Brian Marshall

In a note to investors this month, Oppenheimer's Yair Reiner said Apple could have a tablet out by late March or April based on checks with contacts in the U.S. Brian Marshall, an analyst with Broadpoint AmTech, expects the device to launch late in the first quarter, but he said the rise in Apple shares Thursday had more to do with investor behavior at the end of the year. Read More

Apple Inc. shares hit an all-time high Thursday after a published report suggested the intensely scrutinized yet secretive company may be getting ready for a major product announcement. Read More

Apple shares hit an all-time high Thursday after a published report suggested that the intensely scrutinized yet secretive company might be getting ready for a major product announcement. Read More

Another analysis firm, Gartner (NYSE: IT), projects that smartphone sales will increase over the next few years, with software, services and content being much bigger drivers than hardware. Read More

Though Apple's stock has underperformed in the last 10 days, one analyst expects it to rebound by the end of the month before Apple closes out what is forecast to be a "blow-out" quarter. Read More

The parent company of Busch Gardens will change its name. Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Dallas and New Orleans-based hurricane restoration company and several executives for lying about non-existent business deals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and fraudulently inflating the company's stock price before the company's CEO sold millions of dollars in company shares. Read More

AT&T will lose its exclusive hold on the iPhone in June 2010, analyst Brian Marshall said recently. Read More

That's when AT&T's (T) iPhone exclusivity contract with Apple (AAPL) expires — according to Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall , anyway. Read More