seems like a cheap price, and although it may take a hit in the coming months, i think it'll come out positive in the long run. also buoyed by the iphone market share.
While the fate of General Motors (GM) as a company is being debated by legislators and others, investors would agree that GM will be removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average as the common stock faces the likely prospect of heading to zero despite efforts for a bailout of workers and suppliers. Some companies to consider as a replacement for GMK include:
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If we get an end of year rally, I expect aapl to be a frontrunner. Their products are in demand. the new laptops are pricey but apple people will buy in spite of higher price for the quality and rep.
It has never been a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket . Putting all your apples however, is a different proposition entirely. With the christmas holidays approaching and the whiff of a buyback in the air I have done just that.
I do not subscribe to the view that apple needs to produce a sub $1000 laptop, leave that to dell and co. Apple will remain at the top of the tree by producing quality desirable products that are well designed and make a statement about who you are.
Apple Inc. rose to the highest in two weeks in NY trading after Sanford C.Bernstein & Co. said " significant" share repurchase plan may boost earnings.
A depressed price-to-earnings ratio, low interest rates and a growing cash balance "make a strong case for Apple to initiate a substantial share repurchase program," wrote Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Bernstein, in a note to clients.
The NY based analyst estimates that $20 billion stock buyback would boost earnings by nine percent above his estimate of $5.50 a share next year .
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NYC-based Boxee, which makes media center software for Apple (AAPL) Macs, Linux boxes, Apple TV set-top boxes, and eventually PCs, keeps getting better. The latest edition of their set-top box software includes:
Access to Netflix's (NFLX) "watch instantly" library of 12,000 movies/TV shows. (If you're a Netflix subscriber. Won't work with Apple TV; Boxee says it's not powerful enough to run Microsoft's Silverlight plugin.)
IBM (NYSE: IBM) will start offering PCs that do not run Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows operating system. According toThe Wall Street Journal, "IBM says it has created a "Microsoft-free" virtual desktop -- a complete suite of applications that run on a backroom server and don't require Microsoft software or costly desktop hardware."
The new machines will use Linux and IBM software and will cost as little as $59 per machine, which could save companies several hundred dollars per deskt
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, the Apple(AAPL) super bull, this morning cut his EPS estimates and price target on the company to reflect “macroeconomic headwinds.” He keeps his Buy rating on the stock, however.
For the September 2009 fiscal year, Munster cuts his revenue estimate to $38.86 billion from $40.45 billion; EPS goes to $5.46 from $5.67. For FY 2010, his revenue outlook drops to $50.08 billion, from $51.76 billion; his profit estimate is now $7.73, down from $7.98. Munster knocked his legendary $250 price target down to $235.
Munster continues to expect Macs to gain share in 2
Another threat to Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows and Office crown jewels? The company is already dealing with the rising popularity of Apple's (AAPL) Macs, and the slow evolution of free Office suite alternatives like Google (GOOG) Apps. Now IBM (IBM) is aiming for its own piece of Microsoft's pie -- IBM today says it will be pitching its corporate customers Linux-based terminals without hard drives that are "Microsoft-free."
WSJ: The software package, available immediately, uses the Linux operating system and a set of IBM office applications that can be displayed on so-called thin clients, whic
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