After conducting tests of their new long-term evolution 4G network in Los Angeles and Orange County, California earlier this fall, Sprint (NYSE: S) has officially rolled out their new high-speed wireless network. The Sprint 4G network launched today in 61 markets, the bulk of which are centered around the smartphone-dense New York City area.

his week, however, I think it’s very likely that we’ll see a sell-off following the Fed’s QE2 announcement. Don’t worry: I don’t think it will be a major sell-off. Bear in mind that with the recent rally that began on Aug. 30, the market has rallied on 27 sessions and fallen on just 16. The largest pullback based on closing numbers is -1.6%.

Cotton has hit a record high in commodities trading and is close to a peak.

Apple Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) has filed suit against Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) claiming that Motorola violates six of Apple's patents related to touch-screen and multi-touch technology.

These prudent and profitable trades will perform as stocks and bonds move higher after the election -- and will help counter higher taxes.

Apple Inc. is now the fourth-largest vendor of all mobile phones.

Stocks with dividend increases this week include Sara Lee, GoldCorp, Evercore, Perrigo, American Electric Power and DDi.

Trusting earnings reports can be difficult as Warren Buffett, banks and financial institutions have found ways to bend accounting rules.

Barclays plans a reverse split of its VIX ETN, giving shareholders of record Nov. 8 one share for every four shares held in the exchange-traded notes.

A new initiative from AT&T (NYSE: T) announced this morning aims to bring the relationship between mobile phone and the user's purchase methods.

Nintendo is suffering its first losses in seven years as Nintendo DS hardware is in steep sales decline and Wii sales stumble.

News Corp.'s $580 million social network has spent the last three years stagnating, surviving as a low cost marketing tool while losing millions in advertising revenue with each passing quarter. Traffic has fallen -20% from those 2008 heights and according to News Corp. themselves, Myspace loses about $100 million every year. Now what?

Apple 10-K filing discloses record advertising spending in 2010 as well as record revenue.

Wal-Mart Stores is rethinking its buyout plan for Massmart and may instead buy a majority stake in the South African retailer.

Since the studio opened in 2007, when they received millions in start up investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' iFund, Zynga has expanded from a tiny start up with a handful of employees to a multinational force with a staff of 1300.

Sony (NYSE: SNE) and EU tech giant Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) now have a strategy in place to corner the video game sector of the smartphone market. Tech blog Engadget revealed the Playstation Phone from Sony Ericsson last night, reporting not just the device's specifications but also showing off images of a prototype of the gaming-centric smartphone.

Apple continues to expand in China with the debut of online shopping at Apple's website and the Chinese App Store on the iPhone and iPad. The cloud-based iTunes is still nowhere to be seen, but a new rumor points to Apple acquiring yet another streaming music service to keep competition low.