Thursday - July 2, 2009
For seven months, a New York Times reporter named David Rohde was held prisoner by Taliban kidnappers. However, you wouldn't learn that from reading The New York Times -- or even Wikipedia, for that matter. In addition to other news organizations, the Times reportedly asked Wikipedia not to publish information on the abduction. For Wikipedia, that meant monitoring Rohde's entry and quickly deleting information regarding the kidnapping as soon as anyone put it up. Everyone involved seemed to have good intentions.
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Wednesday - July 1, 2009
After all the excitement about Steve Jobs' health, the market reaction to news that the Apple CEO had returned to work appeared muted. Apple shares closed at $142.43 at close of trading Tuesday, 46 cents up from the previous day's close. They were actually down from Monday's open of just under $144.
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Tuesday - June 30, 2009
Apple has confirmed that CEO Steve Jobs has officially gone back to work, according to numerous media reports. Beyond saying that Jobs would be working both at his office and from home, and that the company was happy to have him back, Apple provided no details about its chief's future involvement with the company.
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Friday - June 26, 2009
Apple doesn't talk much publicly, but when it does, it's usually bragging about its awesome products or some special milestone it's achieved. Monday was no different: Apple announced that it had sold more than 1 million iPhone 3G S models over its launch weekend. To put this in summer blockbuster movie opening perspective, the 3G S grossed at least $199 million at the box office in three days.
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Wednesday - June 24, 2009
Are concerns about Steve Jobs are impacting Apple's share prices? Apple's share prices have been slipping since it was learned over the weekend that the company's CEO may have had a liver transplant. Trading in Apple shares was volatile on Tuesday, with prices changing by the minute.
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Tuesday - June 23, 2009
Once again, the technology mediasphere is engrossed with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' health, and the questions are ricocheting off the virtual walls: What did Apple know? When did it know it? What is it legally obliged to reveal? This latest round of speculation was prompted by a weekend Wall Street Journal report revealing that Jobs had a liver transplant in April.
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Wednesday - June 17, 2009
Though the market in general has suffered this week, Apple's shares have stayed relatively stable. At market close Tuesday, they stood at $136.35, up 26 cents for the day. However, that's a loss over last week -- last Tuesday, they closed at $143.05, down by $1.13 from the previous day's close.
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Wednesday - June 10, 2009
The climb in Apple's share prices seems to have leveled as the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, being held in San Francisco this week, continues. At the event's keynote presentation, Apple was on a tear, possibly in a bid to terrify and crush the competition. It introduced new iPhone hardware and set a June 17 release date for upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 software.
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Wednesday - June 3, 2009
Excitement is hitting a new high in the runup to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, to be held in San Francisco next week. New challengers are threatening the iPhone, while Microsoft has revived its Zune MP3 player in a bid to take on the iPod touch. Meanwhile, Apple's gaining strength in its run at the enterprise market.
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Wednesday - May 27, 2009
Although it's facing increasing competition in various sectors, Apple continues to be the darling of investors. Its share price soared above $130 by the close of market Tuesday, which was an increase of more than $8 from Friday's closing price. That increase followed the release of a research note by Morgan Stanley analyst Kathryn Huberty.
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