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Microsoft (MSFT) And EU: Best Friends For Life?

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Goldman Sachs Raises Apple & Microsoft Estimates (AAPL, MSFT)

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%…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

A Lesson From RIM (RIMM) And Oracle (ORCL)

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Intuit Continues Diversification Strategy (INTU, ECHO)

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. …

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Oracle Flies Past Targets & Taking Share (ORCL, SAP, IBM)

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Google’s (GOOG) Microsoft (MSFT) Challenge Looks Weak

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Adobe Beats, But Some Wanted More (ADBE)

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

VMWare (VMW) Gets A Challenge From Microsoft (MSFT)

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).…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Unique Value Manager’s Take On EMC…Sans-VMware (EMC, VMW)

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Apple’s (AAPL) Cruel War On Vista

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…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

H-P Still Blowing PC’s Out The Door (HPQ)

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,…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago