In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal, UCLA law professor Lynn A. Stout argues that activist investors like Carl Icahn "rob average investors of better returns." She writes that "They push…
Douglas A. McIntyre Dell (DELL) wants to accomplish what no other company has been able to do over the last five years. It wants to hunt down and kill the Apple (AAPL) iPod like a…
According to Reuters, oil is nearing a 20% drop from its peak, moving into bear market range. Reuters writes that HP (HPQ), Yahoo! (YHOO), and Intel (INTC) are looking at ways to…
Regulators may be trying to keep short sellers out of a few financial stocks, but that is not keeping large bets against most other stocks from rising. While some of the shorts…
A lot of people waited for months to get a new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone. Some even passed up the first version, which ran on AT&T’s (T) slower 2.5G network. A number…
According to Reutere, Yahoo! (YHOO) profits were down, but the company maintained its full-year forecast. Reuters reports that Wachovia (WB) posted huge write-offs and losses for the last quarter. Reuters writes that…
Concern about the health of Apple (AAPL) CEO and founder Steve Jobs has been mounting since his appearance to launch the iPhone 3G model. He was terribly thin. Earlier this week, the…
Since 2006, 24/7 Wall St. has scrutinized public companies on a regular basis, focusing on those with poor management and has suggested which big company CEOs needed to be replaced. Hector Ruiz…
While Wall St. was fixated on Apple’s (AAPL) numbers and the health outlook for Steve Jobs, American Express (AXP) slipped through the side door with some frightening numbers. Apple’s earnings said something…
Share of large China-based PC company Lenovo were downgraded overnight. According to Reuters, "JP Morgan downgraded Lenovo to neutral from overweight due to a near-term slowdown in revenue growth from weak China…
According to Reuters, Apple (AAPL) missed Wall St. expectations, sending the stock down by 10%. Reuters reports that American Express (AXP) profits fell on credit losses.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) just posted earnings of $1.19 EPS and $7.46 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates of $1.08 EPS and $7.37 Billion in revenues. The company is guiding next…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be the key earnings for tech stock investors and traders today. Last week we pointed out that the stock was using its 200-day moving average…
Douglas A. McIntyre The cellular handset business may not be as bad off as some analysts suppose. Result from Korean electronics company LG, which operates at the high end of the market, were fairly strong.…
The PC industry’s race to create smaller and smaller computers to stave off competition from smart phones has begun to backfire. Intel (INTC) has started making tiny, energy-efficient chips to power the…
