Yahoo! (YHOO) Concerns about slowdown in internet advertising. Drops to $13.20 from 52-week high of $34.08. Bet they wish they had taken Microsoft (MSFT) deal. Sirius (SIRI) Merger a failure.Sells off to…
If the segment of tech which markets to large businesses was supposed to be one of the last bastions of earnings safety, it has just fallen. SAP (SAP), the second largest enterprise…
As a sign of how difficult the markets are, a number of large companies hit 52-week lows, with a number of stocks down between 5% and 10% and bank shares off more…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is doing something which we thought might not occur. In the full proxy materials for the annual shareholder meeting, the company has re-nominated Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO)…
According to Reuters, Warren Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs (GS). Reuters says that the Paulson bailout plan is being attacked in Congress. Reuters reports that Japanese banks, in trouble a…
There is one critical aspect to the stock market that pertains to American International Group (NYSE: AIG) which has been given less coverage because of the media’s focus on the turmoil in…
With the trends seen lately in communications equipment and data providers because of telecom spending dropping, it is no huge surprise that the short selling has been increasing in some of the…
With a $6 a barrel drop in oil prices, this was supposed to be one of the best days of the year for the stock markets. The Nasdaq opened up 55 points…
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…
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
Back in January, the Supreme Court placed stringent limitations on scheme liability — the notion that investment banks and accounting firms that inadvertently helped companies commit accounting fraud could face civil liability…
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is having a rough day, yet it is on no news of its own. The blame lies with Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) after its earnings. Is it…
We just got earnings out of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). Despite the fact that the company beat its estimates, keep in mind that this is an incomplete report until John Chambers…
Douglas A. McIntyre We may have an FOMC decision on interest rates due at 2:15 PM EST today, but technology stock traders may actually care more about what John Chambers of Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Douglas A. McIntyre Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reports after the close on Tuesday and you can count on technology investors and traders alike to pay attention to the comments of CEO John Chambers more…
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