Filed under: Apple , Wal-Mart Stores , Costco , Amazon.com , Green , Procter & Gamble , Whole Foods , Consumer Ally Corporate social responsibility has gone mainstream. From goliaths Apple ( AAPL ), Walmart ( WMT ), and Procter & Gamble ( PG ) on down the line, you’d be hard-pressed to find a big company these days that doesn’t have a program in place to address environmental issues and other socially minded matters.

Filed under: Technology , Earnings , Stocks in the News After seeing its stock fall in 10 of the past 11 trading sessions, Apple ( AAPL ) is reminding investors why it’s the world’s most valuable publicly traded company. Apple delivered blowout quarterly results on Tuesday night. Revenue climbed 59% to $39.2 billion, and earnings per share nearly doubled to $12.30 a share

Filed under: Technology , Investing , IBM , General Electric , Google , Intel , Microsoft , Berkshire Hathaway , Apple , Cisco Systems Leave it to Google ( GOOG ) to steal Apple’s ( AAPL ) thunder. Amid all the recent speculation about whether Apple would split its increasingly pricey shares — now topping $600 a share — it’s Google grabbing the spotlight and announcing last Thursday an effective stock split of its own . Google

Filed under: Company News , Technology , Investing , Google , Sony , Apple , Nintendo There was a time when Sony ( SNE ) was a big part of our lives. The kid that grew up with a Sony Walkman eventually bought a Sony PlayStation that he connected to his Sony TV. When he had kids of his own, he whipped out his Sony camcorder or digital camera to record memories that would be played back later on a Sony VCR, DVD, or Blu-ray player.

Filed under: Investing , Research In Motion , Apple B y John Heinzl , GlobeInvestor.com for MoneyShow.com Like most investing, you’re not protected from market meltdowns…and there’s always the risk of missing out on a non-dividend-paying star . In last week’s Yield Hog column , I listed five reasons to love dividend growth investing. This week, in the interest of providing some balance, I’ll address some of the biggest misconceptions people have about dividend growth investing