VMware’s $400M Stock Buyback Is Different (VMW, EMC, CSCO, DELL, INTC)
2010 is shaping up to be the year of the dividend. Stock buybacks are now becoming to be “Oh so 2007” for investors. In fact, many argue whether or not stock buyback plans do…
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Newest first · Page 39VMware Buying Part of EMC: When Son Buys From Dad (VMW, EMC)
You have to always wonder a bit when a partial spin-out makes a deal to acquire software products from its parent company. After the close of trading came word that VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW)…
Hewlett-Packard Proves Bull Case For Tech
By some measures, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is the largest technology company in the world, with annual sales well over $100 billion. The breadth of its business, which include software, PCs, printers, servers and consulting, make it…
SAP CEO Shuffle Shows Strength of Oracle (SAP, ORCL)
Things just still are not going well at SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). Its CEO Leo Apotheker has stepped down as the company reached an agreement with him not to renew his contract. The problem…
Analysts Warming to Oracle More and More (ORCL, IBM, SAP)
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has just completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and so far we are seeing analysts overwhelmingly in favor of the stock based on the most recent calls or on recent…
Windows 7: Is the PC Recovery A Mirage?
Microsoft (MSFT) announced that its revenue rose 14% in the last quarter to $19 billion. EPS rose 57% to $.74. Most of the improvement was due to the sales of Microsoft’s new PC operating…
Microsoft Beats, But Leaves Little New (MSFT)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just reported earnings of $0.74 on the headline and $0.60 EPS for non-GAAP earnings and $19.02 billion in revenues. The estimates from Thomson Reuters were $0.59 EPS and $17.84…
Apple (AAPL) App Store To Bring In $21.6 Billion In 2013
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store brought in $2.5 billion last year according to Gartner. The company accounted for 99% of all mobile application sales in 2009. Apple keeps 90% of that revenue. Gartner predicts that the…
Adobe Trends: Hacks vs. Short Sellers vs. Charts (ADBE)
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) has quite a lot of surrounding influences around its stock, but most importantly around its products. The company said it became aware of cyber-attacks against corporate network systems managed…
Apple App Store Has Lost $450 Million To Piracy
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the companies that sell software for the iPhone and iPod touch at the App Store have lost over $450 million to piracy since the store opened in July 2008 according to an…
China & US: A Trade War Made Of Steel Pipes
The trade disputes between China and the US seem more frequent. The passions on both sides seem more violent and permanent with each new argument over imports and exports. The International Trade Commission handed…
52-Week High Club (GOOG, JBL, PRGS)
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) rose close to 0.5% to a yearly high of $601.50, carried by the momentum of the market. Jabil Circuit Inc. (NYSE: JBL) rose over 14% to a yearly high of…
Oracle Shows How It’s Done, Still Wants Sun (ORCL, SAP, JAVA)
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has posted its earnings at $0.29 EPS on a GAAP basis, but $0.39 EPS on a non-GAAP basis. Revenues were $5.86 billion for the quarter. Thomson Reuters had estimates pegged…
Microsoft (MSFT) Claims Windows 7 Is Major Success
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer told attendees at the company’s annual shareholder meeting that Windows 7 sales were astonishingly high. According to a Wall Street Journal account of the gathering, “Microsoft Corp. has sold twice…
Corel & Vector: From Strange to Stranger (CREL)
[ We had already commented on hoe the merger offer for Corel Corp. (NASDAQ: CREL) from majority owner Vector Capital might be the strangest merger paths of this decade. The strange can always get…