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Sell Google, buy Apple?

An analyst who downgraded Apple last August now says that Google is due for a fall FORTUNE — “We’ve seen this movie before (Apple at all time highs) and we know how it ends.” So began a brief note issued … Continue reading

Apple Takes Laptop Magazine’s Top Rating

Laptop Magazine has awarded Apple the top prize in its Best Brands feature for the fourth year in a row, placing first in five of the eight categories it measures. In addition, the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display took … Continue reading

Chart of the day: Apple shares spike suddenly on high volume

No hard news, just rumors of a large buyback or special dividend FORTUNE — After trading down all day — and all year, for that matter — Apple (AAPL) began moving higher at 2:26 p.m. Monday and didn’t stop until … Continue reading

Apple supply chain alarm bells

More selling pressure on Apple from reports that supplier orders have been cut FORTUNE — Apple’s (AAPL) share price was hit again Monday morning after several analysts reported that the company’s orders to its suppliers are down. According to Topeka’s … Continue reading

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Early Apple iPhone Developer Prototype Looked More Like An iPad, Had Ethernet And Serial Ports

Apple has been working on the iPhone since long before it hit the market in 2007, and today a new developer prototype has come to light that shows how it might have looked if they’d rushed it to market earlier. … Continue reading

Driven By China, Global Methanol Demand Rises 23 Percent in Two Years, Unprecedented Demand Growth Expected for 2012 to 2022, Says New IHS Study

Dateline City:  HOUSTON Methanol key option for monetizing gas or coal; resulting in more U.S. projects and capacity tied to shale gas, as well as coal projects in China According to a new IHS Chemical (NYSE: IHS) global market study, … Continue reading

Spreadsheet of the week: Why Apple’s shares tanked in 2012

Because 13 of the 50 largest U.S. hedge funds were dumping their Apple holdings FORTUNE – Citigroup’s Tobias Levkovich buried the lead when he reported Wednesday that Google (GOOG) had replaced Apple (AAPL) as the hedge funds’ favorite stock in Q4 2012. If … Continue reading

Video: Bill Maher on Apple as ‘doomed doomed doomed’

“They sold 48 million iPhones, 23 million iPads… Their slaves could barely keep up!” FORTUNE — Comedian Bill Maher had fun last week mocking some recent Apple (AAPL) headlines: Can Apple’s stock recover without Steve Jobs? (Gizmodo) Investor’s appetite for Apple sours … Continue reading

Apple v. Samsung, Round 2: Death by narrowing?

Apple will get its second day in court, but must narrow its claims to Samsung’s benefit FORTUNE – ”I don’t know if we need two cases on this,” Judge Lucy Koh told attorneys for Apple (AAPL) and Samsung last month. She … Continue reading

5 Apples for every Android on Gogo Inflight Wi-Fi networks

iPads are the most popular aircraft device. Then laptops. Then iPhones. FORTUNE — “Apple devices are still reigning above the clouds,” according to Gogo Inflight, the largest U.S. provider of in-air online connectivity (with services on Virgin America, Delta, United, American, US … Continue reading