salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may be closer to hitting the acquisition trail. The company has sold $500 million in 0.75% convertible senior notes (unsecured, unsubordinated obligations) due in 2015 in a private placement…
Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
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…
These are this Friday’s top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy…
It’s the weekend, and that brings about the review of “the unusual suspects” for strange activity or for being key stocks under review for the week ahead. There are some old hat…
These are this Friday’s top day trader and active stock alerts. We have more detailed data on volume and price analysis with links through to VSInvestor.com on each stock: SIRIUS XM Radio…
Reuters: Sony (SNE) and Microsoft (MSFT) are battling to control home entertainment but consumers are slow to adopt their technologies. Reuters: The “clunkers” program will end on August 24. Reuters: GM is…
Microsoft’s (MSFT) revenue dropped 17% in the second quarter, and worse, sales dropped in all five of the firm’s operating units. The recession and the decline in PC sales are to blame…
Reuters: Chrysler is already seeing positive effects from bankruptcy. Reuters: The US is working with GM (GM) on a Chapter 11 filing as the June1 deadline looms. Reuters: Pimco’s Gross says US…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive research calls that we have seen early this Monday morning from Wall Street: Berry Petroleum (BRY) Raised to Outperform at Morgan Keegan.…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades or positive initiations we have seen early this morning with about two hours until the open: Adobe Systems (ADBE) Raised to Outperform at RBC.…
According to Reuters, some members of Congress were unhappy with Defense budget cuts. Reuters reports that Americans are more optimistic about the economy since Obama came into office, according to a New…
Tech stocks are supposed to go down less than the overall market and come back faster. That has been in the Broker 101 handbook for at least two decades. The reasoning is…
If this was during good times, we’d be under the impression that there was a failed coup inside salesforce.com, Inc. (NYSE: CRM). Steve Cakebread, the company’s president & chief strategist, has resigned. …
Douglas A. McIntyre 