American Technology Research has issued a research report going into earnings season called "Our Best Dozen Fundamental Picks." AmTech believes investors already expect a disaster but that the current business climate isn’t…
According to Reuters, the US Treasury may buy interests in large banks following the model set up by the UK. Reuters reports that IBM’s (IBM) earnings strength helped calm tech investors. Reuters…
There was a very mixed bag in short selling in the semiconductor sector. What was interesting was the huge increase in the bets against NVIDIA because it was so far after the…
RF Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMD) is trying to dispute industry woes being seen at other mobile and communication chipset companies. This may sound important as its customers or its customers’ peers…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may fire 1,200 workers. Reuters reports that Dell (DELL) said its Asia business was fine but offered a cautious forecast. Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will offer…
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
Shorts sellers suffered from a lack of conviction on the direction of financial stocks in the period that ended July 31. They were clear that betting against tech was no longer a…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) backed its internet spending plan and said it was done with negotiations with Yahoo! (YHOO). Reuters reports that the CFO of Wachovia (WB) is leaving.
Wall St. cannot underestimate the extent to which the intellectual property battle between Nokia (NOK) and Qualcomm (QCOM) has created a log-jam that has held back advances in the world of the…
According to Reuters, Amazon (AMZN) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters reports that Ford (F) wil keep its small pick-up plant open for two years.
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) did come out with earnings after all, albeit quite late (very late if you’ve been here since 5:30 AM). The company posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.55 on revenues…
The afternoon did not start well for Qualcomm (QCOM) The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that the company’s GSM patent asserted in a case against the world’s top cellphone maker,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Roche has offered to buy-out Genentech (DNA) for $42.7 billion. Retuers reports that one of Yahoo!’s (YHOO) activist investors has called for a compromise which would put some of…
There seemed to be more upgrades this morning than there were downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Here is a snapshot of some of our key analyst calls we saw: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:…
These are not all of the upgrades we have seen so far this morning, but here are ten of the top positive analyst calls we have seen so far early this Tuesday…
