It would be a challenge especially during current internet age because the domain name you desire may not be available. From product concept to their pet name, that’s how some of these successful companies get their name. […]
... written on Jul 13 2011
