A New Blackberry For $48 (RIMM)
RIM (RIMM) has come up with a way to take market share from Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) in the smart phone market. It is launching the BlackBerry 8520, a handset that…
RIM (RIMM) has come up with a way to take market share from Apple (AAPL) and Palm (PALM) in the smart phone market. It is launching the BlackBerry 8520, a handset that…
Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a troubled handset and communications and networking equipment provider for what is becoming longer than memory cares to record. Its restructuring plans have never seemed to…
Most investors would assume that the only handset companies to post increases in unit sales last quarter are Apple (AAPL) and RIM (RIMM). Those two high-end handset companies are damaging the market share opportunities of…
Once a year, Interbrand publishes a list of the “Best Global Brands”. The 2008 list was released last September. The next list will probably be out in about two months. The change…
These are this Tuesday morning’s top ten analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations we have seen in early trading from Wall Street firms: Blackboard (BBBB) Cut to Neutral at BofA/Merrill. Citrix…
There were many analyst calls this morning, but the problem is that most were on smaller companies or were by second and third tier boutiques. These were the top call from Wall…
Reuters: CIT (CIT) is rushing to get financing before its goes bankrupt. Reuters: Bank earnings are boosting recovery hopes. Reuters: IBM (IBM) hiked its full-year outlook. Reuters: Google’s (GOOG) quarterly results were…
These are some of the top stocks to watch this morning for active trading today based on pre-market and after-hours volume activity. There are links through to each with more detailed coverage…
Nokia (NOK) posted poor earnings, but handset sales rose to 103 units, up 11% from the immediately previous quarter. Revenue dropped 25% to 9,9 billion euros. Net income was down 73% to…
There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important role in the valuation of…
These are some of the top analyst downgrades or cautious calls we have seen early this Tuesday morning: American Commercial Lines (ACLI) Cut to Market Perform at Morgan Keegan. AMR Corp. (AMR)…
Software is supposed to be a high margin business and hardware a sector in which most companies struggle with gross margins. Hardware components are expensive and there is almost no getting around…
We have another rough couple of quarters ahead of us in PC and computer sales. There are some things to take heed here which will come front and center for the sales…
Intel (INTC) means to push deeply into the mobile chip market. That is bad news for the two companies that own most of the territory now–TI (TXN) and Qualcomm (QCOM). Intel is…
Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. This will be a key report that can impact rivals such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Nokia…