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  • Three Issues That Hold Back Facebook's Profitability

    By John Paul Fowler - September 27, 2012 | Tickers: FB, GOOG | Editor's Choice

    After Facebook’s (NASDAQ: FB) horrific IPO bomb, Mark  Zuckerberg finally emerged from hiding to speak at a recent tech conference and to rally the troops. While his speech was partially successful, it also quietly distracted investors from bigger issues hindering short-term profitability. He did this by raising a hot topic that he knew would, momentarily, distract most stakeholders from FB’s mobile strategy shortcomings: He threw HTML 5 under more »

  • The End of iPhone Cowboys Could Double Sales in China

    By John Paul Fowler - September 26, 2012 | Tickers: AAPL, CMGE

    You’ll never hear it from Apple  (NASDAQ: AAPL), but ever since the first iPhone was launched, there has been a thriving, extremely lucrative black market in China and Hong Kong for the latest iPhones. Oddly enough, the players in this back-alley world range from well-heeled and opportunistic Westerners to the poorest Chinese locals looking to get their first real taste of American entrepreneurship with a Chinese twist. It’s more »