According to Reuters, Motorola (MOT) is betting much of its future on the Google (GOOG) Android phone system. Reuters reports that car sales hit a 27-year low. Reuters reports that Obama plans…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the close. What is interesting is that the news is expected to be dismal and the guidance is expected…
Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) has posted earnings of $0.32 non-GAAP EPS on $923.5 million in revenue. If anyone was going to be paying attention to Juniper’s numbers, it is management of…
Short sellers placed large bets against the stock of tech companies for the period ending on January 15, taking a series of positions to gamble that firms like Microsoft (MSFT) and Cisco…
According to Reuters, Chrysler and Fiat in are in talks about a possible partnership. Reuters reports that Carlos Slim will invest $250 million in The New York Times. Reuters writes that China…
Check with Sun (JAVA). The server end of the tech industry has poor margins and unforgiving competition. HP (HPQ) has a server division. It grew only .7% in the company’s last fiscal…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has now confirmed reports that the former head of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) Carol Bartz will become CEO of the troubled search and online media company. But this is…
For the latest reported period, ending December 31, short sellers did not make any notable moves in or out of tech, financials, or industrial shares. What they did do was take impressively…
It seems that no matter what the market does, investors still want to see which old tech stock is the one to own for the year ahead. Everyone still remembers the massive…
A Bloomberg review of the S&P 500 stocks shows that the fourth quarter of 2008 will probably be the sixth quarter of declining earnings. According to the news service, "Fourth-quarter profit at…
According to Reuters, Kuwait canceled a $17 billion joint venture with Dow Chemical (DOW). Reuters reports that Credit Suisse (CS) clients may have lost $926 million on the Madoff scam. Reuters reports…
As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number of shares being sold short from mid-November to late November. With the…
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
This morning, Goldman Sachs has made two key technology changes to its Conviction Buy List. Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was added to the praised list, and its price target is $68.00. Cisco Systems…
Douglas A. McIntyre Short sellers are still betting that financial shares will fall but they have boldly moved into shares of companies which are considered healthy, those with both good balance sheets and relatively strong…