Game changers - Marketwatch
If tech firms are the rock stars of the corporate world, their new releases are like popular songs. If a product is a hit, it can top the charts. Apple shares, for instance, climbed 16% in the first month after the iPhone’s debut in 2007. A flop can

Avago closes overallotment option on offering - Forbes
The offering’s underwriters exercised their options to purchase 3.75 million shares from selling shareholders at $17.41 per share. The option was exercised in full on Tuesday. It followed a secondary offering of 25 million shares. No money from the

The veteran smart phone maker continues to struggle - DailyTech
Palm was on a sharp slide over the last couple years, thanks in part to the rising success of Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones and the Apple iPhone. That’s a foreign position for the company, as it was on the forefront of the smartphone

The company’s $40B USD cash stockpile allows the company to “write a - DailyTech
Apple is currently sitting on a vast pile of cash — an estimated $40B USD — equal to about one fifth of its market capitalization. That’s a rarity in the business world to say the least; in fact just about no company in tech industry, other than

The Right Way To Squirrel Money From the Taxman - Wall Street Journal
The drawback is that full income taxes are owed on the conversion. Anyone converting in 2010 can defer those taxes into 2011 and 2012. But many are planning to take the hit this year to lock in the 2010 rate. Costs associated with Roth IRAs are

Game changers - Marketwatch
If tech firms are the rock stars of the corporate world, their new releases are like popular songs. If a product is a hit, it can top the charts. Apple shares, for instance, climbed 16% in the first month after the iPhone’s debut in 2007. A flop can

Avago closes overallotment option on offering - Forbes
The offering’s underwriters exercised their options to purchase 3.75 million shares from selling shareholders at $17.41 per share. The option was exercised in full on Tuesday. It followed a secondary offering of 25 million shares. No money from the

The veteran smart phone maker continues to struggle - DailyTech
Palm was on a sharp slide over the last couple years, thanks in part to the rising success of Research In Motion’s Blackberry smartphones and the Apple iPhone. That’s a foreign position for the company, as it was on the forefront of the smartphone

The company’s $40B USD cash stockpile allows the company to “write a - DailyTech
Apple is currently sitting on a vast pile of cash — an estimated $40B USD — equal to about one fifth of its market capitalization. That’s a rarity in the business world to say the least; in fact just about no company in tech industry, other than

The Right Way To Squirrel Money From the Taxman - Wall Street Journal
The drawback is that full income taxes are owed on the conversion. Anyone converting in 2010 can defer those taxes into 2011 and 2012. But many are planning to take the hit this year to lock in the 2010 rate. Costs associated with Roth IRAs are