[at New York Times] - Jonathan Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of industrial design, has been named a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II for a long list of achievements …

I am currently a college student who is interested in getting into short term swing trading. I am about half way through a stack of books and i am also taking a few classes. I work over the summer but don’t currently have a job. However i have $10,000 riskable dollars on hand. I wanted to open up an etrade account but it says you need an employer. Is their a site like etrade with all the same tools that doesn’t require to have an employer? If i put down my last employer can i get into trouble?

Originally posted 2010-10-08 08:10:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Microvision (Nasdaq: MVIS ) shares have surged in mid-day trade following a report from Engadget which rumors recent patent applications suggest Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) could be considering offering laptops with integrated laser-based projectors. Shares of …

Originally posted 2011-04-16 13:04:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

[at Forbes] - Apple Design Chief Jonathan Ive will be made a knight, the BBC reported Friday. Ive, known as ‘Jony,’ will be able to use the title ‘Sir’ before his first name. The senior vice president of industrial design at the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and smart phone company will become made a Knight Commander [...]

[at AllThingsD] - Apple’s Jonathan Ive is knighted by the Queen of England.

[at AllThingsD] - The cat-and-mouse game between the Bay Area’s legion of mobile developers and app kingmaker Apple Inc. is heating up.

[at AllThingsD] - Apple tried its hand at making a touchscreen smartphone nearly 25 years ago.

It was tough year for tech stocks and next year doesn’t look much better, unless of course you’re Apple.

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Unlike the broader Nasdaq Composite, the Nasdaq 100 index , probably best known for the futures contract and exchange-traded fund that track it, is set to close 2011 with a gain, as it’s up 3% this year through Friday morning. The best Nasdaq 100 gainers have been Intuitive Surgical , up 81.4%, and Alexion Pharmaceuticals and Hansen Natural , which have both sported gains of close to 77%. Apple , which is the largest Nasdaq 100 component and represents about 15% of the index, has gained 25.7% in 2011.

While Apple’s iPad dominated the tablet market in 2011, there are signs the competition is heating up for 2012.