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-- Although it could be that Apple Corp (NASDAQ: AAPL) stands the most
to lose with regard to Thursday’s very positive revised sales forecast
by Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM), which shows the
BlackBerry provider continuing win larger chunks of the hand-held
marketshare from Apple’s iPhone,
AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) could have been a victim of collateral damage because it’s the sole telecom-service provider for the iPhone.
RIM is forecasting that its net subscriber accounts will show an
increase from 1.82 million in Dec 2007 to a larger number that will be
higher by 15 to 20 percent in its Q4, the company said in its statement.
Apple Corp’s share price took a direct hit on Thursday from RIM’s
announcement, plunging down from the previous close of $123.82 to
$122.56 in afternoon trading (2:20pm ET).
On the other hand,
AT&T Inc’s share price on Thursday not only remained unscathed, but
actually went up slightly from the previous close $34.36 to $34.58 in
afternoon trading (2:39pm ET).
NewsVisual created an IntellectSpace Knowledge Map of AT&T’s Board of Directors
in order to determine whether they have the business experience
necessary to keep the company resilient in the face of RIM’s
competitive threat.
The Knowledge Map shows that most AT&T Directors have involvement with other companies and that eight of them sit on three corporate boards or more, including the following examples:
Director Jon C Madonna also sits on the boards of Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold Inc, Jazz Technologies Inc and Tidewater Inc; Director William F Aldinger III is the CEO/President/Director of the Capmark Financial Group Inc and a board member of KKR Financial Corp and Charles Schwab Corp; and Director Mary S Metz serves on the boards of Longs Drug Stores Corp, Pacific Gas and Electric Co, and UnionBanCal Corp.
Click here for an interactive version of this IntellectSpace Knowledge Map.
(Note: the information contained and presented in Knowledge Maps is public information from the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America).
