Is John Chambers Too Old To Fix Cisco?
CEO years are like dog years. Most chief executives at large corporations are fortunate if they last a decade on the job. Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) CEO John Chambers, who has been on the job…
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Newest first · Page 35The Case For Breaking Up Google
Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) before it, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become two or three companies. Its dominant business of search is no longer much of a growth engine. And, the…
Ten Big Tech Stocks That Have Outperformed Apple This Year
There are ten major technology stocks that have outperformed Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) this year. Apple’s earnings will be announced shortly, and although some analysts are still raising earnings estimates and stock price targets, the…
M&A Watch: Is LogMeIn Now Bait? (LOGM)
LogMeIn, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) is one of the strange situations that will make traders and investors alike question what they should do next. Shares were halted today and the last move showed the stock…
Dividend Watch: The Oracle Dividend Hike May Rise Exponentially Ahead (ORCL, MSFT, INTC, HPQ, CSCO)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been one impressive growth stock and it has absorbed almost all the smaller major players which could have posed competitive threats down the road. It has even gone into…
Oracle Delivers on Earnings & Dividend (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) just reported earnings for the quarter. The enterprise software giant posted $0.54 EPS and $8.8 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.50 EPS and $8.67 billion in revenues…
Earnings Previews: Oracle Versus RIM (ORCL, RIMM, SAP, CSCO, HPQ, AAPL, GOOG)
After the close of trading today will come earnings from two key players in technology and communications: Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Traders and investors alike will be looking closely…
Is there Value left in Microsoft (MSFT)?
Its no secret, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been left in the dust by Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). In the past year, the NASDAQ increased 11% while Microsoft (MSFT) shares have declined 16%. …
IPO Alert: Fusion-io… Beyond the Cloud (FIO, AAPL)
A new IPO filing has been made by a company called Fusion-io, Inc. Terms have not been made public other than that the funds to be raised are up to $150 million. The company’s…
Google’s Video David Battles Industry’s Goliaths
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) challenged the entrenched providers of video compression software when it bought small firm On2. The search company took On2’s advance video compression product and open sourced it. The company made the…
Microsoft Earnings Win Botched By Poorly Timed Release (MSFT)
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) somehow managed to release its earnings early and before the close rather than after the close of trading. The software giant reported earnings in the last quarter of $0.77 EPS…
IBM Posts Big Blue Earnings (IBM)
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reported earnings after the close. Big Blue reported earnings growth of 16% with $4.18 EPS and a 7% growth to a record $29.0 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters…
An Android Secuity Threat? A Self-Serving Answer
Is Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system more vulnerable to security flaws than the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone as Trend Micro CEO Steve Chang claims? Who knows? But that didn’t stop Bloomberg News from…
Dot Hill, Gains, and Rethinking Tech M&A (HILL, NTAP, ORCL, HPQ, DELL, EMC, CSCO)
Dot Hill Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: HILL) is finding itself back in favor this morning. The company has aspects of the cloud for investors but it is more for storage solutions, software, and security for…
What Dell Sees in Security Services Acquisition (DELL)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has been making its acquisitions to diversify away from just the world of PCs and hardware. Its focus has been into IT rather than just hardware, and now the company…