When Comcast launches a Web-based TV service this fall, first in Boston, it’ll be an acid test for another spin of the “skinny bundle” — a lower-priced TV package with limited channels. Apple (AAPL) will pay attention, analysts say, because its much-anticipated Web-TV service may resemble Comcast’s in some ways, if as expected it’s launched in 2016. The launch depends on whether Apple can negotiate streaming rights to live broadcast content, as
A flash in the pan is exciting, but great stocks tend to have a great track record of earnings and sales. Today’s Screen of the Day is Top Fundamentals, that is, companies with three-year EPS and sales growth rates of at least 25%. Below, we’ll look at four tech stocks with stellar fundamentals: Apple (AAPL) supplier Avago Technologies (AVGO), Facebook (FB), Palo Alto Networks (PANW) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN). Avago Technologies Buying
Stereo headphones from Apple (AAPL) and its subsidiary Beats Electronics drown out the competition when it comes to U.S. teen consumers. Piper Jaffray’s semiannual survey of U.S. teenagers found that Beats by Dr. Dre is the No. 1 brand of headphones. Asked which brand of headphones they planned to buy next, 44.2% of teens said they planned to get Beats, up from 41.9% in the spring and 43.7% in fall 2014. Apple ranked second with 31.7%, up from