5 Stocks That Could Make Ordinary Folks Rich
Fri, 16/07/2010 - 07:17 by Jordan DiPietro
Saving for retirement is an extremely difficult task. If you're like me, after work, family, and errands, there isn't much time left over to plan for the future. And who really has all that extra cash laying around, just waiting to be invested? I know I certainly don't. |
Excess weight means lesser memory in women
Thu, 15/07/2010 - 17:19 by Sophie Anderson
![]() Women interested in keeping their memory sharp during the later years in life need to keep a check on their weight as new research has established a link between weight and memory. |
Consumer Reports does not endorse iPhone 4
Wed, 14/07/2010 - 16:40 by Sophie Anderson
![]() It has been almost a month since the iPhone 4 was launched with much fanfare. Enormous hype was created before the arrival of the gadget. The newest version of the iPhone 4 was welcomed by loyalists who made long serpentine queues outside stores several hours before it was unveiled. |
Google's Viral Sensation
Wed, 14/07/2010 - 11:06 by Rick Aristotle ...
You may not see a budding app developer for Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG)Android platform when you look in a mirror, but it's now within reach after this week's public launch of App Inventor. |
The Biggest Threat to Apple and Google
Tue, 13/07/2010 - 12:27 by Mac Greer
Rob Pegoraro is a technology columnist at The Washington Post. I recently interviewed him on our Motley Fool Money radio show. Here is an edited transcript of our conversation: |
Is This an Omen of Doom or a Buy Signal?
Tue, 13/07/2010 - 02:28 by Matt Koppenheffer
Rarely does the topic of technical analysis come up at The Motley Fool. Unless, of course, we're debunking the idea that staring at charts will do anything more for you than contribute to myopia. |
Even These Stocks Can Pay You Back
Tue, 13/07/2010 - 02:13 by Dan Caplinger
Investors have gotten increasingly frustrated with companies that hoard their cash instead of putting it to better use -- like paying dividends to shareholders. But if you like a particular stock as an investment, but also need to draw income from it, there's still a way to turn you shares into a stream of income. |
Buy, Sell, or Hold Smartphones?
Tue, 13/07/2010 - 01:18 by Motley Fool
Rob Pegoraro is a technology columnist at The Washington Post. We recently interviewed him on our Motley Fool Money radio show. Here is an edited transcript of the conclusion of our conversation, when we wrapped up with a round of buy/sell/hold and touched again on the growing battle between Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) andApple (Nasdaq: AAPL) in the smartphone arena. |
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Picture of the Day: Google Makes a Prank Call
Sat, 10/07/2010 - 11:38 by Rich Smith
I don't know that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) placed a gloating prank call toApple yesterday evening. But given the point of iPhone market share that its Android phones just gained, I wouldn't put it past the folks from Mountain View to lord it over their Cupertino cousins a little. After all, the iPhone hawkers rarely chalk up a losing quarter like this one: |
Google's co-founder accuses Apple's Jobs of ‘rewriting history’
Sat, 10/07/2010 - 10:33 by Priyanka
![]() While addressing media at the Allen & Co. conference this week, Google co-founder, Larry Page along with CEO Eric Schmidt accused Apple CEO Steve Jobs of “re-writing history” by stating that they entered smartphone market after them. |
More Upside: Apple or Google?
Sat, 10/07/2010 - 01:39 by Mac Greer
Nicholas Carr is a technology writer and the author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. On a recent Motley Fool Money Radio Show, Chris Hill asked him about the relative merits of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) andGoogle (Nasdaq: GOOG). This is the second of two parts. |