With ad revenues down (again) and stock prices falling (again) newspapers and print media stocks are rethinking game plans that rely heavily on online strategies. The hope is that such moves will save slipping share prices at companies like The New York Times Co. (NYSE: NYT), Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI) and others – and basically, save dying print media empires.

The iPad may join the Kindle and a number of other new electronics on sale at Target retail stores come this October. The iPhone 4 Case Program is ending as planned on September 30 and Apple shareholders may see an unexpected windfall as a result. Finally, the WiFi iPad goes on sale in China.

When Xerox Corp. (NYSE: XRX) paid $6.4 billion a year ago to acquire business process outsourcing firm Affiliated Computer Services, Xerox shares plunged nearly 15%. Since then, the company's fortunes have improved significantly, even though the share price has only managed to recover the loss it suffered when the ACS purchase was announced.

You might think companies would fall over themselves to join the Dow Jones, and shareholders would find stability in the index’s ranks. But the truth is that joining the list of 30 components is a stomp on the neck rather than a stamp of approval.

Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) stock has seen big success recently – and big declines from its dot-com IPO valuations. But a big reason for Sirius’s recent strength – Howard Stern – may be poised to leave the satellite radio provider, and investors and analysts are wondering if the company is strong enough to stand on its own.

The impact of Apple’s more lenient app approval process is already being felt today with Adobe (NYSE: ADBE) hard at work on their previously banned Flash tools for iOS devices. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting in too, with word that Google Voice apps are set to reappear in the app store very soon.

Breaking up may be hard to do, but it may be precisely what Motorola (NYSE: MOT) needs in order to recapture some of their lost glory. Motorola plan to reorganize into two separate enterprises in the first quarter of 2011, with the Motorola mobile handset unit spinning off as a separate publicly traded company.

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and its Android smartphone operating system are ascendant. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its iPhone are currently dominant. And Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM)? The best word is probably “stagnant. “

It has been a choppy market lately, but while many stocks are having trouble posting sustained gains only a select few face complete delisting. Major stock exchanges like the NYSE, AMEX or NASDAQ don’t kick companies out just for having a bad few weeks, but eventually will pull the plug if certain minimum standards are not met.

The T-Mobile iPhone returns to our rumor wrap-up, and word on the street is that T-Mobile will get an Apple smartphone before the end of the year -- but it’ll be an iPhone 3GS, not a 4. Meanwhile, analysts are upping their predictions for Apple’s 2011, seeing 28 million in sales for the iPad and maybe an iPhone for another telecom as well.

After an impressive run higher to kick off the month of September, stocks are stalling at signifying overhead resistance. This comes as various technical indicators have moved into overbought territory. While I still expect September to end the month in positive territory, shares are due for a pullback.

Surprising analysts, consumers, and tech heads everywhere, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced this morning that they are making the application building process for the iPhone and every iOS powered device a whole lot easier.

It may only be September, but for Toys R Us, it is never too early to start thinking about holiday shopping. The nationally-known toy chain plans to open 600 “express” stores, which will be open on a temporary basis.