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H-P Escapes Dell’s Executioner… But Its Workforce Doesn’t

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 4:52 pm

Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is managing to escape the trap of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) after earnings.  Unfortunately, at least if you are a worker there, a decent portion of ...
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Google Wins Verdict in Oracle Patent Suit

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm

Even the whittled down version of the patent infringement lawsuit that Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) brought against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) didn’t pass a San Francisco jury today. The federal ...
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Dell Plays Wrecking Ball For Entire PC Food Chain (DELL, INTC, MSFT, HPQ, STX, WDC, MU)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 11:19 am

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) was nothing short of a really bad earnings report.  The wart on the nose is a declining margin, declining earnings power, and less and less revenue ...
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B2B Focus Returns: SAP Acquiring Ariba (SAP, ARBA, ORCL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 3:16 pm

If you recall the term B2B, you are going back a decade and then some as far as internet companies.  Ariba, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBA) was one of the key business-to-business ...
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Best Buy Bounces, But Not Enough (BBY, RSH, GME, AMZN, WMT, AAPL)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 8:35 am

Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported first quarter results this morning that were better than expected and the company’s shares are getting a much-needed bounce. The company ...
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Microsoft To Sell 350 Million Windows 7 Devices

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 6:14 am

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer claims that 350 million Windows 7 enabled devices will ship this year. According to Bloomberg, Ballmer claims,  “It makes Windows the most popular single ...
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Thousands and Thousands of H-P Layoffs Looming Ahead of Earnings

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 3:04 pm

Rumors have been out today that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is on the verge of a major round of layoffs.  Some chatter has been as many as 25,000 or more ...
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When Apple Drops Over $100 From Highs… What Happens Next

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a phenomenal growth story.  It is the ultimate turnaround story of mega-proportions.  The stock is also up 32% so far in 2012.  The problem ...
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Even AMD Sees Better PC Demand

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 10:30 am

What happens when even Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) predicts that the personal computer market is improving this year and also in 2013?  Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) recently reiterated ...
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Cognizant Follows IT-Outsourcing Trends South (CTSH, SIP, INFY, CSC)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 10:09 am

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSH) followed suit with the trends of the independent IT-outsourcing by having decent earnings with lower guidance.  Weakness in North America was listed as one ...
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Nokia at New Low on Class-action Suit (NOK, MSFT, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 1:54 pm

Shares of Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) touched a new 52-week low today at $3.12. The struggling handset maker has been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging that the company misled ...
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Dell’s All-Time $700 Billion In Sales: Total Success Or Total Failure? (DELL, AAPL, HPQ, IBM)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 2:02 pm

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may have turned twenty-eight years old today but there is a figure that sounds massive and one which is being taken as not being a success ...
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Is LG Turning Its Back on Microsoft? (MSFT, GOOG, NOK, T)

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 10:36 am

Some fast backpedaling by Korea’s LG Electronics has apparently stopped the claim by a Korean newspaper that the electronics giant is ditching Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and the US company’s ...
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Nook, Windows 8 Pairing Doubles B&N Stock Price

Posted: April 30, 2012 at 8:11 am

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Barnes & Noble Inc. (NYSE: BKS) announced this morning that the two companies were forming a “strategic partnership,” called ‘Newco’ for purposes of the announcement, ...
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The Highly Unusual Case Of Cray & Supercomputing (CRAY, INTC)

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 2:16 pm

Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) already looked like a home run on news earlier this week.  The company had announced the sale of certain assets to Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and shares went ...
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