AAPL started as Buy at B of A.ALVR raised to Buy at First Albany.BARE cut to Sector Perform at CIBC.BRCM raised to Outperform at CIBC.COCO raised to equal weight at Lehman, raised…
Lenovo, the world’s third largest PC company increased profits in is last quarter by 13x. And, operations in the US were profitable. Lenovo’s net rose to almost $67 million. Revenue was up…
Sun Microsystems (SUNW) will be up today. Up big. After hours, the stock move as much as 11% on the plus side. That took them to $5.40, still well below their 52-week…
In the last quarter, Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone sales were not spectacular. iPod sales were a little under most estimates at 9.8 million units. But, the Mac went wild. Unit sales hit 1.76…
The big Chinese PC company Lenovo is opening plants in India and Mexico. It will use the Mexico plant to build a supply chain closer to the US. Lenovo has 35% of…
According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) CEO defended the company’s move heyond the desktop. Reuters writes that Amgen (AMGN) turned in better than expected results as several key drugs did well. Reuters reports…
Over that last six months, shares in Sun Microsystems (SUNW) are down about 17%. From early 2006 until this April, the stock was running hot and was up over 70% at one…
According to Reuters, Dow Jones (DJ) controlling Bancroft family met to discuss Rupert Murdoch’s bid for the company and should vote later this week. Reuters writes that revenue and income fell at…
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) will buy data center automation software company Opsware (OPSW) for $14.25 a share and combine it with its enterprise IT management software unit. According to the larger company: "the acquisition…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Barclays (BCS) raised its bid for ABN Amro (ABN) to $93 billion. The Wall Street Journal writes that Yahoo! (YHOO), Microsoft (MSFT) and Ask.com are updating their privacy policy…
Below are key short interest statistics for July. The figures are as of July 13 compared to June 15, 2007 Largest Short Positions Company …
Apple (AAPL) Mac shipments hit 960,000 units in Q3 of this year according to IDC. Last year, that figure was 716,000, raising Apple’s share from 4.8% to 5.6% in the US market.…
Data from Gartner indicate that Dell (DELL) may not be doing as well as Wall St. bulls had hoped. Figures show that in Q2, PC shipments by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) rose 36% but…
According to Reuters net income at Ebay (EBAY) rose 50%. Reuters reports that net income at IBM (IBM) rose 12% on strength in its software business. Reuters writes that Vodafone’s (VOD) revenue…
According to Gartner Group, PC sales rose 12.1% in the second quarter to hit 61.1 million units. The research firm had previously predicted growth of 10.6%. Laptop sales were particularly strong. Hewlett-Packard…
