Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current example is…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. ABB Ltd. (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Air Products &…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William Blair.…
Jon OggThese are some of today’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ACHN) Started as Outperform with $11 target at Credit…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC) Started as Buy at Maxim Group. Cepheid,…
Spain’s industrial production falls 5.1% on an annual basis in February. (MarketWatch) U.S. brokerage firms pay increasingly higher bonuses to get top producers. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) has a surprising first-quarter profit.…
The single greatest criticism of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steven Ballmer is that the company’s shares have not gained during his tenure as head of the company. The attack is not entirely…
The U.S. will tap its Strategic Energy Reserve as a way to bring down gasoline prices. (Reuters) A large rise in iPad sales helps drive Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares to new highs.…
Tech research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) says the days of the PC are numbered, and by 2014, “the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users’ digital…
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has some news out that may sound too good to be true on the surface. The company’s executive board has prepared the company’s 2011 consolidated financial statements. More…
Last September a California judge tossed out a verdict that would have given Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) a $1.3 billion payment in a dispute with SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) over a software…
A new software program from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) is taking direct aim at industry-leader Oracle Corp.’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) relational database software. The program, called HANA, departs from SAP’s historical business services…
Ben Bernanke says the Fed is prepared to buy more bonds. (Reuters) NEC to cut 10,000 workers. (Reuters) Nintendo posts poor earnings and cuts forecasts. (Reuters) Warren Buffett says higher taxes on…
US equities opened lower this morning, weighed down by an undistinguished earnings report from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM). More coverage here. Markets in Europe and Asia were higher on the…
If you have tracked enterprise software for long, you know that Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been taking market share from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) for years and years. It has been…
