US stocks close higher as oil price firms
President Trump and the OPEC meeting on Thursday are sure to be big themes this week
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Qualcomm sues Apple device makers for unpaid royalties
The popularity of smartphones has been a real boon to chip-maker Qualcomm - as it has been for Apple
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Apple, Amazon, and Facebook shares surge to make Nasdaq the most crowded trade
Berkshire Hathaway more than doubled its holding in Apple in the first quarter
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Ardelyx takes a licking after unconvincing IBS trial results
Other companies covered: Apple, TripAdvisor, Electronic Arts, Visteon, Delphi Automotive
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Apple's target price raised by Goldman Sachs ahead of next iPhone release
Goldman Sachs has raised its earnings forecasts for Apple as it expects the upcoming release of the 10th anniversary iPhone to boost sales
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Apple buys sleep tracking firm Beddit in wake of valuation exceeding US$800 for first time
Apple has boosted its health and fitness offering with the acquisition of sleep tracking firm Beddit
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Broker wrap: Electronic Arts, Apple, Uranium Energy, Autoliv
Autoliv has the best-in-class cash conversion among its European peers, Jefferies says.
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Apple's valuation surpasses US$800bn after Berkshire Hathaway increases stake
Apple Inc. has landed a US$1bn valuation estimate by US broker Drexel Hamilton
Blue chips end little changed as Apple bursts through the US$800bn barrier
The iPhone maker is now Berkshire Hathaway's second largest investment
US stocks close mixed; Facebook reports
Wall Street shares closed mixed on Wednesday after a Fed rate decision and more earnings.
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Apple fanatics hold off buying ahead of release of next model of the sacred cash cow
Apple's rabid cheerleaders in the media have been a bit too enthusiastic in bigging up the next iPhone, as the anticipation appears to be hitting sales of the current model
FTSE 100 closes higher as Fed meeting in focus
The FTSE 100 closed up 46 at 7,250 on the day with Intertek the biggest gainer
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Apple shares nudging higher ahead of first quarter numbers
The technology titan is due to report after the close on Tuesday
Wall Street shares mixed after weak factory data
Saturday marked Donald Trump's first 100 day in office, while the day before, a budget plan was agreed...
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Qualcomm warns on earnings as Apple stops payments
As a result of the dispute, Qualcomm said it expects no patent –license revenue for iPhones in this quarter.
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Apple to benefit from Donald Trump's tax holiday plans
Apple plans to bring much of its offshore profits to US soil
FTSE 100 closes lower as supertanker Tesco sinks
With US stocks tipped to open lower, the top-share index has slipped into the red
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Apple accused of threats and lying to regulators in legal dispute with US chipmaker Qualcomm
The legal dispute between US chipmaker Qualcomm and Apple continues to rage on
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Apple sued by Australian regulators for allegedly refusing to repair devices serviced elsewhere
Apple allegedly used software that disabled devices after users had them serviced by alternative providers
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Apple shows brutal streak as its dumps partner Imagination
Trending: Apple, Imagination Tech, North Sea, Lloyds...
US shares stall and close lower as car sales data weighs
The main indexes rallied strongly in the first three months, but recently ran out of steam.
ProPhotonix rallies while Juridica Investments and Altyn slump
Some of the largest rises and falls in London at 4pm: ProPhotonix, WS Atkins, Altyn, Imagination Tech
Imagination Technologies as cheap as chips after Apple shakes it to its core
Shares in Imagination Technologies plunged on the news.
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FTSE 100 finishes lower as Dow Jones plunges
Since the manufacturing index reached a two-and-a-half-year high last December, the story has been one of a gentle decline - Martin Beck, senior economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club
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Apple vs. Samsung - will the iPhone8 trump the Galaxy S8?
Samsung has tried to knock Apple from its leading position in the smartphone market with the launch of its Galaxy S8 device.
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Apple Inc launches cheaper iPad and red iPhone 7 as market speculates on iPhone 8
Apple has launched new models ahead of the release of its 10th anniversary iPhone later this year
US shares end lower, shattering Dow’s record run, as Trump and March hike loom
US stocks ended lower on Tuesday - as Lucky 13 days failed to come for the hitherto record-breaking Dow - and never threatened to rise as investors bided time ahead of a key speech to Congress by President Donald Trump
Berkshire Hathaway more than doubled its Apple holding in January
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate now holds around 133mln Apple shares, worth a cool US$17bn
US stocks hit record highs at close as March rate hike chance rises to 50%
US stocks pinned a 12th record high close on Monday, as the Dow was sent north by energy stocks, growing expectations of a March rate hike and hopes for more details from President Donald Trump about his tax and regulation plans
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Morgan Stanley upbeat on Apple, calls China sales concerns "mis-guided"
The bank's analysts expect that the firm’s new, higher-priced iPhone 8, to be introduced in September, should contain enough new features to excite Chinese consumers.
Verizon snatches Apple’s creative chieftain
US telecoms group Verizon Communications, currently in the midst of trying to buy Yahoo! assets, said on Monday that it snared Apple’s global creative director to lead its newly-built in-house advertising agency
Tech Apple and Facebook appear to lose some love for Trump
Just two months on from a cosy meeting of tech eggheads with the then US President-elect Donald Trump and it appears that rebel Silicon Valley is stirring again
What does US$250,000 get you at Berkshire Hathaway?
The answer is one share, but there’s more to it than that
US, Canadian stock tickers hit record highs, again
US stocks hit record highs for the third successive session on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 market bellwether and Dow Jones Industrial Average both closing at their record intraday highs
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Apple to see spike in sales on release of next iPhone, says Goldman
Apple's 10th anniversary iPhone is set to offer technology that has the potential to become a key differentiator to previous models, according to Goldman.
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Brexit: MPs overwhelmingly back bill, but drug users, racehorses concerned
Patients in the UK could face delays getting new drugs, including for cancer if Britain withdraws from the EU's medicines regulator
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Apple raises debt fund ceiling to $10bn
Apple Inc upsized its borrowing plan to $10bn on Thursday from an earlier range of $6-8bn after strong investor demand
US shares end mixed in heavy earnings day
US shares closed mixed on Thursday after an earnings-heavy session and a deceleration in New York manufacturing activity
US shares edge higher, with Apple, Facebook in the vanguard as Fed is non-event
US stocks gave back most of their initial gains on Wednesday after the oil stockpile rose for a fourth successive week and to the highest level since October
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Strong iPhone sales help Apple's first-quarter results beat forecasts, but some caution on outlook
Apple sold 78.29mln iPhones in its first-quarter, up from 74.78mln the year before, beating analysts’ expectations for 77.42mln.
Cobalt Blue Holdings closes IPO after strong demand
Cobalt is a necessary metal for the production of lithium-ion batteries.
US shares check falls but Trump trade starts to run into problems
US shares checked their falls but still ended lower on Tuesday as the fallout from US plans to ban travellers from selected Muslim-majority nations continued and looked like becoming a bigger issue than the Mexican Wall controversy
US shares pare losses but still suffer sharpest fall this month
US equities pared losses on Monday but didn’t disguise the steepest fall of 2017 as the Trump rally trade that sent Wall Street to new highs since November began to fracture
US stocks end lower as Trump protectionism bites
US stocks closed lower on Monday, failing to show much upside all session as President Donald Trump demonstrated that trade protectionism would be the heart of his policy and with tech stocks dominating the downside
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US shares end mixed; steel stocks gain but Goldman and Dow fall
US shares closed mixed on Wednesday, with most tickers resisting hawkish comments from the head of the Federal Reserve as the steel sector and Netflix had a boost, while the Dow was dragged down by Goldman Sachs shares
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Apple goes to Hollywood?
The tech giant is rumoured to be in the planning stages of developing an original television show and movies production arm
Charter Pacific Corporation to acquire biometrics company
Biometrics security refers to using physical or behavioural traits to ensure identity.
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US stocks clinch record highs, Dow skids (just) shy of 20,000 after jobs report
US stocks clinched fresh record highs on Friday, with the Dow coming within a hair’s breadth of 20,000 – which can only have been helped by Goldman Sach’s shares driving 1.5% higher
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Trending: Will Trump’s threats turn idle?
Several major companies have faced the wrath of US President-elect Donald Trump during or since the November elections. Now a foreign-owned business has been put in its place too. But how long will it last in government?
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Apple’s App Store just had its best day ever
The App Store generated record sales on New Year’s Day, taking in more than US$240mln in purchases
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VolitionRx shares gain on Buy recommendation, Ritter initiated at Buy too
VolitionRx Ltd shares rose by 5% on Wednesday after the stock was reiterated a “buy” with a 12-month price target of $10.00 by brokers at Rodman & Renshaw on Wednesday.
US stocks close higher on tech and oil stocks
US stocks closed higher on Tuesday as tech stocks rallied and the Nasdaq Composite marked a record high and oil prices hit six-month highs
US stocks close lower on Thursday as Dow gives up the spirit of 20,000
On the last full day’s trading before the Christmas holiday, US stocks ended lower on Thursday as markets began to wind down
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Apple starts defence of not paying the Irish Revenue
Apple shares were higher on Monday after the world’s largest company by market cap unleashed its legal firepower with a lengthy response to the European Commission’s Irish tax ruling
US stocks pare gains after geopolitical tragedies
US stocks ended higher on Monday, but geopolitical factors across Europe blighted the second half of the session
Trending: Trump Offensive - No offence taken as tech stocks in good books
Investors were treated to another stock rotation opportunity – read surprise – on Wednesday when US President-elect Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone with technology company chiefs in a New York meeting
US stocks drop as Fed sounds more hawkish tone
US stocks closed lower on Wednesday with the S&P 500 marking its biggest one-day decline in two months, as investors reacted to the more-hawkish-than-expected statement from the Federal Reserve
US stocks scale new record highs, brush off Fed meeting
US stocks scaled new record highs on Tuesday, on the eve of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision
Trending: McDonalds serves up UK tax status
At a time when corporate Britain fears an exit by the banks to Frankfurt or Switzerland, McDonald's has decided to move its tax status in Europe from one of the founding fathers of the Treaty of Rome, Luxembourg, to the UK
Trending: Amazon Go could cannibalise high street, face Trump’s wrath
Amazon is no stranger to controversy, be that in its fiscal arrangements around the world or putting high street stores out of business as it cannibalises retailing online
US stocks close just shy of record high
US stocks closed just shy of record highs on Tuesday after a seesaw session which saw investors brush off depressed oil prices
Trending: Trump could be good for techs
Tech stocks have had a rough month since the election of Donald Trump to be next President. But some commentators think there is a silver lining
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Fewer special divis send dividend growth rate into reverse
In North America, the total value of special dividends paid out was down 8.5% from a year earlier
Trending: Tech stocks fight Trump, with an olive branch
After a week of haemorrhaging, the tech sector looks like it might be turning a corner – but only as it offers an olive branch to the US President-elect Donald Trump
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US stocks power higher, techs and oil feature
US top stocks powered ahead on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial marking its fourth successive record high close, while the S&P 500 made up for a feeble performance since Thursday after Donald Trump’s pro-business plans were mulled ove
Trending: NVIDIA jumpstarts while Amazon and other tech stocks stare glumly at Trump
While the S&P 500 index may have slipped on Friday, and other tech stocks are licking wounds from Donald Trump’s election victory, one stock was bravely leading the risers - and done so in spectacular style: PC graphics maker NVIDIA
US stocks end mixed as winners and losers assess Trump
US stocks seesawed through Thursday, with the Dow hitting a record high intraday and close, as banks and pharma stocks lapped up the perceived benefits of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, while tech stocks sank on worries about his f
Trending: What’s the fresh probe for, WhatsApp?
The popular messaging app, WhatsApp, fresh from a skirmish with regulators in Germany, now faces a fresh probe in Italy
Mining sector automation benefits quizzed by new report
Forget Apple or Tesla Motors and their race to introduce the self-drive automobile to our streets. The mining sector is already well ahead in that department, although a new report may sap some of the political support for it
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Apple posts first annual sales decline since 2001
China crisis for Apple, as local competitors eat into its market share
US shares end lower as earnings weigh
US stocks closed lower on Wednesday as earnings weighed, with the losses more pronounced in the smaller cap sectors
US stocks close lower on mixed earnings, weaker consumer confidence, rate fears
US stocks closed lower on Tuesday, unwinding initial gains after mixed earnings were compounded by weaker consumer confidence data as well as raised fears of a rate hike after a Treasury note sale flopped
US shares end firm on Fed minutes relief
US stocks closed firmer on Wednesday after relief over the tone of the Federal Reserve’s rate meeting minutes
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Samsung abandons Note 7 to protect its brand
Samsung Electronics attempted to protectively ringfence its brand on Tuesday as it confirmed it is killing off the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after it was involved in dozens of fires and explosions worldwide
US stocks endure sell-off after poor earnings, depressed oil and rate-forex woes
US stocks endured a harsh sell-off on Tuesday after a combo of weak earnings, falling oil prices, raised rate hike expectations and anxiety of Britain’s Brexit plans from the European Union all made their mark
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Samsung shares suffer in New York over “incendiary batteries”
Samsung Electronics shares were getting a hard reset on Wall Street after the company said it had halted production of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 devices after a string of replacements were alleged to have caught fire
Facebook taxes patience of British taxman
The fact is, companies are legally obliged to maximise shareholder returns, and it is up to governments to close the loopholes and angry customers to take their custom elsewhere
Trending: Samsung in sights of activist hedge fund
Samsung should spin off its electronics business and float it on Nasdaq, according to the hedge fund Elliott
Imagination Technologies sells Pure digital radio for £2.6mln
Semi-conductor developer is selling the non-core business to AVenture AT GmbH
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Trending: Goodbye BlackBerry Way
It was a Canadian technological powerhouse, and even asked Alicia Keys to add a touch of glamour and piano to its offer, but BlackBerry on Wednesday delivered the ultimate bombshell: it is to outsource production of handsets after 14 years
Trending: What stocks to pick if Clinton wins
Analysts have already started to poke around to select stocks that could fare well in the event Clinton is the next US President. First Solar is one of several likely to gain
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Trending: Wayward gains by Weyerhaeuser
Fed rates and Apple eyeing a move into Formula 1 possibly, while Weyerhaeuser was top of the S&P 500 index
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Apple still top dog as US brands dominate value chart
The iPhone maker comfortably outranked its tech rivals Google and Microsoft
US stocks end higher with oil prices and dovish Fed echo
US stocks ended higher on Thursday as headier oil prices and the continued echo of a dovish Fed rate decision helped the market build on the previous session’s rally
Trending: Case for Fed rate rise has ‘strengthened’
The Fed has left the door open for a rate hike in 2016, while Apple ‘approaches’ supercar engineer McLaren
Trending: McDonalds numbers again taxed in Luxembourg
McDonald's is but one more US company that has fallen foul of the hungry European Union exchequer and is now being pursued for alleged unpaid tax in Luxembourg after a probe by Brussels authorities next door, in the home of the French fries
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US shares end down on oil, banks, but resilient on week
US stocks ended Friday lower after oil prices and a spat involving Deutsche Bank saw investors flee energy and banking stocks – but resilient on the week
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FTSE 100 outshone by smaller caps, banks to blame
Top UK shares ended lower on Friday, as bank stocks took fright of a $14bn settlement claim over toxic mortgages levelled against Deutsche Bank in the United States
Apple iPhone 7 sold out but do the headphones matter?
Receiving praise and punches in equal measure this week, the eight-day old news of the arrival of the next generation Apple smartphone culminates with its sales on Friday
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Apple adds US$50bn to its market cap
Strong pre-order sales of the iPhone have boosted investor sentiment towards the tech giant this week
Wall St shares end higher as IT stocks power gains
US stocks extended their gains on Thursday after Apple shares advanced for a fourth day and higher crude prices buttressed the bourse
Wall St shares edge lower after oil supply data setback
US stocks edged lower on Wednesday after oil prices sagged on supply data
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Apple's iPhone 7 smashes sales records, says T-Mobile
Pre-orders over the weekend were nearly four times more than the next most popular iPhone
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Brexit Watch - Single market at core and Apple mentioned
A look at some topics from the Brexit debate in the news this week
US stocks worry over Europe, blind to oil price gains
US stocks closed lower on Thursday, unable to derive upside from surging oil prices, as the European Central Bank’s action plan for the troubled Eurozone economy worried investors
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Apple's new iPhone 7 costs more in the UK thanks to... Brexit
It seems nothing is safe from Brexit now, as the smartphone is set to cost around £60 to £100 more than the iPhone 6 model, despite it staying the same across the pond.
Trending: Slow process time as Apple shares finally lift after iPhone 7 launch
It seemed to last an eternity but an hour after unveiling new products, Apple, the world’s largest publicly-listed company, finally saw its shares rise
US stocks close mixed, Nasdaq at record high, but Beige Book weighs
US stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with consumer staples lagging, as investors digested the release of the Federal Reserve's Beige Book
Trending: What will it take for Apple shares to rise?
Apple shares closed up 0.9% at $107.73 on Friday, but the share price has, all told, been jobbing a range of $110 to $90 since December 2015. That has had some pundits thinking
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Apple chief Tim Cook slams EU tax fee
Tim Cook cranked up his outrage levels today over the EU’s US$14.5bn unpaid tax penalty.