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Apple to pay up to $500 million to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow iPhones

The preliminary proposed class-action settlement was disclosed on Friday night and requires approval by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California. It calls for Apple to pay consumers $25 per iPhone, which may be adjusted up or down depending on how many iPhones are eligible, with a minimum total payout of $310 million. Apple denied wrongdoing and settled the nationwide case to avoid the burdens and costs of litigation, court papers show. …read more […]

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GE’s Top Wall Street Critic Upgrades, Says ‘We Were Wrong’

(Bloomberg) — General Electric Co. is gaining some favor over its top skeptic in Wall Street, who cited a better-than-expected performance last year.JPMorgan’s Stephen Tusa upgraded the shares to neutral from a sell-equivalent rating, citing 2019’s free cash flow that topped his predictions as well as an improved outlook for 2020. The analyst has held an underweight stance on the stock since April.“We were wrong,” Tusa said, noting that GE shares have outperformed the sector by 11% since that call.GE is big enough that it has many options to boost near-term cash in a given period even as there are …read more […]

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JPMorgan, Other Hard-Hit Banks Start to Get Fresh Upgrades

(Bloomberg) — Some analysts are starting to see value in the beaten-down banking sector, with JPMorgan Chase & Co., Regions Financial Corp. and Fifth Third Bancorp attracting upgrades early Monday. But that wasn’t enough to stop the bleeding in share prices, as the KBW Bank Index extended recent losses in morning trading.The index dropped for a seventh day, declining as much as 1.3%, while JPMorgan shed as much as 1%.The index has sunk 20% so far this year, compared with an 8.1% decline in the S&P 500, as big banks have been hit particularly hard by concern the new coronavirus …read more […]