PODCAST: Bank of America shells out, Nickelodean half-shells out and there are no clams for the junk-store Renoir
Friday, September 28, 2012 - 10:34 Spencer Platt/Getty Images People walk by a Bank of America branch in Times Square on September 20, 2012 in New York City. Bank of America will pay $2.4 billion to shareholders as part of a settlement announced this morning. The bank admits no wrongdoing, but the settlement is compensation for maybe not telling shareholders the whole story when BofA bought the struggling brokerage Merrill Lynch back in 2008. And Apple takes time out of its morning to tell us "I'm sorry." CEO Tim Cook posted an online letter to iPhone customers, saying that with its Apple Maps application the company fell short of its commitment to making best-in-class products. People who bought the new iPhone5 or upgraded the software on their old iPhones have been forced to use Apple Maps instead of Google Maps, which used to be the standard. Cook says Apple will be working non-stop until Apple Maps is up to snuff. That's not the only Apple product dying on the vine -- users of Apple's ...
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Apple Shares Plunge 10% on Slowing Growth, New Product Jitters
For years, Apple consistently beat Wall Street expectations, not only because the company habitually low-balled its financial projections, but also because it was growing at a rate and scale that was virtually unprecedented in the history of corporate America. It appears those days are over. For the third consecutive quarter, Apple, the world’s largest technology company, fell short of analyst estimates, sending the company’s stock down a whopping 10% in after-hours trading, wiping out nearly $50 billion in shareholder value. Although it reported record financial results, Apple’s slowing growth has raised questions about the next phase in the company’s evolution. (MORE: Apple Profit Surges 24% Ahead of Holiday Blowout; CEO Tim Cook Disses Microsoft) One thing is for sure: The numbers associated with Apple’s business are staggering. Apple sold 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads during the holiday quarter, but both of those figures were about one million short of analyst ...
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