Tag: economics

When Apple iPhones ring, the economy listens

Monday, October 27, 2014 8:58 am21 Comments

Since Sept. 19, when the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling, the iPhone 6 Plus, went on sale…

Japan’s Renesas to sell iPhone display chip business to Synaptics, not Apple, sources say

Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:00 pmTuesday, May 27, 20143 Comments

Renesas Electronics Corp plans to sell its majority stake in a maker of iPhone display chips…

Apple looks to integrate display chip design; puts overseas cash to work

Thursday, April 10, 2014 10:01 amThursday, April 10, 201411 Comments

The world’s leading manufacturer of drivers and controllers for small- and mid-sized LCD displays…

Apple and Renesas: The economics of what Apple is doing with their mountain or cash

Thursday, April 3, 2014 4:28 pmThursday, April 3, 20147 Comments

Apple does, as we know, have a vast cash pile…

U.S. stocks tumble with darkened view of jobs report in mind

Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:00 amThursday, June 6, 201331 Comments

U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday for a second session as data on U.S. private-sector jobs…

Analyst: Apple’s blockbuster iPhone 5 could be huge lift for China

Monday, September 17, 2012 3:01 pm4 Comments

Up to 1/3rd of Chinese export growth in 4Q12 will be Apple-related…

Economists weigh in on Apple’s U.S. job creation claims

Monday, March 5, 2012 8:56 am39 Comments

Apple has made its first attempt to quantify how many American jobs…

Apple and the American economy

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:33 pm28 Comments

In Apple, we have a company that’s been phenomenally successful, making products people love and…

Apple, Steve Jobs, Obama, America and a squeezed middle class

Saturday, January 21, 2012 5:23 pmSaturday, January 21, 201260 Comments

When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley’s top luminaries for dinner in California last February…