courtesy of XeroxTwo old tech companies, both in trouble, have announced layoffs. Their actions might be attributed to a bad economy or to the fiscal cliff. But making that assumption would be…
ThinkstockEurope Returns to Recession Europe has dropped into recession or nearly so. Eurostat reported that third-quarter gross domestic product in the euro-area fell 0.1%, compared with the second quarter. Among the EU27,…
courtesy of AOLAs a Justice Department investigation of Deepwater Horizon continues, BP PLC (NYSE: BP) may pay a record fine for the results of the disaster. (Reuters) Qatar says it would back…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN), elbowed out of much of the mobile and consumer electronics chip industry by Samsung, ARM and Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), fired 1,700 people today, as the demand…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
By Jeff Ooi., posted to LensaMalaysia.com via Wikimedia CommonsPerhaps believing that the worst is over for some of America’s most troubled companies, or fearing a year-end rally that could lift all ships,…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) ticked marginally higher right after its quarterly earnings, but this is a report that offers very little good news about the health and expectations of its chip…
Jon C. Ogg The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was wider than…
Internet behemoth Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering acquiring the smartphone chip division of Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN). The report of the talks, which are said to be “advanced,” comes from…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) started as Outperform with $16…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of September 28 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 31st in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Akorn Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) started as Buy with $18 target at BofA/ML.…
