India’s Infosys Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: INFY) reported second-quarter earnings today, and EPS came in more than 10% higher than in the same period a year ago. The company also lowered its full-year…
There are news reports that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) may not spin off its large PC business. The business is a financial drag on the company’s prospects. HP will be hurt if a…
A drop in price often brings up the “takeover chatter” from blogs, analysts, and news reports. We have seen this discussed recently in Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) where analysts and pundits talk about the…
The results are in, and though they may be temporary, it’s now official that IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has become the second largest high-tech firm in the world, passing Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:…
The federal government begins to probe the accounting of several Chinese companies. (Reuters) EU markets to decline more this quarter than in any other since 2008. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
The DJIA (NYSE: DIA) was trading down 500 points today before a late-day rally. More European concerns and serious slowing in China’s manufacturing data only brought on more selling. The week before…
Leo Apotheker may have one of the shortest CEO jobs in technology history. There are rumors that the board of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is already considering replacing Apotheker. The move to…
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading Tuesday and investors are likely to be paying close attention to the body language offered up in the…
The borrow-a-patent, rent-a-patent, buy-a-patent industry is growing by the day. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just bought 1,023 patents from IBM (NYSE: IBM). The big hardware company will hardly miss them. It files more…
Carol Bartz resigns from Yahoo!’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) board. (Reuters) Lagarde disputes reports of an IMF study that shows a $372 billion capital shortfall among Europe’s banks. (Reuters) Bank of America’s (NYSE: BAC)…
The job market has remained relatively stagnant since 2009. To make matters worse, the educational requirements of the average U.S. employer have increased consistently from 2005 to 2009, recently outpacing the growth…
Jon OggThe recovery has been stalling and it is becoming easier and easier to argue that the next recession (often mislabeled as a double-dip recession) is afoot. Friday’s net-zero in August non-Farm…
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) might have been raised to “Buy” by Goldman Sachs in the middle of August, but the ongoing slowness in the economy may be taking a further…
It was only recently that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) dropped the news that it was evaluating strategic alternatives for its PC group, called the Personal Systems Group. At the time the company…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is in a constant state of challenge. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is just too formidable of competitor. AMD has been without a CEO since Dirk Meyer…
