The practice of hacking the iPhone was considered illegal until yesterday, when the U.S. Government ruled that iPhone users can lawfully unlock their cell phones in order to download applications from outside Apple’s market.

International telephone carriers have started to perform well this year, so let's take a look at one of my favorites: Indonesia's largest telephone company, Telkom Indonesia (NYSE: TLK).

Each one of these countries has its positives. All of them boast a large, young and growing population, and each can honestly say they have a diverse economy.

BRIC investing strategies tend to focus on the four big emerging markets – Brazil, Russia, India and China. But there is a lot of talk of late that the BRIC funds designation may need an extra "I" -- for Indonesia.

Investors should understand that Eaton is a cyclical stock. This means that its business is strongly correlated to the broader economy. When the economy does well, stocks like Eaton outperform. During recessions, they often fare much worse.

The 800-lb. gorilla in the coffee space, Starbucks has poured stock holders a +45% gain over the past 12 months, but over the last three months the stock is actually down nearly -8%. So, will SBUX stock continue to cool, or will its equity brew get hot again?

Here is your daily Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock news and rumors for Friday, July 23. LG announces that they're having trouble meeting Apple iPad demand.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) has been one of the all star tech stock for a very long time. Over the past two-plus decades, IT networking giant Cisco has worked its way up from Silicon Valley start-up to Dow Jones Industrial Average component. In fact, it’s a safe bet that if you’re reading this now, you either own or at one time have owned CSCO stock.

Here is your daily Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock news and rumors for July 21, 2010. Shareholders still sore from last week's share price dip can rejoice as Apple reported massive third quarter profits today. Meanwhile, the rumor going around the camp fire is that Verizon is about to shake up its pricing and business model for smartphone data plans, possibly adding to the Verizon iPhone smoke signals.

The effects of the financial reform legislation are sure to have an impact on the future earnings at the nation's biggest banks. Neither Wells Fargo nor Morgan Stanley offered an estimate of the size of that impact.