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• Apple Finds the iPhone Rumor Mill Can Be a Real Grind

  

  The shine is clearly off Apple. Forgive the tired pun, but there really hasn’t been a more appropriate time to use it over the last ten years. And now, as Apple faces stepped-up competition from Samsung, the iPhone faces a PR problem, too.

• Apple Bull Munster Shaves Price Target to $875

  

  A little less optimism means a lower price target for Apple, Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray says.

• ANALYSIS-Apple bid for Samsung sales ban faces skeptical court

  *Appeals court opinion limits Apple leverage in patent war. *Apple asked court to revisit ruling, needs 5 yes votes. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 7- Apple Inc faces long odds in its attempt to overturn an U.S. appeals court ruling that threatens to undermine its smartphone patent war against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd..

• UPDATE 1-Judge rejects part of Apple App Store suit vs Amazon

  SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 2- A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected part of Apple Inc's lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc's use of the term App Store, ruling Apple cannot bring a false advertising claim against the online retailer.

• Tech Investing: Looking for the Digital Red Flags

  

  The trick to investing in the fast-moving tech sector is to catch the red flags -- and know when to fold 'em.

• UPDATE 2-Apple CEO's pay takes big hit vs. record 2011 package

  NEW YORK, Dec 27- Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook's 2012 compensation package of just over $4 million is a huge cut on paper for the top executive of the most valuable U.S. corporation, after a 2011 package fattened by more than $376 million in long-term stock awards.

• ANALYSIS-For tech investors, it's hard to know when to bolt

  Dec 27- When Hewlett-Packard Co agreed to buy British software company Autonomy in August last year for $11.1 billion, two well-known investors made diametrically different bets on how the big deal would play out.

• UPDATE 1-Apple CEO's pay package drops 99 pct from 2011

  NEW YORK, Dec 27- Tim Cook has finally made it to the top at Apple Inc, but in his first full year as CEO his pay package shrank about 99 percent. Cook, the successor to the late Steve Jobs, was awarded total compensation of $4.17 million in 2012, down from $378 million in 2011, Apple said in a federal filing on Thursday.

• Is 2013 the Year of $50 Oil and $1,200 Gold?

  

  Drastic falls in the price of oil and gold, doubling of the yield in 30-year Treasurys and mass nationalizations in Japan’s struggling electronics industry may be on the agenda next year.

• UPDATE 1-Google Maps makes its way back to the iPhone

  Dec 12- Google's navigation tool has returned to the iPhone, months after Apple's home-grown mapping service flopped, prompting user complaints, the firing of an executive and a public apology from Apple's CEO.

• INTERVIEW-China's mini Apple takes slice of smartphone pie

  *Xiaomi's Lei Jun dismisses notion of copying Apple. Less than three years after its founding, the smartphone maker is valued at $4 billion and evokes Apple- like adoration from its fans, some of whom are desperate enough to skip work for a shot at buying the latest product the day it goes on sale.

• Apple's Tim Cook on U.S. Manufacturing 

  

  NBC's Brian Williams discusses his interview with CEO Tim Cook regarding product production in the U.S.; and Brian Blair, Wedge Partners; Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services; and CNBC's Jon Fortt, provide perspective.

• Apple CEO: What Steve Jobs Told Me Before He Died  

  

  In an exclusive interview for "Rock Center," NBC's Brian Williams talks with Apple CEO Tim Cook about the important instruction he received from Steve Jobs before the Apple co-founder died.

• UPDATE 3-Apple's shares swallow biggest loss in 4 years

  NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5- Apple Inc shares tumbled more than 6 percent on Wednesday, chalking up their biggest single-day loss in four years as fears grow about intensifying competition in the mobile device market.

• NEWSMAKER-Jay Lee, Samsung's unassuming heir apparent

  SEOUL, Dec 5- When Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun- hee strode into a celebration last week to mark his quarter century in charge, his only son Jay Y. Lee followed two steps behind in a sign of respect for elders typical of South Korea's Confucian culture.

• UPDATE 1-US ITC will review Apple, Samsung patent decision

  WASHINGTON, Nov 19- The U.S. International Trade Commission will review a judge's decision which found that Apple did not violate patents owned by Samsung Electronics in making the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad. If Apple is found to infringe, its devices can be banned for sale in the United States. Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages.

• UPDATE 3-Apple sells 3 million iPads over first weekend

  *Apple mini sales look set to exceed analysts' views. SAN FRANCISCO/ NEW YORK, Nov 5- Apple Inc sold 3 million of its new iPads in the first three days the tablet computers were available, driving optimism for a strong holiday quarter despite intensifying competition.

• UPDATE 2-Apple sells 3 million iPads since Friday

  *Apple shares rise 1.3 percent. Nov 5- Apple Inc said its sales of Wi-Fi only iPads had doubled from its last launch as it sold 3 million in the three days since the introduction of the two newest versions of its popular tablet computer.

• UPDATE 1-Apple says sold 3 mln iPads since Friday

  Nov 5- Apple Inc said it sold a total of three million iPads in the three days since Friday, when it launched the new iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. This was double the first weekend sales of 1.5 million for Wi-Fi only models for the third generation iPad sold in March, Apple said on Monday.

• UPDATE 4-Apple iPad mini draws New Yorkers; crowds thin elsewhere

  *Apple shares hit three-month low. NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2- Apple Inc's iPad mini hit stores around the world on Friday, attracting sparser crowds than previous Apple launches, but the kickoff still drew hundreds of New Yorkers only days after one of the biggest storms to hit the United States.