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…
Goldman Sachs has come out with some positive calls in the communications technology group, and one of the stocks has been given an upgrade. Specifically, Goldman Sachs noted that it is maintaining…
According to Reuters, Rhapsody, a music service owned by Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) will make a push against Apple (AAPL) iTunes by embracing the iPod as its player. Reuters writes…
These are the earl-bird upgrades and downgrades we are seeing in Telecom, Tech, and I.T. on this Friday morning with about two and a half hours to open: ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH)…
Based on data from Nasdaq as of June 13, short sellers made heavy bets against tech stocks. Many investors clearly think the sector is not immune from the current economic downturn. The…
According to Reuters, Pfizer (PFE) may make a counter-bid for Ranbaxy Laboratories, the generic drug-maker. Reuters reports that deal talks between Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are dead. Yahoo! will do an…
