According to Reuters, world health officials are fighting to contain the new flu. Reuters reports that the government may be pressing Citigroup (C) and Bank of America (BAC) to raise more money.…
Oracle (ORCL) is in the server business now. So are IBM (IBM), Cisco (CSCO), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), but those four companies are fairly evenly matched. HP has annual revenue of more than…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) and FPL Group Inc. (NYSE: FPL) are all over the media today about an event with the Miami, Florida, mayor for energy…
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) has issued preliminary guidance for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The networking company said that the revenue range is going to be between $760 million to…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is getting hit hard on an analyst downgrade this morning. Goldman Sachs has removed the routing and communications leader from its Conviction Buy List and has taken…
Douglas A. McIntyre The person who first said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link has never lifted a V8 out of a Ford Mustang. But, the analogy works in most…
At 842, the S&P is pushing near a 25% gains since it bottomed for the year-to-date at 677 on March 9th. The bank stocks continue an extraordinary run over that period. Citigroup…
Based on the rise in the short interest in banks at mid-month, it is clear how badly investors betting bank stocks would go down were mauled. As of March 15, shares short…
According to Reuters, the House passed a bill that would tax AIG’s (AIG) and some other bonuses by 90%. Reuters reports that the US gave auto suppliers a $5 billion lifeline. Reuters…
Cisco Systems, Inc.(NASDAQ: CSCO) has made an announcement in acquisitions that may seem like a move further outside of its core operations. It is actually just one more move into the mobile…
Douglas A. McIntyre A large part of the money that was made by banks and investment banks from 2004 through most of 2007 was made from mergers and acquisitions. When the credit markets fell apart,…
In a weak economy, troubled companies should never be bought at a premium. No one has mentioned that to IBM (IBM) which is looking at paying $10 a share for Sun Micro…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is trading up 2% at $15.78 in active pre-market trading this morning. It seems that Goldman Sachs decided it likes this new unified computing system push announced…
According to Reuters, Obama faces backlash due to AIG (AIG) compensation issues which could set bank his efforts to salvage the financial system. Reuters reports that Lehman will put two of its…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) came out with its big technology platform announcement, as prior reports had hinted at. This includes announcements for services and products involving Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), Red…