Week in review: EA, Apple, Microsoft report holiday quarter earnings

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Software apps to continue dominating cloud sales. (Jan. 30, 2015)

Synaptics Q2 report touches off spirited buying. (Jan. 29, 2015)

Harman breaks out on December-quarter earnings beat. (Jan. 29, 2015)

Samsung phone business hammered on two fronts. (Jan. 29, 2015)

EA soars to 7-year high on holiday game sales. (Jan. 28, 2015)

Apple iPhone accounts for half of U.S. Q4 phone sales. (Jan. 28, 2015)

5 key points from Apple’s record holiday quarter. (Jan. 28, 2015)

Apple crushes Q1 earnings forecasts on iPhone boom. (Jan. 27, 2015)

Amazon Prime now tops Netflix in U.S. subscribers. (Jan. 27, 2015)

Microsoft does to outlook “what the Patriots do to footballs.” (Jan. 27, 2015)

Microsoft Q2 earnings beat, but commercial sales soft. (Jan. 26, 2015)

Apple analysts raise iPhone sales targets ahead of Q1 report. (Jan. 26, 2015)

Photo: New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as portrayed in the video game “Madden NFL15.”