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Technology Stock Roundup: Earnings, Twitter, M&A

With earnings season drawing to a close, rumors about an Apple AAPL order cut and Facebook’s FB new Notify app took center stage last week. Apple Order Cuts Kulbinder Garcha of Credit Suisse should be credited with the slump

Amazon, Apple Audiobooks Deal Under Antitrust Review

Amazon.com (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) are under investigation by German antitrust authorities over their market dominance selling audiobooks. Amazon subsidiary Audible is the exclusive supplier of audiobooks to Apple’s German iTunes store. Combined, the two companies sell about 90% of the audiobooks in Germany, according to the Financial Times . “Both companies hold a strong position in the market for digital audiobooks in Germany,” Andreas Mundt,

Apple iPhone winning where it counts: profits

While some investors fret about Apple’s (AAPL) market share in smartphone unit sales, others note that Apple leads by a mile in the metric that matters most: smartphone profits. In the third quarter, Apple captured 94% of smartphone industry profits, despite accounting for 14.5% of smartphone unit sales, Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley said in a research report Sunday. It was the fourth straight quarter that Apple likely captured over