Tag Archives: Third Quarter

No News Is Bad News: JC Penney Tanks After Saying Zilch About Holiday Sales

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If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. JC Penney apparently took that old adage to heart, when it released “Comments on Holiday Performance.” The press release was only...
    






T-Mobile’s Gatecrashing CEO May Be A Marketing Genius

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Eccentric CEOs are a rare breed even in the cutting-edge world of technology, but T-Mobile boss John Legere is one of them, and that may prove an advantage for a company eager to lure customers from...
    






Samsung’s 4Q profit hit by slowing mobile growth

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Samsung's profit falls for first time in 2 years, highlights smartphone challenges. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Quarterly earnings at Samsung Electronics Co. fell for the first time in...
    






Huawei phone is so big it can charge other phones

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New Huawei Ascend Mate2 phone is so big it can be used to charge other phones LAS VEGAS (AP) — Huawei, China's largest cellphone manufacturer, is releasing a phone that can be thought...
    






Ready To Text The Fridge? LG’s Partnership With LINE Lets You Message Home Appliances

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The simple act of text messaging may take us step closer to smarter homes. LG Electronics has unveiled a virtual assistant service that lets customers text their wireless home appliances through the...
    






Why One Analyst Says Facebook Stock Is Hot Despite Site’s Dwindling Cool Factor

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As parents and grandparents have joined the ranks of Facebook’s most active users, the site’s bread and butter — the teenage and Millennial sets — have increasingly turned their attention to sites...
    






College Branded Sunglasses Company Counts Alabama And Oklahoma As Licensors

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An 8:30 p.m. ET start-time provides no need for fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide or Oklahoma Sooners to be wearing sunglasses.  Same can be said about the two teams taking part in a match-up to be...
    






Where Will The S&P 500 Finish In 2014?

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2013 was a banner year for investors, as the market hit record highs. Both the Dow and S&P 500 finished the year with their largest gains in over a decade, with the latter up an amazing 30%. But...
    






Five Of The Smartest Retail Moves In 2013

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Retailers reeled from all manner of missteps, blunders and outright fiasco’s this year – from Abercrombie & Fitch’s image battering no-large-sizes ethos to J.C. Penney’s sales hemorrhaging coupon...