Nokia: market share lowering due to iPhone

Nokia today preemptively lowered its market share estimates for the summer quarter, warning that it expects to lose share compared to the spring. The company had previously predicted that its market share would remain largely flat but now claims that multiple concerns have forced it to change its view; the firm remains deliberately unspecific regarding which firms are taking that share but claims...

Napster faces proxy fight with 3 investors

The shareholders, seeking board seats, want the digital music service to turn around its stock slump or pursue a sale. Napster Inc. has struggled to catch the ear of enough customers. Now the company is out of tune with some of its big shareholders.

Opinion: How Apple can gain significant OS market share

Never before has Apple had such a fine opportunity to grab considerable market share from Microsoft. But in order to do that, it must first be willing to change its tactics.Read More...

Stocks tumble ahead of House bailout vote

Financial markets tumbled through another difficult session Monday ahead of a planned early afternoon House vote on an unpopular $700 billion plan to rescue troubled financial companies and as investors examined a deal for Wachovia Corp. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points, while demand for safe-haven buying in government debt remained high ahead of the vote.

The only good news is that the whole market is suffering

This column can take little comfort in the growing number of professional investors facing demands by clients for their money back. If the Tempus Ten were a private fund – rather than a notional portfolio aimed at enriching the readers of The Times – it would probably be in a similar pass.

Sprint Nextel reports 2Q loss, its stock slides

Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said Wednesday it swung to a second-quarter loss on severance and other charges but still beat Wall Street expectations.