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As many smartphones as people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... to this section of the market. The increasing rate of smartphone takeup reinforces forecasts that Android will overtake Apple's iOS as the leading smartphone platform by 2014 even if by only a small margin. The trend explains why telecommunications industry ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012
... 4,124.4 points. NEW YORK - US shares have racked up strong gains with the Nasdaq adding nearly 2.5 per cent helped by an Apple surge, but Facebook shares flipped below their IPO price on their first full day of trading. Jumps in the prices of the Nasdaq's ...

Facebook IPO price raises queries on value

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012
... better bet at the moment. "In terms of competition, they are clearly saying they are going after companies like Google and Apple and have even mentioned the possibility of launching a Facebook phone - but they have to have applications people can use." ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... 13,213.63, while the S&P 500 index lost 5.45 (0.39 per cent) to 1,397.91. Drops by two of the Nasdaq's biggest companies, Apple and Google, dragged that index down 22.84 (0.74 per cent) to 3,046.36. Data on US consumer spending released before the opening ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... Michael McCarthy said investors were inspired by very good leads from overseas. "Clearly the US markets were influenced by the Apple result, the subsequent jump in the share price, which was a major contributor to the performance of US markets overnight ...

Wow on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... the Dow only scored a 0.7% gain while we slept, the broader S&P 500 index jumped by 1.4% and the Nasdaq soared plus 2.3% (Apple's better than expected earnings result helped here). The Fed saw that it was good. It raised its 2012 GDP growth outlook to ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
The Australian market looks set to open higher following gains on Wall Street overnight after blockbuster profits from Apple, a solid showing by Boeing, and the US Federal Reserve predicted the US economic growth would pick up. At 0800 AEST on Thursday ...

Market Wrap-Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2012
... was up 1.6 points, or 0.1 per cent to 1,378.53 points. However the Nasdaq fell 7.11 points, or 0.2 per cent to 3,000.45 as Apple shares sank 2.5 per cent. LONDON - European stock markets and the euro were firmer after solid business confidence data from ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... benchmark FTSE 100 index of top companies was up 1.78 per cent at 5,766.95 points. US shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth inspired buyers. The Dow Jones Industrial ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012
... as the market waits for the next issue of the European debt issue." NEW YORK - US shares surged, led by a huge jump from Apple as several positive earnings surprises and the IMF's improved outlook for world growth inspired buyers. The Dow Jones Industrial ...