The Apple Economy

Budget Battles

  • Apple’s App Store Bigger Than Hollywood Box Office

    By Amey Stone

    On Tuesday, Apple posted the largest quarterly profit of any company in history. Its $18 billion net income, up from $13 billion a year ago, is mainly due to selling 74.5 million iPhones in the...

  • Why Google Keeps Struggling Against Facebook

    By John Melloy, CNBC

    Shares of Google may struggle in coming years as the company faces a maturing search business, lower margins in other products and increased competition from Facebook , according to a Wall Street...

  • CES 2015: Prepare for 3D​ Printers and VR

    By Cnbc Staff, CNBC

    Don't hold your breath for any completely brand new technologies coming out of the International Consumer Electronics Show this year, as the focus among the 3,500 vendors will be more on improving—...

  • Intel Earbuds

    Why 2015 May Be the Year of the Ear for Wearables

    By Nyshka Chandran, CNBC

    Forget smartwatches and the Google Glass - 2015 may be the year of the ear for wearable technology. "There's some interesting information you can capture through the ear. We've been looking at things...

  • Apple faithful line up for latest, larger iPhones

    How Apple Won Christmas 2014 — and the Year in Mobile

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    Apple capped off a strong comeback year with a very merry Christmas. The iPhone 6 and other Apple smartphones and tablets accounted for 51.3 percent of all such devices activated in the week through...

  • Steve Jobs' FBI File: Read It Now

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Steve Jobs, the former Apple CEO who passed away last October, was recommended for a post during the George H. W. Bush administration, according to a 191-page file on the Apple co-founder just...

  • The Two Questions on Apple Investors' Minds

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Can Apple (AAPL) thrive without Steve Jobs at its helm? Months after the legendary founder of Apple succumbed to cancer, the resounding reply to that question appears to be in the affirmative. Indeed...

  • Apple Delivers Blowout Earnings

    By Poornima Gupta, Reuters

    Apple's quarterly results blew past Wall Street's expectations after U.S. consumers snapped up near-unprecedented numbers of iPhones and iPads, sending its shares up 8 percent into record territory.

  • Analysts Make Up with Apple as Stock Soars

    By Yuval Rosenberg

    As Wall Street waits for Apple’s next quarterly update, due on Jan. 24, analysts have been busy raising their earnings estimates and their price targets for the stock.

  • CES 2012: A New Picture of the Future of TV

    By Steve Wildstrom, The Fiscal Times

    Internet-connected television sets have failed to gain much traction with consumers, but the prospects are suddenly getting a lot more interesting.