ThinkstockIn a look at Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) yesterday, we noted a positive article in Barron’s and an analyst’s upgrade from FBR Capital Markets. Intel’s design win for the 10-inch Samsung Galaxy…
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) suddenly is finding itself back in favor at a time when it seems like all of the forces in technology are aligned against it. After losing out…
courtesy of SamsungThe Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone went on sale the last week of April across 327 networks in 155 countries. The GS4 is reported to be flying off the shelves and is the…
ThinkstockSterne Agee analyst Vijay Rakesh has given a snapshot on various semiconductor sector plays ahead. While many fundamental analysts have keyed in on fundamentals, one of Rakesh’s angles is covering higher dividends,…
ThinkstockThe intense battle for the wireless customer and the consumer dollar heated up in the first quarter of 2013. Surprisingly, smartphone activation, which is a key data point for the carriers, actually…
ThinkstockIn a brief filing by Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) to the Securities and Exchange Commission meant primarily to highlight the compensation package of new CEO Brian M. Krzanich, there was some small…
ThinkstockIt should come as no surprise that the growth in the semiconductor industry is being driven by smartphones, tablets and notebooks. This tremendous growth is more than offsetting the declines from desktop…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of April 30 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
ThinkstockThe number of wirelessly connected devices now outnumbers the total population of the globe. The score is wireless devices, more than 10 billion, to people, nearly 7 billion. By 2020, devices will…
ThinkstockWith the stock market trading at all-time and multiyear highs, the question on every investor’s mind is can the stock market go even higher? At 1,615, the S&P 500 is at 15.4…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Friday, April 26, 2013. They include Amazon, Boeing, eBay, SunPower and Anheuser-Busch InBev.
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting earnings between…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of April 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
ThinkstockVerizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) will make a $100 billion offer to Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) for the part of Verizon Wireless that it does not own. (Reuters) Spanish financial firm…
ThinkstockQUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) has been riding the smartphone wave for quite some time now. Its earnings report may be indicating that all trends either peak or need to take a breather…
Jon C. Ogg 
