It was not that long ago that Apple (AAPL) appeared to be bullet-proof in its control of the mobile market, but that is no longer the case, and Android powered devices are slowly but surely chipping away at Apple's dominance. When Google (GOOG) released Android there had been several other mobile operating systems that had tried and failed to compete against Apple's popular iPhone, but Google has a hit on their ...

It is a big day for healthcare, with several big names reporting their quarterly earnings before today's market open. One of the companies that reported earnings this morning was Procter & Gamble (PG) which reported its fiscal third quarter results. Going into this morning earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Procter & Gamble report earnings of $0.97 per share. Actual quarterly earnings came in a penny under analyst forecasts ...

Online retailer Amazon.com (AMZN) will get its chance to impress Wall Street this afternoon when it reports its first quarter results after the closing bell. Going into this afternoon's quarterly report, analysts are expecting to see Amazon post earnings of $0.61 per share on revenues of $9.55 billion. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.66 per share with earnings of $7.13 billion. Why Amazon Earnings Are Important: Since Amazon ...

Online auction e-commerce site eBay (EBAY) announced that it plans to buy Boston based mobile advertising provider, Where Inc. Financial terms have not been disclosed, but eBay did announce that it plans to integrate its Paypal system into the mobile app. Where offers users "location aware" advertisements, as well as a "mobile discovery" service that allows its users to find new and interesting things close to where they are. eBay's plan to integrate ...

Apple Inc. (AAPL) reported its fiscal second quarter earnings numbers this afternoon, and shattering analyst estimates on amazing iPhone sales. As we noted in our Apple earnings preview, Apple was expected to post quarterly earnings of $5.36 for its fiscal second quarter this afternoon. Actual earnings came in well above estimates at $6.40 per share. Revenues were also better than expected at $24.7 billion, while analysts were expecting $23.4 billion. The quarter earnings ...

Tech giant Apple Inc. (AAPL) will get its chance to impress investors this afternoon when the company reports its fiscal second quarter results. Going into this afternoon's earnings report, analysts are expecting to see Apple report earnings of $5.36 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $3.33 per share. It has been a busy quarter for Apple, which launched the iPad 2, began its deal to ...

Shares of financial giant State Street (STT) are trading sharply higher this morning after the company posted better than expected results for its first quarter this morning. Going into this morning's first quarter earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see State Street report earnings of $0.85 per share, but actual earnings came in above estimates at $0.88 per share. During the same period last year the company had earnings of $0.75. Revenues ...

Gasoline prices continue to rise, and most analysts expect to see gas easily surpass its 2008 record high of $4.11 a gallon before all is said and done. With oil trading just shy of $109 a barrel (as of the time of writing this oil is trading at $108.34 a barrel), it is little doubt that high gasoline prices are here to stay for a while, and with the high demand ...

Search engine giante Google Inc. (GOOG) will be reporting its first quarter results tomorrow following the market close, with analysts expecting to see the company report earnings of $8.11 per share. What makes tomorrow's conference call all the more interesting to investors is that it will mark the first time that Larry Page will make public comments since he assumed his original role as the company's CEO. Page, who was one of ...

The market is set for a lower open this morning following weaker than expected first quarter revenues from bellwether stock Alcoa (AA). Going into last night's first quarter earnings report, analysts had been expecting to see Alcoa report earnings of $0.27 per share, on revenues of $6.3 billion. Alcoa kicked off the earnings season by posting better than expected earnings of $0.28 per share, but revenues disappointed at just $6 billion. The company ...