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Western Digital Shares Hammered on Bad Karma (WDC, STX)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 3:06 pm

Last night computer hard drive maker Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) reported third fiscal quarter revenues and earnings that easily beat pretty low expectations. The company posted revenues of $3.04 ...
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Orders for Durable Goods Fall

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 9:05 am

The March report on durable goods from the US Census Bureau is out and for the second of the past three months new orders are down. The March drop totals ...
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Amazon Wants Online Industrial Goods Market, Other Markets Too! (AMZN, GWW, EBAY, RBA)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 2:55 pm

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) must have the goal that if you can sell it online then it wants a piece of it.  After many specialty online sales initiatives, now it ...
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Mobile Chip Maker’s Results Don’t Impress Investors (ARMH, AAPL, QCOM, NVDA, TXN, INTC)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 7:47 am

UK-based chip designer ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) reported earnings earlier today, posting revenue of about $209.4 million, well above estimates of $201.23 million, but below revenues of $217 million ...
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Facebook to Share AOL Patents with Microsoft (MSFT, AOL, YHOO)

Posted: April 23, 2012 at 1:55 pm

Social media giant Facebook Inc. (FB) will acquire about half the patents that once belonged to AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) until they were acquired by Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) last ...
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Sandisk Weakness Hits Other Chip, Flash Makers (SNDK, MU, BRCM, NVDA, QCOM, AAPL)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 12:03 pm

Sandisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) had already guided its quarterly earnings down, but last night’s report also lowered the company’s forecast by about $250 million (our coverage here). That is likely ...
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Oracle Toyed with the Idea of Buying RIM, Palm (ORCL, RIMM, HPQ, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 3:21 pm

In testimony in the copyright infringement case brought by Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said that his company considered buying smartphone makers ...
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HP Gains Share, Maintains Lead in PC Shipments (HPQ, AAPL, DELL)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 2:50 pm

Hewlett Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) maintained its global leadership in PC sales in the first quarter of 2012, shipping more than 15 million units. The sales figures come from two ...
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Cree Cuts Prices on LED Streetlights (CREE, AIXG, VECO, LEDS, RBCN)

Posted: April 10, 2012 at 7:37 am

LED lighting maker Cree Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE) has succeeded in making an LED streetlight that sells for less than $200 when purchased in volume. Provided the company can actually make ...
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SemiLEDS Posts Smaller-than-expected Loss (LEDS, CREE, AIXG, VECO, RBCN)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 10:00 am

The LED industry has suffered an 18-month dry spell as sales have tanked and makers have had to re-trench to keep costs in line. The market might be starting to ...
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Samsung Joins the Mobile Ad Network Market (SSNLF, AAPL, GOOG, MM)

Posted: April 4, 2012 at 1:23 pm

Not satisfied with being the leading global supplier of smartphones, Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF) is going into the mobile ad network business. The company yesterday announced a partnership with OpenX ...
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Google, Samsung Top Mobile Market (GOOG, AAPL, SSNLF, MMI, RIMM, MSFT, NOK)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Research firm comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is out with its report on the US mobile phone market for the rolling three-month period through February 2012. The data shows that 234 ...
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Battery Maker A123 Posts New Low (AONE)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 2:50 pm

Lithium-ion battery maker A123 Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) posted a new 52-week low of $0.96/share earlier today. The battery maker was hit last week with an estimated $55 million recall ...
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Dell’s Acquisition of Wyse Looks Strange (DELL)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 1:48 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) announced this morning that it would acquire privately held Wyse Technology for an undisclosed sum and that it expects the deal to close in the second ...
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Disk Drive Industry to Grow Again in 2012 (STX, WDC)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 1:12 pm

The devastating and tragic flooding in Thailand put a severe crimp in the ability of disk drive makers like Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) ...
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