Nokia Siemens joint venture unit to be
sold
Nokia Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:NOK) Siemens
Networks, a joint venture between Finnish Company Nokia and the German major Siemens
AG is planning to sell its business support systems unit and is in talks with
potential buyers. Chief Executive Officer Rajeev Suri refused to divulge any names,
only mentioning that the company’s telecom applications business is also on the
block. A few days earlier, an insider
had claimed that Ericsson is in the forefront for buying the business support
systems unit. Shares of NOK are up 5.50%.
Nomura upgrades Sprint
An upgrade of Sprint Nextel
Corporation(NYSE:S) shares by Mike McCormack, analyst at Nomura Securities led
to a rally in the stock on Monday. The analyst replaced the earlier ‘neutral’
stance with a ‘buy’ call as he believes the company’s promise that the ongoing
revamp of its network will result in huge savings. He has also raised the
target price of the stock from $2.5 to $7.
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Although the company has been losing
money for years, the analyst feels that it is now taking concrete steps to
improve margins. Also, price wars in the industry have reduced considerably.
Shares of the company rose to $5.25 at
noon and are close to the year’s high of $5.49. Today, the stock is down 1.65%.
Apple’s iPhone 5 and the U.S. economy
Meanwhile, Apple Inc.(NASDAQ:AAPL) is
likely to launch the iPhone 5 this week.
The event is significant not only for the company, but also for the
economy of the country. According to
Reuters, an economist from JP Morgan has said that the new smartphone could
push the nation’s GDP by a whopping $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter. This adds between 0.25 and 0.5 percent to the
annualized growth of the fourth quarter, says JP Morgan’s chief economist,
Michael Feroli. The California based
company is expected to sell eight million units of the iPhone 5 at $600 per
piece in the fourth quarter.
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