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As the blogosphere has run rampant these days with the possibility of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) TV, that other technological Juggernaut has moved to preempt. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has filed a patent for a Siri-like user-interface for Google TV. No word yet on whether this development is...

Right off the bat, we should admit that not all of the ETFs mentioned here are specific to the gambling industry. There is just one ETF devoted to casino operators and related fare and it has already been noted ETFs are often short on marquee casino stocks such as Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) and...

As investors take a short break from venerating Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares, the company may have just signaled more progress to unifying its desktop and mobile operating systems. Beta versions of Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion are in developers hands, and with it, your Mac will soon be fluent in iOS...

You cannot turn on a business show or leaf through a journal and not encounter some type of discussion on what Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) should do with its outsize accumulation of cash and equivalents. Some type of shareholder distribution is the most popular wishful speculation so far. Even your cousin...

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares appear to know no bounds, but catalysts keep on coming. Wall Street Journal has confirmed what thousands of Apple-focused tech sites had been speculating since before iPad 2. iPad iterations destined for AT&T and Verizon will feature 4G LTE. The Journal also...

Facebook is now a public company. It has filed a $5 billion IPO that is expected, in all likelihood, to be the proverbial mother of its kind. Before it trades its first share, however, it has yet to choose an exchange. Resiliently private until now, Facebook had been contemplating an initial...

By Vincent Trivett Can Howard Schultz sell lattes in the land of tea? Struggling to find areas for growth, Starbucks (SBUX) is looking to create a coffee market where one hardly exists: India. The Seattle-based café chain is entering into a 50-50 joint venture with India's Tata conglomerate...

Despite muted optimism that the American economy might be on the road to recovery, the outlook for Las Vegas appears gloomy. Nevada casino giant MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM), which operates several properties on the Las Vegas strip such as the Bellagio, MGM Grand, The Mirage, Mandalay Bay, the Luxor,...

Is space the final frontier of investing? Recent developments suggest that it is. Whereas China may be preparing for a manned journey to the moon, Fox DC reported on Jan. 19 that "Russia is talking with the US and Europe on plans to create a manned research base on the moon." The head of the...

With controversy surrounding Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL) at this very moment, it is no wonder its stock price fell so rapidly over the last few days, down 10.88 percent from the weekend. The moment Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Italy, CEO Micky Arison may as well kissed a...