Frontpage » Tag » dow jones

News tagged with dow jones

Related topics: ipad , iphone , apple

Apple files fresh lawsuit against Samsung

US technology giant Apple said Friday it has filed a lawsuit in South Korea claiming Samsung Electronics copied its products, in the latest round of an international legal battle between the pair.

Technology / Business

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India may probe complaint against Apple: official

India may investigate a complaint against Apple after allegations the U.S. computer giant violated local competition laws, an antitrust agency official told Dow Jones Newswires Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mimicry among stocks can predict stock market crashes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Since early October 2008, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average began its drop that reached a low point the following March, many questions have been raised - particularly about what caused ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (18) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Metric predicts stock market 'flash' crashes

The May 6, 2010, stock market crash briefly erased almost $1 trillion in value and plunged the Dow Jones Industrial Average into its biggest intraday fall ever. The market recovered most of its losses within the hour, but ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Analyzing almost 10 million tweets, research finds public mood can predict Dow days in advance

Measurements of the collective public mood derived from millions of tweets can predict the rise and fall of the Dow Jones Industrial Average up to a week in advance with an accuracy approaching 90 percent, ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Former physicist investigates May 6 flash crash

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010, investors have been wondering exactly what happened that Friday afternoon. As stock markets were trending down due to concern about the debt crisis ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Microsoft raises dividend 23 percent to 16 cents

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday it is raising its quarterly dividend for the first time in two years in a move that will return more of the software maker's nearly $37 billion cash hoard to its shareholders.

Technology / Business

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wall Street's super traders come under fire

A handful of traders who master stock markets using ultra-fast computers may soon face a clampdown by US watchdogs as they try to prevent freak electronic glitches.

Technology / Business

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Take-Two posts larger 4Q loss on higher charges

(AP) -- Charges and expenses outweighed higher sales and drove video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. to post a wider fourth-quarter loss on Thursday, as billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn reported ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

World Newspaper Congress opens in India

(AP) -- Newspaper executives and editors gathered in India from around the world Tuesday heard calls to seek more payment for their content on the Internet as they decried their industry's sharply falling ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China chip maker to pay $200 mln to settle TSMC claims

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said Tuesday China's top chip maker will pay it 200 million US dollars cash after they settled a long-running dispute over alleged theft of trade secrets.

Technology / Business

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert

A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

What does Wall Street's recovery mean to Main Street?

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, among the world?s most closely watched stock indexes, closed above the 10,000-point mark last week for the first time since October 2008, a milestone that ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Away from the financial bust, tech stocks boomed

(AP) -- Intel Corp. and other technology stocks helped lead the way as markets climbed out of the trough they fell into in March - even as the recession kept many big corporations and consumers sitting on their wallets instead ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yahoo! sells stake in Alibaba.com for 150 mln dlrs

US Internet company Yahoo! announced on Monday that it has sold its one percent stake in Hong Kong-listed e-commerce company Alibaba.com for some 150 million dollars.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0