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Winners and Losers Among Chipmaker Short Sellers

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 7:55 am

We have tracked the key short interest changes as of April 30 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. ...
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Wireless Devices Outnumber People

Posted: May 9, 2013 at 1:35 pm

The number of wirelessly connected devices now outnumbers the total population of the globe. The score is wireless devices, more than 10 billion, to people, nearly 7 billion. By 2020, ...
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The Return of Stock Splits in a Raging Bull Market

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 12:45 pm

The corporate governance exercise of a stock split to increase the number of shares and to lower the share price should theoretically have no impact on how the investment community evaluates ...
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Windstream Manages Yet Again to Keep Its High-Yield Dividend at 11%

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 12:15 pm

A headline came across the tape today that seems pretty innocuous on the surface. "Windstream Declares 25-Cent Quarterly Dividend" should not rattle anyone much on the surface. The problem is that, ...
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Analyst Sees More Reason to Buy Stock in SanDisk and Micron

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 9:20 am

SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) have enjoyed great recoveries from the lows of 2012. Stern Agee has a very positive analyst report of stocks to ...
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Alcatel-Lucent Holders Remain Patient in Annual Meeting, Dilution and Reorg Await

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 11:15 am

Tuesday marked the annual shareholder meeting for troubled telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU). What investors need to know is that the new CEO, Michel Combes, is going to ...
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Deutsche Bank Says Rotate from Industrials to Banks and Technology

Posted: May 7, 2013 at 8:05 am

With the stock market trading at all-time and multiyear highs, the question on every investor's mind is can the stock market go even higher? At 1,615, the S&P 500 is ...
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As Barclays Raises Apple Price Target, Should You Care?

Posted: May 6, 2013 at 12:10 pm

Wall Street may have done yet another damage to its image over the coverage universe in the shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). In what felt very similar to the ...
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Why Facebook Earnings Just Are Not Important

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 12:15 pm

The corporate earnings report from Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has shares trading higher the day after the report. Many analysts have keyed in discussing many metrics, but the reality is ...
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Meet the New CEO of Intel: Moving Faster to Smartphones and Tablets

Posted: May 2, 2013 at 9:20 am

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has been without a formal CEO replacement for some time now. The good news is that the wait is over and the company will have proper ...
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Facebook Growing Sales, but Move to Monetize Mobile Remains Challenging

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 4:21 pm

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has released its first-quarter corporate earnings results. The social media giant reported earnings of $0.12 per share or $563 million on $1.46 billion in revenue. This ...
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Can New Processors Keep Driving AMD?

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is surging on Wednesday with a double-digit percentage gain in the price of the stock. What is interesting is that the move is not ...
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Jefferies Top Stock Picks for Tech, Media, Telecom Ahead of TMT Conference

Posted: May 1, 2013 at 7:55 am

Wall Street firms have a tradition of hosting conferences to highlight market sectors in which they specialize in research coverage. Next week, May 7 through May 9, Jefferies will host ...
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IBM Delivers Big Dividend Hike and Share Buyback, Still a Bit Disappointing

Posted: April 30, 2013 at 10:50 am

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) finally has delivered what we have waited for, although we still think more needs to be done here. Big Blue has just announced that ...
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Apple Corporate Credit Rating Lags Behind Microsoft and Oracle

Posted: April 29, 2013 at 10:15 am

Fitch Ratings is out with commentary on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over its corporate credit ratings. The ratings agency said that it has not released a public rating on Apple, ...
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