Below are the short positions for major companies traded on the Nasdaq as of October 15. The figures compare to numbers on September 28, 2007 Traders bet big on Sun’s turnaround, dropping…
According to The Wall Street Journal: "Sony posted a group net profit of ¥73.7 billion ($645 million) in its fiscal second quarter, compared with ¥1.7 billion a year earlier." The company’s game…
According to Reuters, profits rose at Sony (SNE) driven by camera sales. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) held a day with analysts and the press to show off its new technology and…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft (MSFT) agreed to invest $240 million for a minority stake in Facebook Inc. that values the social-networking site at $15 billion. As part of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Christmas may come early to Microsoft (MSFT) investors. Just a year ago, it was hard to imagine that the world’s largest software company would ever have an earnings engine beyond its core…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (MSFT) will not be a bidder for the 700-megahertz spectrum band which the FCC will auction early next year. The minimum bid will be $4.6 billion In comments covered by Reuters,…
Douglas A. McIntyre These days it seems that Microsoft (MSFT) cannot get enough products out the door. This week it is a new software set that allows high end wireless devices do most of the…
Apple (AAPL) always beats earnings forecasts. In the last quarter, it hit revenue of $6.22 billion and had a profit of $1.01 a shares. It sold 10.2 million iPods, 1.1 million iPhones…
According to Reuters, Apple’s (AAPL) rose 67% in the last quarter/ Reuters writes that the UAW has a secret deal with Chrysler to make certain products in the US in the hope…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft (MSFT) has reached an agreement in its long battle with the EU over antitrust matters. The paper writes that the key components of the deal…
Douglas A. McIntyre Sandisk (SNDK) has its own solution for moving content from the PC to the TV. Companies from Intel (INTC) to Microsoft (MSFT) have been working on this problems for years. Apple (AAPL)…
According to Reuters, Halliburton (HAL) increased its third quarter profit by 19%. Reuters writes that Wal-Mart (WMT) will buy the part of its Japanese operations that it does not own for $350…
The New York Times was good enough to run a list of the world’s 20 most valuable companies ranked by market cap in 1989, 1999, and 2007. Japan owned the list in…
Google (GOOG) has made believers out of everyone. It is worth every penny of its $640 share price. According to a survey by Barron’s, several large firms including Credit Suisse and Goldman…
According to Reuters, Google’s (GOOG) quarterly profit rose 46%. Reuters writes that Warren Buffett has sold his entire stake in PetroChina (PTR) Reuters writes that Microsoft (MSFT) says that its may make…
