Apple releases new cheaper iMac with low-end processor, priced at $1099 As rumored last week, Apple has today released a new model of iMac. These machines are considerably cheaper than their predecessors, priced at $1099. Previously, the cheapest iMac SKU was priced at $1299 (which is now the mid-range model). The cheaper iMac features a 1.4 GHz dual-core i5 CPU, which represents a significant worsening in performance over the previous base model of iMac, which featured ...
Apple Settles E-Books Pricing Case With States, Consumers Apple Inc. (AAPL) reached a settlement with U.S. states and consumers seeking damages over the company’s fixing of electronic book prices, avoiding a trial in which it faced as much as $840 million in claims. The trial set for July involved cases related to a ruling last year that company had orchestrated an illegal scheme with publishers to raise e-book prices. ...
Can Apple continue to dazzle consumers with new services and products? Has the U.S. economy continued to create new jobs at a rate of more than 200,000 a month? Will decisions on interest rates by the European and British central banks cause action in securities markets? These are just three of the big questions investors will get answers to this coming week, which also brings other economic news and indicators including updates ...
Twitter doesn't have to grow into Facebook for the stock to pay off, Robert Peck says. Shares of Twitter, which are down 50% this year and recently fell below $30 for the first time since last November’s IPO, were up more than 3% at $33.06 before the opening bell Monday. More...