electronics

Just five years ago, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) was considered to be a "showroom for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN)," whose days as a viable retailer are numbered, CNBC's Jim Cramer said during his daily "Mad Money" show. Fast forward to today and the company "has...

By many measures, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) reported Tuesday an encouraging earnings report, yet the stock lost more than 11 percent by Tuesday afternoon. The move has many investors scratching their heads and wondering what went wrong. There are three reasons that may explain why investors aren'...

Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) released early Tuesday morning its second-quarter results, which initially sent shares soaring higher by more than 7 percent. However, the stock has since given up all of the gains and was trading lower by 5 percent from Monday's closing price. Best Buy reported that it...

Tensions between the United States and North Korea remain elevated, and in theory, war could break out between North Korea, the United States and its allies — including South Korea. If war were to break out in the Korean peninsula, QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) may be the most vulnerable...

If you had a million used cell phones and decided to rip them to shreds, you’d have 75 pounds of gold, 772 pounds of silver, 33 pounds of palladium and a whopping 35,000 pounds of copper, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. At today’s prices, that would fetch nearly a...

Toshiba Corp (USA) (OTC: TOSYY) boosted its earnings forecast for full-year 2016 to yen 34.25 a share on sales of yen 5.4 trillion. Following this, investors are likely keenly watching the consumer electronics space for a similar move from its peers. A few days back, Toshiba boosted its EPS outlook...

Laird PLC, a UK-based global technology company that provides systems, components and solutions to protect electronic devices from electromagnetic interference and heat, saw its London-listed stock crash nearly 50 percent on Wednesday after issuing a profit warning. Laird happens to be a...

It was a rough 2013 for RadioShack (NYSE: RSH). The electronics chain, like a lot of retailers, has been slammed by a still-weak economy and the ongoing migration of consumers from brick-and-mortar stores to shopping online. And despite a popular Super Bowl ad, poking fun at itself and its...

Just over a year ago, many analysts were writing off electronics mega-retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) for dead. The company, like many retailers, faced increasing pressure from online retailer Amazon.com and auction site Ebay.com. Things seemed dismal,  despite the fact Best Buy's main...

It can be challenging to pick just one stock to add to your portfolio, when your choices are between two companies that each have a strong position in the market. Whether it's between Coke and Pepsi, Nike and Reebok or Honda and Toyota, picking a clear winner in the stock purchase game isn't...

In a recent interview, legendary investor Carl Icahn said he was worried about a drop in the stock market -- as many companies were posting better results due to lower borrowing costs, rather than stronger earnings. Consider, then, Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM) -- which has sales and...

It's become a term retailers have learned to dread: “showrooming.” That's when consumers visit brick-and-mortar stores to test out products they're considering – then head home and buy those items on-line,at a better price. Showrooming has certainly taken a toll on some retailers. A Pew...

VeriFone Systems (NYSE: PAY) designs, markets and services electronic payment solutions worldwide. It provides countertop electronic payment systems that accept magnetic, smart card, contactless or radio frequency identification cards and near field communication (NFC) payment options, as well...