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Technology
Fixing AMD (AMD) By Breaking it
Hector Ruiz, former CEO and current chairman of AMD (AMD), was undoubtedly the worst big company chief of the last decade. What he could not ruin with his modest intelligence he made…
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Media
Media Digest 10/7/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Bank of America (BAC) reported weak earnings and cut its dividend. Reuters reports that Wells Fargo (WFC) and Citigroup (C) agreed to drop litigation for now and negotiate over…
10:49am ET
Technology
Weak Techs Fade As Economy Heads To Toilet (AMD)(JAVA)(EMC)(HPQ)(IBM)(VMW)
Joe Tucci, the CEO of EMC (EMC), has done his best to ruin his company and its spin-out VMWare (VMW). VMWare has the look and feel of a public firm but Tucci…
7:11pm ET
Investing
With Financial Stocks Off Limites, Shorts Move To Tech (AAPL)(DELL)(ORCL)(INTC)(AMD)(TXN)
The cut-off for the last short interest data was September 15, before a number of financial stocks got protection from the SEC. Before the ban, short sellers were already moving out of…
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Investing
Major Short Selling Changes in Semiconductors (AMD, ALTR, AMAT, BRCM, INTC, MRVL, NVDA, ONNN, QCOM, RFMD, SNDK, TXN)
There was a very mixed bag in short selling in the semiconductor sector. What was interesting was the huge increase in the bets against NVIDIA because it was so far after the…
5:53am ET
Technology
Foreign Buyers Start To Shift Though US Tech Wreckage
Samsung, one of the largest companies in South Korea, says it may want to buy US flash chip company Sandisk (SNDK). The US firm’s stock has dropped from a 52-week high of…
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Investing
Shorts See Market Bottom, Flee Financials (MER)(BAC)(LEH)(ABK)(WB)
Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse. Shares sold short in Merrill Lynch (MER) fell 12.6 million to 42.3 million. Short…
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Investing
Finishing Off The AMD (AMD) Break-Up: 24/7 Wall St. Worst Case Plan
AMD (AMD) sold its TV chip business to Broadcom (BRCM). It was not much of a bone to throw AMD shareholders. The company is still over-leveraged and faced with potential debt service…
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Media
Media Digest 8/22/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett and the head of Blackstone (BX) called for a solution to the govenment’s growing debt load and reliance of foreign investors to finance US borrowing. Reuters reports…
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Consumer Electronics
AMD (AMD) Gets Goosed By PC Numbers (AAPL)(INTC)(HPQ)(DELL)
AMD (AMD) shareholders have on their rally caps. The shares are up 9% to $5.77. PC sales growth for the last quarter was better than expected. MarketWatch writes, Worldwide shipments grew 3.1%…
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Media
Media Digest 8/24/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Greenspan says the housing market should bottom in 2009. Reuters writes that US auto makers are scrambling to make more fuel-efficient cars. Reuters reports that the SEC is close…
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Investing
Nvidia (NVDA): The Buy-Back Makes A Comeback
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) defiled itself with earnings which should undercut investor faith in the company for many quarters to come. The graphics chip firm took a charge of nearly $200 million for releasing…
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Media
News Digest 8/12/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, JP Morgan (JPM) lost $1.5 billion in July. Reuters writes the UBS (UBS) posted a huge loss and will split itself into a wealth management operation and an investmen…
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Technology
Intel (INTC) Goes For The Kill With AMD (AMD) And Nvidia (NVDA)
Intel (INTC) is about to hit the market with a new set of graphics chips and they are aimed directly at the hearts of Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD (AMD) which both count…
10:08am ET
Investing
AmTech Looking for CPU Space Changes (AMD, INTC, BRCM)
American Technology Research has an interesting note out this morning calling for changes in the CPU space where Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) and Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) compete. The call is…