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Short Sellers Hit Internet Stocks

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 6:17 am

For the two weeks that ended on May 15, short sellers hit old and new Internet site companies alike. Among firms that had IPOs recently, the short interest in Zynga (NASDAQ: ...
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Media Digest (5/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 6:20 am

Many members of the EU want Greece to remain a member but have begun to prepare for its departure. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posts better-than-expected earnings and says it will ...
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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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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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A Sign of Recovery in Hewlett-Packard Layoffs

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 6:25 am

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has plans to lay off as many as 30,000 people soon. By some estimates that is 8% of its workforce. HP’s CEO Meg Whitman needs to show ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (ORCL, NOV, MMM, TEVA, JDSU, AMCX, MT, HNR, KSS, WIN, DDS, JKS, PGR, SOL, URRE, MNST, WFR)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 4:04 pm

The major US stock indexes opened significantly higher this morning as investors were heartened by yesterday’s nationalization of Spain’s Bankia. The Bank of England also keps rates and asset purchases ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARMH, BIG, CHKM, CSCO, CPWM, DLB, HGSI, JDSU, LINE, MMM, NOV, ORCL, RGP, TPX, TLLP, TEVA, VRTX)

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 8:25 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) Raised to Market Perform at Bernstein. ...
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Full 360-Degree Cisco Earnings Preview (CSCO, JNPR, ALU, ORCL, INTC, HPQ)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 11:10 am

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday.  We have already signaled that Cisco could hold the key to how technology ...
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Why Cisco’s Earnings Hold the Key to the Tech Sector (CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, HPQ, JNPR, ALU, NOK, RIMM, CTSH, IBM, INTC)

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 4:40 pm

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell.  While we usually cringe when analysts and media pundits say this about a single ...
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Media Digest (5/8/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 6:30 am

The GAO says the government could make $15.1 billion on its AIG (NYSE: AIG) bailout investment. (Reuters) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg begins the company’s IPO road show. (Reuters) Comscore says ...
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Media Digest (5/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 6:51 am

The European Central Bank will not act to help growth in the region, but it will seek solutions to Spain’s problems. (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promises to build new handsets ...
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The Most Powerful CEOs in America

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 6:49 am

Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current ...
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Media Digest (4/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 6:30 am

Citigroup (NYSE: C) losses an investor vote on executive compensation. (Reuters) Many experts say Spain cannot avoid a bailout. (Reuters) Nestle is close to a deal to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: ...
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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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Media Digest (4/17/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 17, 2012 at 6:46 am

Argentina may take control of huge energy company YPF. (Reuters) Spanish debt costs continue to rise. (Reuters) The International Monetary Fund will try to raise $400 billion, much less that previously ...
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