Microsoft (MSFT) is well along in talks to control and eventually buy Yahoo!’s (YHOO) search business for $20 billion, according to a report in the Times of London. AllThingsDigital says no such…
These are the top pre-market analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing from Wall Street firms this Friday morning with more than two hours until the open. Arm Holdings (ARMH) Raised…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC that will allow the company to sell debt instruments from time to time if it chooses. No terms…
Douglas A. McIntyre Covering any part of the positives in this market has been literally as rewarding as jumping in the bear cage with the bears at the zoo. We have been refraining from doing…
It is like fighting an army with a pea-shooter. Microsoft (MSFT) is changing the subscription model for its Apple (AAPL) iPod knock-off, the Zune. According to Reuters, MSFT "announced a new music…
According to Reuters, Japan exports hit their lowest level since 2002. Reuters writes that hopes for an auto bailout in this session of Congress are poor. Reuters reports that the US is…
Steve Ballmer is presenting data today at the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) annual shareholder meeting. Ballmer has said that he essentially wants no part of a Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) merger. It said that…
Douglas A. McIntyre With Jerry Yang out as Yahoo! (YHOO) CEO, what most of the board and many large shareholders want is for the portal company to be sold to Microsoft (MSFT). It may be…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is trying to save technology stocks this morning all on its own. Or that is how it seems with its guidance. The company issued preliminary guidance for its…
From the day that Yahoo! (YHOO) walked away from a takeover bid by Microsoft (MSFT) to the day that the portal company could not report good earnings to the day that a…
According to Reuters, concerns about the global economy are growing as the G20 nations are meeting. Reuters says that Congress challenged banks on how they would use bailout funds. Reuters reports that…
GE (GE) Concerns about dividend and financial services arm. Drops to $14.58 from 52-week high of $39.95. Citigroup (C) Huge consumer lending portfolio becomes more of a time bomb. Drops to $8.27…
According to Reuters, Japan will supply money to the IMF. Reuters reports that Citigroup (C) is looking at buying Chevy Chase Bank. Reuters reports that the US may need to insure wholesale…
Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone does everything. It is a phone, a multimedia player, a web browser, and a washing machine. Now, Apple wants the iPhone to be a gaming platform and it is…
Mobile search is supposed to be the next big thing on the internet. Now that PC users have pretty much decided what search service they want to use, the war is moving…
