CUPERTINO, Calif.–(PRNewswire)–Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2010 first quarter ended December 26, 2009. The company posted revenue of $15.68 billion and a net quarterly profit of $3.38 billion, or $3.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $11.88 billion and net quarterly profit of $2.26 billion, or $2.50 per diluted […]

SAN DIEGO–Capital provided to San Diego and Imperial County small businesses through the SBA’s loan guaranty programs during the first quarter of 2010 surpassed the same period a year ago in both loan numbers and dollar amounts. Total loan dollars increased to $70 million from $45 million a year ago, a 56% increase. A total […]

ENCINITAS–Three senior agents have left Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office to form ACRE Investment Real Estate Services, with offices in North San Diego County, Central San Diego, and Los Angeles. Bill Anderson, Chris Robinson, and Craig Stewart have joined forces to create a full service brokerage company specializing in San Diego County apartment brokerage, […]

SAN DIEGO–Over the holiday weekend, Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) rallied its player community and raised $25,000 to donate to the American Red Cross’ aid efforts in Haiti in the wake of last week’s tragedy. “In just three days we were able to reach our goal of $25,000 and it’s all because of the generosity […]

Bank of America Corporation today reported full-year 2009 net income of $6.3 billion, compared with net income of $4.0 billion in 2008. Including preferred stock dividends and the negative impact from the repayment of the U.S. government’s $45 billion preferred stock investment in the company under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), income applicable to […]

The Ford Foundation has announced $1 million in grants to support urgent humanitarian relief efforts for victims of last week’s earthquake in Haiti. “All of us at the Ford Foundation stand with the people of Haiti in this extraordinarily challenging time,” said Luis A. Ubinas, president of the Ford Foundation. “Both Oxfam International and Partners […]

CORONA–(PRNewswire)–The West Coast Division of Circle K company operated sites in conjunction with participating Franchise locations has announced an event to raise funds in an effort to help victims of the recent Haiti earthquake disaster. All proceeds from coffee sales sold from midnight Friday, January 22 through midnight Saturday, January 23 will be donated entirely […]

SAN DIEGO–Intuit Inc. will continue offering TurboTax®  to qualified taxpayers through its continued participation in the Internal Revenue Service’s Free File program. More than 95 million American taxpayers are eligible for free online tax preparation and e-filing through Free File, a philanthropic, public-private partnership between the IRS and the tax software industry. The IRS and […]

SAN FRANCISCO–Hagens Berman is investigating claims whether pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson defrauded investors by not disclosing that some of its consumer products including Tylenol may be contaminated. Reports claim Johnson & Johnson knew of the contamination issue, which is linked to health issues in some consumers, since 2008 but neglected to fully disclose the […]

SAN DIEGO–Cricket Communications, Inc., today announced it is allowing Cricket customers to make unlimited free calls from their Cricket phones to Haiti to check on the status of loved ones in the wake of this week’s earthquake. The feature is available to all Cricket voice-plan customers from now until midnight Eastern Standard Time on Friday, […]