Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Is Still Searching for Its Inner Don Draper. Apple began building its own team of ad men and women last year, amid frustration with TBWA\Media Arts Labs, a unit of TBWA\Chiat\Day, the agency that was responsible for the 1984 and Think Different commercials. So far, ads made by the in-house team have received a cooler reception from viewers on average than those made by the agency. Ace Metrix gathers data from hundreds of TV watchers to discern how persuasive and entertaining an ad is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) net profit margin is 21.40% and weekly performance is 2.31%. On last trading day company shares ended up $92.93. Analysts mean target price for the company is $95.26. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is 6.61%.
Jorma Ollila, formerly chief executive of the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK), has joined the boutique investment bank Perella Weinberg Partners as an advisory partner. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) shares fell -0.66% in last trading session and ended the day on $7.56. NOK Gross Margin is 42.10% and its return on assets is -4.50%. Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) quarterly performance is 9.72%.
Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) is confident its television business will turn a profit this year after a decade of losses, but industry trends suggest it may be easier said than done. Masashi Imamura — the head of Sony’s new TV unit, which will become a separate subsidiary of Sony on July 1 — told the media on Monday that he was “confident” the company’s TV business would grow stronger as a standalone company. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) shares moved up 0.06% in last trading session and was closed at $16.77, while trading in range of $16.66 – $16.80. Sony Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNE)year to date (YTD) performance is -3.01%.
On June 26, BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s Senior Vice President, Marketing Mark Wilson said the following on a company blog post: “BlackBerry has been in the limelight for many reasons, with people talking about everything from the unmatched reputation of our security to the latest device rumors to our vision for the Internet of Things. We expect this; we know we’re one of the most watched brands out there and our transformation is on public display.As we’ve been working through this transition, there have been many vocal voices from competitors trying to incite fear, uncertainty and doubt about BlackBerry. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) ended the last trading day at $10.24. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 3.38% and price to cash ratio as 1.97. BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) showed a positive weekly performance of 1.19%.