According to Reuters, Amazon’s (AMZN) financial results show that its profit margins were squeezed in the last quarter. Reuters writes that Starbucks (SBUX) will close 100 stores and say 2008 could bring…
Lenovo, one of the two large Asian PC companies with Acer, will report earnings that are likely to double for the latest reported quarter. That probably won’t happen at HP (HPQ) or…
For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill Gates’ company…
Posit, if you will, that unusually strong Apple (AAPL) earnings, coupled with an upbeat forecast for the next few quarters, might have stopped the sell-off in techs in its tracks. Apple has…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) forecast for its next quarter disappointed Wall St. sending shares down 13%. Reuters writes that Texas Instruments (TXN) posted higher profits. Reuters reports that Big Oil’s rally…
The big US companies with the weakest prospects have sold off by as much as 50% over the few months. But, because some of them have powerful brands, large customer bases, and…
Goldman Sachs has issued a broader snapshot of what to expect from Q4 earnings now that we have seen some of the companies report. This is also ahead of the earning deluge…
There is a rule against taunting in football along with penalties. That has not moved to big business yet. International Business Machines Corp. told Wall Street to raise its 2008 according to…
A funny thing happened on the way to the tech collapse. It didn’t happen. The market may not have liked Intel’s (INTC) results, but for a company its size, it still posted…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has just posted earnings. The processor and chip giant noted its EPS as $0.38 on revenues of $10.71 Billion. First Call had this quarter at $0.40 EPS on…
Today’s after-hours trading will be an interesting glimpse into shares of technology stocks at the NASDAQ and NYSE alike. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is set to post earnings after the bell and this may…
IBM (IBM) has come out raised guidance this morning on strong international orders. Big Blue put earnings at $2.80 EPS, and the First Call estimate was $2.60 EPS. and revenues came in…
These are not the only big analysts calls this Friday morning, but these are the ones that 24/7WallSt.com is focusing on this morning: Bear Stearns (BSC) raised to Buy at Merrill Lynch.…
So much for the turnaround at Dell (DELL) and the two-year revival at Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Even overseas PC companies like Lenovo are being hurt by the perception that US demand for computers…
As 2008 looks a more shaky year and one that the stock market looks like it is trying to price in a recession, there may be one victim: the share repurchase plans…
