“U.S. stocks tumbled the most in eight weeks, as Apple Inc. sank on snafus related to its new smartphone and concern mounted that Russia may seize foreign assets,” Joseph Ciolli and Oliver Renick report for Businessweek.
“Apple plunged 3.3 percent to send technology stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the biggest decline since April,” Ciolli and Renick report. “The S&P 500 fell 1.5 percent to 1,967.97 at 2:05 p.m. in New York, with all but 17 of the index’s components declining. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 251.81 points, or 1.5 percent, to 16,958.25. The Nasdaq 100 Index slid 2 percent. All three gauges are having their worst performance since July 31. Trading in S&P 500 stocks was in line with the 30-day average.”
“Apple’s 3.3 percent slide was the biggest since Sept. 3. The company pulled a new mobile-software update after the program caused some people to lose cellular service yesterday,” Ciolli and Renick report. “Scores of consumers also criticized the new 6 Plus iPhone and how it can bend.”
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Buy.
Going down?!….yay!
Oh, puleeze…
“Scores of consumers also criticized the new 6 Plus iPhone and how it can bend.”
Scores of the millions of units sold sounds like an earth-shattering problem for sure…
9 people to be exact.
Unreal how disinformation can be spread around so easly.
Jourslism = manipulation..
Gone are the days of integrity ..
The market always gets jittery in the fall. I wouldn’t worry about Apple stock though. When people are thinking, “Oh good, I hope all the negative press keeps the crowds away so I can get my new phone faster” you know it’s going to be a blockbuster year.
Liquidmetal is easily 12-18 months away from even limited use. Apple watch v.2 will look the same, btw, but allow upgraded innards and will begin offering a liquidmetal body. That’s spring 2015. Iphone 7 will also have an option.
As for the Russians, read “the Next 100 years” by Friedman (not the nytimes one.) Russia will continue to surge for another 5-7 years before being crushed once again by their own weight. The next 5-7 years could suck for Europe though.
Liquidmetal is spring 2016. My mistake.
“Scores of consumers” — that many!! That must be a huge percentage of people who bought the 6 Plus.
Scores of people= 9 people
I wonder how many people have various complaints about
– Samsung phones?
– Microblows software updates?
Scores of Android users. They shouldn’t be taken into consideration.
It’s time for Timber to take a hike.
I have the 6+, Yes there is a little flex when you try to bend it… but what idiot puts this big phone in their back or front pants pocket??? It fits nicely in my shirt pocket. It is a big phone, I wouldn’t have minded a little thicker case for strength.
… (O_o) …
Meanwhile, Apple skyrockets in global worth and success.
Wallnut Street on drugs and manipulative bullshit.
“…. as Apple stumbles and tumbles”. So it is all Apple’s fault that the market fell 260 points? Google fell more than $10. Why is it not Google’s fault?
$4/share. Big whoop.