After all of the bile that has passed between the European Union and Microsoft (MSFT) over Redmond’s monopolistic behavior in the region, the two may now be bedfellows. The European Commission, a branch of…
Goldman Sachs is raising estimates on both Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) today: On Microsoft (MSFT), Goldman Sachs has noted how the company "kicked itself out of the doldrums and outperformed" with an 11%…
Most people with a college education would guess that the near-spectacular results posted by Research In Motion (RIMM) and Oracle (ORCL) are a sign that the broad tech industry has not been hit by…
NetSuite (NYSE: N) is one we covered with a strengthening bid ahead of its IPO, but it priced at $26.00. That is twice the initial price forecast. Shares traded slightly lower at the open…
Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) is continuing to diversify away from being a tax and "Quickbooks" company. It has signed a new agreement to acquire Electronic Clearing House Inc. (NASDAQ:ECHO) for $17.00 per share in cash. …
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) just posted earnings. Its GAAP EPS was $0.25 but non-GAAP was $0.31 EPS on revenues of $5.3 Billion. First Call had estimates at $0.27 non-GAAP EPS on revenues of $5.04…
After today’s close, we will get to see the highly expected earnings report out of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). First Call has estimates at $0.27 EPS on revenues of $5.04 Billion. The company usually holds…
Research group NPD reported that 73% of Americans have never heard of Google (GOOG) Docs, the online tools that are meant to challenge Microsoft (MSFT) in the word processing and spreadsheet businesses. The survey…
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended Nov. 30, 2007 (Q4 2007): Adobe posted record revenue of $911.2 million versus its revenue target range of $860…
Microsoft (MSFT) is beginning to show beta of its virtualization technology, called Hyper-V. Some in the industry think this will put it on a collision course with market leader and recent IPO VMWare (VMW).…
It is always a difficult task to note a CEO who should go, and it is even more difficult when you like the CEO and when you actually thought the diversification strategy was safer…
The 3rd annual VALUE INVESTING CONGRESS took place in New York City this week, and 24/7 Wall St. attended and covered this great value investor event. Fund managers, investment managers, and hedge fund managers…
Vista is Microsoft’s (MSFT) flagship now. But, in a series of ads Apple (AAPL) and taken a juvenile and merciless approach to news that the new operating system from Redmond may have too many…
H-P (NYSE:HPQ) has posted Q4 2007 earnings of $0.86 EPS on revenues of $28.29 Billion. Mark Hurd & Co. is guiding EPS to $0.80 and revenues to $27.4-$27.5 Billion in revenues for Q1 2009,…
As far as investors are concerned, today’s Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) announcement is perhaps the single largest investment event for investors who have been trying to figure out if they can really hide their investment bucks…