Quantcast

Posts related to ‘ORCL’

Bill Gates 2012 World Economic Forum

Bill Gates Tops Bloomberg Billionaires — for Now

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 7:05 am

In the battle of the billionaire lists, Forbes has held the high ground for years. Now, Bloomberg Billionaires has taken a prominent spot in media coverage. That was boosted yesterday when ...
Read Full Story »
147282532

What Is Important: Crowded Airplanes and Bloomberg Billionaire Winners

Posted: May 17, 2013 at 6:44 am

Record Air Traffic This Summer For those who do not have to travel by air this summer -- don't. The number of seats filled will hit near-record levels. Airports will be ...
Read Full Story »
Dell HQ

Icahn Offer for Dell Increases Investor Risk

Posted: May 10, 2013 at 6:24 am

Carl Icahn and partner Southeastern Capital Management will offer Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) stockholders two alternatives, if their deal to takeover the company is chosen by its board. Investors can ...
Read Full Story »
Wall St Bull statue

Top Analyst Upgrades and Stocks to Buy: Home Depot, Lululemon, Myriad Genetics and More

Posted: May 8, 2013 at 8:30 am

Investors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh Wall Street research ideas of stocks to buy, value stocks and dividend stocks. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research ...
Read Full Story »
Apple-store

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, ...
Read Full Story »
IBM logo

IBM Cannot Grow Any More

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 6:41 am

International Business Machine Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has lost the capacity for revenue growth. The troubling trend began a long time ago. Its recent earnings confirmed that the huge tech firm ...
Read Full Story »
board room

Larry Ellison, Highest Paid CEO of 2012

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 6:55 am

CNN Money released its list of the 20 highest paid chief executive officers of 2012. It was refreshing to see some of the CEOs that have led their companies to ...
Read Full Story »
Pigs

What Is Important in the Financial World (4/8/2013)

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 6:40 am

Portugal Austerity Ruling The highest court in Portugal ruled that some of the austerity measures to be employed by the government to curtail deficits are not constitutional. In reaction, the ...
Read Full Story »
HP Logo

HP Board Changes Mean Nothing

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 6:17 am

Two humiliated members of the board of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) left and Chairman Ray Lane stepped down but will remain on the board. These actions address legacy issues, but ...
Read Full Story »
Bull and Bear

Ten Things That Could Wreck the Bull Market

Posted: March 30, 2013 at 8:00 am

The markets closed out the first quarter of 2013 with a big rally and the bulls seem to remain in charge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up more ...
Read Full Story »
Bull and Bear figures

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — March 27, 2013: Markets Close Mixed After Low Start (VMW, GOOG, AOL, GIS, ORCL, MFRM, SAI, XONE, PAYX, SNX, TXI, END, FINL, GME, MOS, BBRY, WGO, CLF, FB, GILD)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 4:06 pm

U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a stack of poor reports on the Italian economy. New industrial orders were down, industrial sales were down, and retail sales were ...
Read Full Story »
Cloud computing

Rising and Fading Stars in Tech as Top Fund Holdings

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 11:20 am

Credit Suisse has reviewed and screened the holdings of 857 large cap mutual funds and has seen that technology is very well represented in the top holdings on average at ...
Read Full Story »
Bull and Bear

Top 12 Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AOL, BBBY, CLF, GIS, GOOG, MNKD, ORCL, PCG, SYKE, VPHM, VMW, ZIOP)

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 8:25 am

Investors and traders are constantly looking for new ideas that will generate profits. 24/7 Wall St. looks over research calls from all over to find great ideas, from value stocks ...
Read Full Story »
Netflix logo

Media Digest (3/27/2013) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT

Posted: March 27, 2013 at 6:14 am

A Fed study says China growth will slow in 2030. (Reuters) Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) may cuts its cash position to $35 billion to redeem expensive debt. (Reuters) Battery problems ...
Read Full Story »
Tax

From Icahn and Blackstone, a New Bid for Dell? An Ouster of Michael Dell?

Posted: March 23, 2013 at 2:44 pm

The Wall Street Journal and several other news outlets have reported that Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX) and Carl Icahn will make a bid to take Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) ...
Read Full Story »