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Technology
Is Nvidia (NVDA) A Buyer For AMD (AMD)?
Mubadala Development Co, the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government, put $622 million into AMD (AMD) last week to buy 8.1% of the company at $12.70 a share. The market did…
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Technology
AMD (AMD), In Need Of More Cash, Sells Shares To Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development
AMD (AMD) needs more money. It appears that it got about $700 million from Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development, accordiing to Reuters. The country that controls the fund is one of the world’s…
9:05am ET
Technology
A Product Delay For AMD (AMD)?
Galleon Group, which 24/7 Wall St. pointed out bought shares in AMD (AMD), may already regret that move.Bloomberg writes "Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world’s second-largest maker of computer processors, is late…
8:08am ET
Investing
Top 10 Pre-Market Analyst Calls (BHI, HAL, FNM, FRE, INTC, MAT, MSFT, ORCL, MIR, NOVL, FTO, TSO, VLO)
These are not the only impacting analyst calls in the land of upgrades & downgrades, but these are the top ten analyst calls 24/7 Wall St. is looking at today: Baker Hughes…
6:55am ET
Apps & Software
Virtual Iron CEO Calls VMware Dominance Bad For All In I.T. (VMW, EMC, CTXS, SAP, GS, MSFT, DELL, HPQ, IBM, INTC, AMD, SYMC, SUNW)… 24/7 Wall St. Exclusive
The CEO of Virtual Iron, Ed Walsh, spoke exclusively to 24/7 Wall St. partners in two separate interviews. Virtual Iron is the virtualization company owned in part and backed by Goldman Sachs…
4:24am ET
Media
Media Digest 11/12/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Barron’s
According to Reuters, BHP Billiton (BHP) will not sell its petroleum division, as had been rumored, to finance a bid for Rio Tinto (RTP).Reuters writes that most of the Hershey (HSY) was…
9:57am ET
Apps & Software
Short Interest In Microsoft (MSFT) Spikes
The most visible shift in short interest in the new Nasdaq figures as of October 31, is the sharp increase in shares sold short in Microsoft.From October 15 to the end of…
5:09pm ET
Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest: October 31, 2007
Below is the short interest in certain stocks traded on Nasdaq. The figures are as of October 31 and compare to numbers posted on October 15, 2007Largest Short PositionsCompany …
6:56am ET
Technology
Tech Stock Values For Dummies
Yesterday’s sharp sell-off in the Nasdaq showed the market something. In a downturn, the Apples (AAPL) and RIMMs (RIMM) of the world have an Achilles Heel. They have run up too much.…
5:52am ET
Telecom & Wireless
WiMax Massacre: Sprint (S) And Clearwire (CLWR) Split-Up
WiMax appears to be such a promising technology, at least on paper. It can send wireless broadband signals for miles from one base-station. If is faster than 3G, the core technology used…
5:55am ET
Investing
Wall St. Faces Bleak Q4 Earnings
In the past month, fourth-quarter earnings expectations for companies in the S&P 500 have fallen by nearly half, according to Thomson Financial. So says the FT. The problem has several sources and…
10:43am ET
Media
Barron’s Poll Has Apple (AAPL) And Google (GOOG) As Buys And Sells
In Barron’s semi-annual Big Money Poll, institutional investors are asked about their two favorite stocks and also which shares are most overvalued. For the latest poll, 112 money managers responded.On the buy…
6:23pm ET
Investing
A Sprint (S) Merger With Clearwire (CLWR)
The technology world loves WiMax, the ultra-high-speed wireless broadband technology. Wall St. hates it. The two biggest proponents of the system in the US are Sprint (S) and Clearwire (CLWR). Over the…
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Investing
Nasdaq Short Position For October, Sun (JAVA) Shows Huge Improvement
Below are the short positions for major companies traded on the Nasdaq as of October 15. The figures compare to numbers on September 28, 2007Traders bet big on Sun’s turnaround, dropping their…
8:00am ET
Technology
Transmeta’s New Right To Life From Intel (TMTA, INTC)
Transmeta Corp. (NASDAQ:TMTA) is seeing shares gap up exponentially after the announcement that it has reached an agreement with Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) to settle all legal claims between the companies and to license…
Douglas A. McIntyre