Wednesday’s tough trading environment rocked Netflix (NFLX) and IBM (IBM) stocks a day after the companies’ fourth-quarter reports beat earnings estimates. Over the next seven days, other big-cap techs Verizon (VZ), SAP (SAP) and Apple (AAPL) are also set to give quarterly reports. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq pared steep, early losses Wednesday, following a rough trading day on Asian and European stock markets. Crude oil fell below $27 a barrel,
Wednesday’s tough trading environment rocked Netflix (NFLX) and IBM (IBM) stocks the morning after the companies’ fourth-quarter reports beat earnings estimates. Over the next seven days, other big-cap techs Verizon (VZ), SAP (SAP) and Apple (AAPL) are also set to give quarterly reports. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq pared steep, early losses Wednesday, following a rough trading day on Asian and European stock markets. Crude oil fell below $27 a barrel,
The Apple (AAPL) iPhone claimed the top share of mobile sales and visits over the holiday season as consumers stepped up the pace of spending online and vastly increased their use of smartphones, according to a report out Tuesday. Consumers spent $83 billion online during the 2015 holiday season — from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 — up 12.7% from 2014, according to data from Adobe Digital Index, released by Adobe Systems (ADBE) . Overall, desktop drove 50% of