There is still uncertainty about the course Stephen Elop has charted for Nokia but it has always made sense to me.  For Nokia to have become a me, too Android phone supplier made no sense at all. Microsoft offered money and support so he took Nokia from its "burning platform," ditched Symbian and started over.   One can argue that MSFT is so challenged itself with its present leadership that it hasn't provided the support one might have hoped for.

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There are days when price action in stocks provides more information than usual, all one has to do is to observe while leaving opinions at the door.  Tuesday was one of those days.  There were major announcements from BlackBerry as well as Nokia and Apple stock fell precipitously in the afternoon.

DailyFinance.com: In the first quarter of 2013, worldwide mobile phone sales totaled nearly 426 million units, up about 0.7% compared with the first quarter of 2012. Smartphone sales comprised nearly half the total, 210 million units, up 42.9% year-over-year. Among ... Read more

NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S.-listed shares of overseas companies ended mostly flat on Tuesday, though shares of energy and mining companies declined along with oil and metals prices.

NEW YORK, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied to fresh highs on Tuesday as investors picked up large-cap companies' shares on the expectation that central bank stimulus will help propel the rally further.

The U.S. stock market notched another rally on Tuesday as momentum pushed the major averages to new year-to-date highs. Money flowed out of bonds and into equities as risk appetite remains brisk on Wall Street.

After recording a 1 percent gain on the session, the S&P 500 is up almost

* Nokia's U.S.-listed shares drop after company unveils new phone

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Nokia Corp.'s (NYSE: NOK) mobile phone market share fell to 14.8% from 19.7% in the first quarter sending the stock price down 22 cents to $3.62....

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On Monday, Samsung made a 5G announcement promising download of 3D movies in seconds.  Samsung did the most masterful job of spinning a test for the maximum public relations impact that I have seen in a long time.  Samsung served up such a sumptuous treat to the media who seem fascinated by technology. Obviously many media people are not engineers and as such may not have the background to know the right questions to ask.

The markets opened higher with the Dow gaining 44 points to 15,136 as import prices fell 0.5% in April. Nasdaq climbed 16 points to 3455.

Stocks edged higher at the open Tuesday, gaining after widely followed hedge fund manager David Tepper said he is "definitely bullish" on stocks.