Slideshow: No iPhone For China Mobile, iPad Demand Remains High, And More From The Third Week Of December

Apple AAPL and China Mobile CHL are close…yet so far away. While many investors expected the world's largest carrier to ink an official deal with one of the world's largest smartphone manufacturers, it hasn't happened yet. On the bright side, a Benzinga poll showed that iPad demand is as high as ever. Meanwhile, Best Buy BBY received a grim prediction from a prominent analyst. SolarCity SCTY announced a new charity initiative. Target TGT made consumers wish they had shopped elsewhere on Black Friday. Tesla TSLA teased a future announcement. Microsoft MSFT gave an update on its Xbox TV show initiative. And Google GOOG excited the world with its robotic experiments. Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this slideshow.