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Read the board 3 or 4 behind your message No. 374877 at 11:20 AM. many here post with out reading previous post. Sorry but happen to many time
News from Liquidmetal® Technologies Inc. (OTCBB: LQMT) and The Swatch Group Ltd (SIX: Uhr / Uhr N)
Frequent readers of this blog all know about the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Liquidmetal watch by now. In fact, like many a watch, you read about it here first (back on October 2, 2009). Then I gave you the first (and to my knowledge, the only) side-by-side review of the Seamaster Planet Ocean vs. the Seamaster Planet Ocean Liquidmetal. Then there was the “Making of” the Seamaster PO Liquidmetal video produced by Omega. Most recently, however, was my review of the company behind the intriguing amorphous metal — Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: LQMT), based out of Rancho Santa Margarita, California. This after Apple, Inc. made some noise about licensing the company’s technology.
Today, Swatch Group announced that have signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Liquidmetal Technologies , allowing the Swiss manufacturer to utilize the Liquidmetal alloy technology worldwide. Within the Swatch Group, the Liquidmetal technology has been used for the first time in 2009 for the Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean, and in 2010 for the Breguet Reveil Musical (yes I was the first to write about this watch, too — though at the time I did not know it utilized Liquidmetal). The present contract will allow the Swatch Group to use the technology exclusively in their entire line of timepieces.
From the Swatch Group Press Release , it is not entirely clear if the license is exclusive to timepieces, though that’s how I read it. That would seem congruent with earlier reports about Apple signing some sort of license for the Liquidmetal technology. However, the Swatch license deal seems to be more significant given that it got its own press release (a joint PR, nonetheless!), whereas there was no press release from either company on the Apple news.
In any case, this seems like pretty exciting news — it definitely tells me that Swatch Group likes what it sees with Liquidmetal technology and that we can expect to see the technology used in more Swatch Group watches in the future!
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‘iPhone 5S’ release date nears as Apple begins mass production of Liquidmetal case, report claims
Monday, July 22, 2013 · 2:03 pm · 22 Comments
“The iPhone 5S on release date will sport a virtually indestructible housing made of LiquidMetal [sic], which is but part of the many components involved in the already underway volume production of the Apple 2013 flagship smartphone,” Erik Pineda reports for International Business Times.
“There is reason to believe that the tech giant’s production facilities in China are currently humming away to complete the iPhone 5S in time, BGR News said in a report,” Pineda reports. “There is reason to believe that the tech giant’s production facilities in China are currently humming away to complete the iPhone 5S in time, BGR News said in a report”
Pineda reports, “LiquidMetal, according to BGR, is ‘a unique material that is two to three times harder than normal metals … (it) can be injection moulded into custom parts and shapes.’ The result would be a 5S body-build that ‘is very scratch resistant, and yet extremely light.’ … Supporting the assertion that iPhone 5S materials are now rolling, ready for assembly, on production lines is the report that Apple pushed up its integrated circuit chip orders by 70 per cent for the second half of 2013, jumping from the level seen beginning in late 2012 or shortly after the iPhone 5 launch.”
Read more at http://macdailynews.com/2013/07/22/iphone-5s-release-date-nears-as-apple-begins-mass-production-of-liquidmetal-case-report-claims/#pWh8lpEI3aaMc8Bp.99
Non-scratchable screen protector for I-phone 5 (accessory)
http://www.cellphoneshop.net/5non.html
No. I'm long on the stock
A company that makes synthetic knife is looking into Liquid Metal
WAZZZZZ HAPPENING, I left this morning and we were up .74 ?
Why the company is not buying at this prices ?
Did they misspells Frand for Fraud.
Complete Failure to Comply with Their Obligations to Grant Licenses on Fraud Terms
With a dividend tax hike looking more likely by the day, Costco (COST), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Dillards (DDS) and a slew of other companies have already announced plans to give sizable one-time payouts to shareholders by the end of the year. Now it's time for Apple (AAPL) to join the party.*
Related: Just How Special Are Special Dividends?
Apple has already started returning money. Back in March Apple started paying a dividend of $2.65 per share per quarter and announced a buyback of $10 billion over three years starting last September 30. By Apple's own math, that works out to $45 billion returned to shareholders over the next three years, approximately $30 billion of which in the form of dividends.
Apple has $121 billion in cash on its balance sheet, give or take a few billion. With about 941 million shares outstanding, that works out to roughly $128 per share. If Apple's cash was a free-standing company valued at 1x cash, it would have a larger market capitalization than 482 of the companies in the S&P 500.
Apple says they intend to use only their domestic cash on hand and income for repurchases and payouts. That means the roughly $83 billion held overseas is off-limits, leaving $38 billion locally. Though Apple is using cash for R&D and operations, they still added $40 billion in fiscal 2011 and are expected to tack on anywhere from $30 to $60 billion more over the next three years.
That means Apple has more money than any other company on earth and is generating cash faster than any corporation in history. They demonstrably have more money than they know what to do with; if they somehow needed more, they could issue debt for virtually nothing. There isn't a decision to be made in terms of whether or not they should issue a special dividend, it's only a question of how big it should be.
Related: Apple Could Fall Below $500 a Share: Barry Ritholtz
If Apple took all the money earmarked to pay out dividends over the next three years and paid it out now, shareholders would get $31.88 per share. If taxed at the current 15% rate, that would leave investors with $27. If that same money is paid out after January 1, it would leave shareholders in the highest tax bracket with $18 after taxes.
This has nothing to do with "fair" or the 1%. The money belongs to shareholders, and the option is either to take $27 in the next month or $18 spread out over the next 3 years. It's not a trick question; the only rational choice is to take the money now.
A company and its board are obligated to attempt to efficiently invest shareholder money. If Apple does anything other than pay shareholders a minimum of $30 per share in a one-time dividend, they are ignoring their fiduciary responsibility for reasons they can't or won't explain.
Related: Apple Backlash Hits Critical Mass But "Cheap" Stock Stuck in Limbo
The only remaining question for current Apple investors is whether Tim Cook and his BOD put shareholders' interests first. We'll have our answer by New Year's Day.
* Here's a quick primer for those of you new to the dividend conversation. The current tax rate on dividend income is 15%. Set in the Bush-era, this rate is set to expire in January unless lawmakers intervene. Under President Obama's proposed plan, dividends would be taxed inline with wages and salaries in 2013. That would mean dividend taxes will increase to as much as 39.6% for high-income earnings. With the kicker of a 3.8% additional tax on all investment income, the effective tax for dividends could be as high as 43.4% for anything paid out next year.
Faced with the choice of netting 85 cents or 55 cents on every dollar of dividend income, investors prefer the former. For the companies themselves, any cash on their balance sheets as of January 1 will be worth less than it was New Year's Eve, as far as investors are concerned.
Cash that is not needed for operations and is intended to be used for dividend payments in the future should be paid out in the next month. Those who claim otherwise are wrong.
so is Google.
http://www.google.com/finance?cid=288096#
stock moves above $13.50
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InterDigital, Inc.(NASDAQ:IDCC) made a nice upside reversal today. The technical chart above suggests that stock might find now resistance at $33.08. Only a close above this level would suggest further upside. Both RSI & MACD are bullish as the MACD continue to trend upwards and the RSI still above the 50% level. I’m long on this stock with a strong position and not afraid of the daily fluctuations.
I fill the same way, never sold a share since 1999, I own a few K, never feld so sick. Something is wrong? Who is selling as this prices ?
•Interdigital Inc. (NASDAQ:IDCC): On 06/30/2011, York Capital Management reported holding 0 shares. On 09/30/2011, York Capital Management reported holding 741,483 shares with a market value of $34,538,279. This comprised 1.84% of the total portfolio. The net change in shares for this position over the two quarters is 741,483. About Company: InterDigital, Inc. develops technology for advanced digital wireless telecommunications applications. The Company offers both time division multiple access and wide band code division multiple access proprietary and standards compliant digital wireless technology to customers, licensees, and companies.
Nice Page for Idcc, real time + news
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:IDCC#
Some of us, sometimes we do not read this board before writing a message, now 7 + on the same topic.
Thak's to all of you
Can't open it
Where have you been all this week ?
Is InterDigital Good Enough for You?
By Seth Jayson (TMF Bent) | More Articles
May 6, 2011 | Comments (0)
Margins matter. The more InterDigital (Nasdaq: IDCC ) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market. That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons with sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong InterDigital’s competitive position could be.
Here's the current margin snapshot for InterDigital and some of its sector and industry peers and direct competitors.
Company
TTM Gross Margin
TTM Operating Margin
TTM Net Margin
InterDigital 84.0% 55.6% 35.9%
Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM ) 68.3% 33.4% 29.5%
LM Ericsson Telephone (Nasdaq: ERIC ) 38.2% 12.5% 6.6%
Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) 29.8% 5.1% 4.3%
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. TTM = trailing 12 months.
Unfortunately, that table doesn't tell us much about where InterDigital has been, or where it's going. A company with rising gross and operating margins often fuels its growth by increasing demand for its products. If it sells more units while keeping costs in check, its profitability increases. Conversely, a company with gross margins that inch downward over time is often losing out to competition and possibly engaging in a race to the bottom on prices. If it can't make up for this problem by cutting costs -- and most companies can't -- then both the business and its shares face a decidedly bleak outlook.
Of course, over the short term, the kind of economic shocks we recently experienced can drastically affect a company's profitability. That's why I like to look at five fiscal years' worth of margins, along with the results for the trailing 12 months (TTM), the last fiscal year, and the last fiscal quarter (LFQ). You can't always reach a hard conclusion about your company's health, but you can better understand what to expect and what to watch.
Here's the margin picture for InterDigital over the past few years.
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's. Dollar amounts in millions. FY = fiscal year. TTM = trailing 12 months.
(Because of seasonality in some businesses, the numbers for the last period on the right -- the TTM figures -- aren't always comparable to the FY results preceding them.)
Here's how the stats break down:
•Over the past five years, gross margin peaked at 89.4% and averaged 78.7%. Operating margin peaked at 70.0% and averaged 42.3%. Net margin peaked at 46.9% and averaged 27.0%.
•TTM gross margin is 84.0%, 530 basis points better than the five-year average. TTM operating margin is 55.6%, 1,330 basis points better than the five-year average. TTM net margin is 35.9%, 890 basis points better than the five-year average.
With recent TTM operating margins exceeding historical averages, InterDigital looks to be doing fine.
If you take the time to read past the headlines and crack a filing now and then, you're probably ahead of 95% of the market's individual investors. To stay ahead, learn more about how I use analysis like this to help me uncover the best returns in the stock market. Have an opinion on the margins at InterDigital? Let us know in the comments section below.
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I hope you do well I been here 15 years, o so, never sold any shares, still I have hope por IDCC. Good luck to all, I will be here until the end of 2010.
Same old IDCC, never for the better
Infinio chip TPM HACKED.
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Happy New Year from the Dominican Republic, our time is her