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You won't be able to ignore this Apple bite Tue, 23/10/2012 - 12:05 by Akshay Sharma A record 61 percent iOS users have already upgraded their devices to the latest version iOS 6! Comments	Honda confirms 1 Million sales of Hybrid car Tue, 16/10/2012 - 17:11 by Akshay Sharma Honda's rival Toyota though is way ahead, having achieved the mark in 2007, and has sold 2 million cars till now. Comments	Apple and Android rise as Nokia and RIM fall Tue, 08/02/2011 - 16:55 by Yasser Ali We all saw it coming and now it’s true. Google’s Android, which was once dubbed as a simple experiment and predicted by some to be a failure, is now giving stiff competition to Nokia’s Symbian and RIM’s Blackberry OS. Comments Read more
Here's That Dreaded Reverse Split! Sat, 01/01/2011 - 10:54 by Anders Bylund Attempts to lift Evergreen Solar (Nasdaq: ESLR) out of the penny-stock swamp by natural means aren't working. Here comes the reverse split! Evergreen will trade under the new symbol ESLRD for 20 days starting tomorrow (yes, the split happens on a Saturday). The market is taking this in stride as the plan was approved months ago and largely finalized this month. Monday morning, Evergreen's shares should be worth about $3 per share, reflecting a 1-for-6 reverse split. Comments Read more	The 10 Worst Networking and Electronics Stocks of 2010 Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:30 by Eric Bleeker It's been a pretty kind year to stock investors, with the S&P showing a 12.8% gain in 2010. Of course, kindness might still feel relative after a lost decade of negative returns that included the nauseating depths and panic of the financial crisis. Comments Read more	Will You Have a Job in 2011? Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:17 by Rich Smith According to The Wall Street Journal, online job postings at the beginning of this month were up 2 million over their year-ago levels. That's nearly twice as high as at the depths of the Great Recession, just before Warren Buffett crunched the data at his Berkshire Hathawaysubsidiaries and declared the recession over. Citing a need for skilled technical employees, the Journal notes that there's considerable hiring under way at AT&T (NYSE: T), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), and WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) -- but not just there. Comments Read more
Still Too Early to Cheer Housing Starts Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:05 by Andrew Bond We recently learned that housing starts "beat" expectations in November, rising 3.9% over the previous month. I am not a housing expert, but I thought increasing supply in an already oversaturated market with depressed demand is a bad thing. However, a recent Bloomberg article discusses why more homebuilding is a positive for the economy as it would add a significant amount of jobs to the economy. While this may be true, I believe improvement would be offset by a continuing decline in home prices. Comments Read more	Who Will Follow Valence Technology's Lead? Fri, 31/12/2010 - 17:08 by Travis Hoium As the market starts to come around on commercial fleet electric vehicles, Valence Technology (Nasdaq: VLNC) is rewarding shareholders who looked past flashier stocks. Valence doesn't have a big flashy deal with Fisker, like A123 Systems (Nasdaq: AONE), or with Volvo, like Ener1(Nasdaq: HEV), but it is riding the success of little-known Smith Electric's commercial vehicles. Comments Read more	Must-Reads for Your Holidays Fri, 31/12/2010 - 15:27 by Travis Hoium The past year wasn't a blowout one for IPOs, but the market did demonstrate its ability to inhale a good business and spit out a bad one. Both established and speculative companies made the list of IPOs this year, and performance wasn't too shabby for some of the higher-profile names: Comments Read more
Challenging the Bulls: Is the Housing Market Still a Threat to the Stock Market? Fri, 31/12/2010 - 15:15 by Eben Esterhuizen Coming off the rally stocks have seen in the latter half of 2010, hopes are high for 2011. But several dark clouds remain on the economic horizon, with the lingering housing crisis looming largest. Unlike most other industries, the sector has yet to stage anything resembling a recovery. And the light at the end of tunnel may be further off than anyone would care to admit. Comments Read more	The Best Way to Play the Rare Earth Run-up Fri, 31/12/2010 - 15:06 by Rich Smith Earlier this week, I noted that high-flying rare-earth minerMolycorp (NYSE: MCP) looked overvalued, and more likely to decline in price than Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), another stock sitting atop its current 52-week high. Profitless where Exxon is wildly profitable, dividend-less where Exxon pays 2.4%, and priced at a book value three times that of the oil giant, I saw little hope that Molycorp would continue to outperform the market going forward. Comments Read more	The Best Stocks for 2011: Gammon Gold Fri, 31/12/2010 - 14:53 by Christopher Barker This article is part of our "Best Stocks for 2011" series where our Foolish writers pick their top stock ideas for the year ahead. Click here to see a review of last year's picks and our 12 recommendations for the year ahead. I will wrestle with this decision no longer. Comments Read more