Tech stocks will sell off because of weakness in Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) earnings. They should not. Google’s numbers are not a sign of anything beyond its profligate spending. The search engine company’s…
Updated throughout the day. US regulators are examining whether large banks manipulated the Libor (WSJ) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) suppliers have begun to make components for a white iPhone 2 (Reuters) China’s Citic…
A report from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations accuses Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) of selling weak financial securities and betting against the interests of its clients. (Reuters) Glencore will raise…
John Chambers , CEO of Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), may have made good decisions several years ago to enter several consumer-facing technology ventures. Now his company is suffering from the fact that most…
The short sellers are showing very mixed convictions currently in many of NASDAQ’s high-priced shares. The March 31, 2011 settlement date is compared to the March 15 settlements date here and we…
NokiaNokia (NYSE: NOK) launched two new smartphones based on the aged Symbian operating system. Symbian has been rejected by the developer market to the extent that Nokia will phase out its use…
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) rejected a Nasdaq offer to buy it, which Nasdaq labeled as the best future for the older exchange. (Reuters) Corporate earnings may not be strong enough to support current stock…
Taiwan handset maker HTC posted earnings which nearly tripled last quarter to $513 million. The firm owes a substantial share of its success to Google. A very large portion of the HTC…
In late-afternoon trading, shares of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) are up by more than 12% at $7.77 on news that Ron Burkle is preparing a bid for the company. What…
Jon C. Ogg Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) raised targets as Bull of the…
The ECB is likely to raise rates and more may come this year (Reuters) Portugal sought aid from the EU as its ability to raise money faltered (Reuters) A top M&A lawyer…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is in trouble on its stock charts. Its stock has now fallen five days in a row, a feat not seen in months. Pure technical analysis does not…
Jon C. Ogg Just as it appeared that Blockbuster would be liquidated Dish Network bought it for $320.6 million in a process overseen by a federal bankruptcy court, according to The Wall Street Journal. The…
The SEC has a plan to lower market volatility (Reuters) A re-balancing of the Nasdaq 100 cuts Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) influence on the index (Reuters) John Chambers, the head of Cisco (NASDAQ:…
