Big retailer earnings due this week. Earnings from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Target (NYSE: TGT) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are due this week. The numbers from Target and Walmart, particularly their guidance for the current quarter,…
Italy and Greece begin efforts to prove that their sovereign debt is safe. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) will make a major holiday effort to drive extra revenue. (Reuters) Appetite for Olympus shares…
After a period in which short sellers backed out of stocks in troubled companies, the have rushed into them again. The short interest in Research-In-Motion (NYSE: RIMM), battered by competition from Apple…
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a summary list of key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations issued by Wall Street research firms. We review these calls and other calls made throughout the…
Market focuses on Italy. The market’s focus on the European sovereign debt crisis has moved firmly from Greece to Italy. And Italy has little time to resolve its budget problems as investors continue…
Douglas A. McIntyre Italy to vote on sharp budget cuts as the U.S. calls for sharper ones. (Reuters) The State Department will look for a new route for the Keystone pipeline to satisfy opponents. (Reuters)…
On a visit to Taiway yesterday, Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) chairman Eric Schmidt told smartphone makers that the company will support its manufacturing partners “because we think the Apple thing is not…
How much computing power does a person need in a mobile device? Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) is betting that the answer is, “All you can get.” The company has announced today the…
Greek and Italian prime ministers resign.The sovereign debt crisis in Europe became more confused as an unprecedented event occurred. The heads of two major national governments resigned within days of one another…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a key focal stock for many investors as it continues to take market share and as it continues growing international. This morning came a research note with…
Jon C. Ogg Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is still going to feel like a lost company for a while. At first it was going to allow Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) to run wild in the…
Sovereign debt crisis update. Some analysts claim the sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone has worsened in the past day. Others say it has gotten better. Each group is only guessing. Greece received the…
Olympus says it concealed losses for decades. (Reuters) Italy’s sovereign debt interest rates rise sharply. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) profits fall and it withdraws its full-year forecast. (Reuters) Greece cannot decide on…
Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) released its new Nook tablet e-reader. The company’s shares move higher by barely 1%. Wall St. must believe, as most analysts do, that the Nook will continue to be…
Amazon.com (NYSE: AMZN) has set the price of the Kindle Fire so low that many analysts believe each unit sold will lose money for the e-commerce company. Amazon will offer free shipping…
