Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) revenue run rate is about $60 billion a year. That compares to $100 billion for IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ). Oracle has advantages as it attempts to catch…
Reuters: Petrobras raised $70 billion in the largest stock offer in history. Reuters: There will likely be no tax cut before the election, according to Democrats Reuters: Obama asked the Chinese premier…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Neutral at Robert W. Baird; Cut to…
Reuters: The Blue Chip Indicators cut their growth forecasts again. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) was fined 20 million pounds by UK authorities. Reuters: New Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) technology will speed…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) keeps getting around issues of its market dominance in the world of processors for PCs and servers against Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD). The company settled with…
Jen-Hsun Huang, the co-founder, president and chief operating officer of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), is reportedly a perfectionist who has little patience for screw-ups by employees. Too bad he isn’t held to…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Cut to Market Perform at FBR. Arch Coal…
If you have been keeping up with trends from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), it is no secret that the company is trying and trying to do what it can to have its…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is either lucky or good. It managed to walk away from FTC monopoly charges with barely a hand slap. The FTC cannot levy fines, so it will simply…
MarketWatch: AgBank rose after its debut on the Hong Kong market. Reuters: Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) settled with the SEC for $550 million. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) capped the flow…
There are many stocks on the move for day traders and active traders this Wednesday morning now that earnings season has launched. Today’s top alerts are in BP plc (NYSE: BP), Cell…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) was halted for its “best ever” earnings release, something we do not always see. Earnings were $0.51 EPS on $10.77 billion in revenues. Consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters…
After the close of trading today we will get the second of the 30 DJIA components reporting earnings: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). We wanted to give a full 360-degree review of the…
This coming week will be the launch of earnings season. After the week is up, there will have been five of the thirty DJIA stocks reporting earnings. The big earnings on deck…
The Semiconductor Industry Association reports that it expects chip sales to surge by almost 30% this year, with global revenue reaching $291 billion. Its projections for growth in 2011 and 2012 are…
