electronics

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co said Friday its operating profit fell 56% year-over-year in the second quarter to 6.5 trillion Korean won ($5.5 billion) as memory chips continue to experience weakness in both price and demand, according to CNBC. What Happened Analysts were modeling for...

Las Vegas -- Technology is great, but it can't solve all problems. The government shutdown has forced the cancellation of several scheduled speakers at the Consumer Electronics Show. The world's largest tech show gets fully underway tomorrow, but the government shutdown has forced several...

Despite the steady rise of popularity in video game culture, retailer GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME) appears to be on its last life. The Analysts Jefferies analyst Stephanie Wissink maintained a Buy rating on GameStop with an $18 price target.   Credit Suisse analyst Seth Sigman...

Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE: BBY) reported Tuesday its second-quarter results, which prompted an immediate sell-off in the stock. The Analyst Moody's Charles O'Shea talked Best Buy on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Tuesday morning. The Thesis Best Buy is among the top performing...

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...