Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is preparing to distribute computers with a version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system for devices using ARM processors from ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH). This marks…
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is being maintained as “neutral” in a call by Zacks Investment Research, which frankly is just on valuation and because of prior stock moves higher. If you just…
All three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, and spent the rest of the day bouncing around the neutral line. The reports from retailers on same-store sales in January were…
QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is headed to $65.00 per share according to the Jim Cramer. On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC Cramer talked up the smartphone operational growth after the now $100…
Jon C. Ogg QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is out with its quarterly earnings at $0.97 EPS on an adjusted basis and with $4.68 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $0.90 EPS on $4.57…
Jon C. Ogg Wikimedia CommonsQUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is now even closer to its 52-week high ahead of this afternoon’s expected earnings report. Shares are now around $59.15 and the 52-week range is $45.98 to $59.84. …
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch. These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are the ones…
Since the beginning of the year the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up more than 13.5%. The run-up may be over for some chip makers and sustainable for others. Analysts are also a…
Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) is a stock that Jim Cramer prefers for the mobile chip growth in smartphones over QUALCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCM). The growth in millions (or billions) of additional smart devices is…
Jon C. Ogg For the first time ever, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has released a list of its 156 suppliers in connection with the company’s release of its supplier responsibility audit. The supplier list is…
Germany’s economy took a step closer to recession. The government announced that its GDP grew at 3%, which was less that posted earlier. The economy contracted 0.25% in the final quarter of…
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) to launch its first tablet PC late this year. (Reuters) NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) and Deutsche Boerse will try to save their merger with a case for EC regulators. (Reuters)…
Wall St. expects same-store sales for December to rise 4.3%. (Reuters) Returns of holiday online gifts are expect to reach a record. (Reuters) Venezuela says it will pay Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM)…
Shares in semiconductor stocks have gained and lost value in about equal number during 2011. The run-up in share prices may be over for some and sustainable for others. For stocks that…
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some new competition. While companies like Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have had patent fights with Qualcomm in years past, a new challenge…
