Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been a serial disappointment for shareholders and its turnaround has never come to a real fruition. There was a period that Ed Zander was deemed as a…
AT&T (T) raised its dividend today and upped its share buy-back. The company’s stock is up almost 9% on the news, the most in five years, according to Bloomberg. It looks like…
Over that last six months, the Dow is up 3%. But, it has been a "no stock market growth" kind of period. GDP was fairly strong, but any strength in tech shares…
Fortune has come up with a list of "Blue Ribbon" companies. The companies on the most Fortune lists (Fortune 500, Fastest Growing, Most Admired, Best To Work For) made the grade. Some…
Cicso (CSCO) has had a bad run. Since earnings the stock has moved from over $34 to below $27. But, today the big router company got good news. AT&T (T) will "upgrade…
According to Reuters, OPEC will probably keep oil output at current levels. Reuters writes that a goverment plan to help sub-prime borrowers will probably freeze their rates for five years. Reuters writes…
Nasdaq released short interest in stocks listed on the exchange for the period ending November 15 compared to the numbers on October 31. Short sellers made substantial bets that some financial and…
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) is selling up to 4.9 percent of itself for $7.5 billion to the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. Reuters writes that retail stocks fell despite…
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) is seeing a pop in pre-market trading. The network and data communications equipment giant announced that at its board of directors meeting, the board authorized up to $10 Billion…
Douglas A. McIntyre Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) has traded under $30.00 since its earnings report, and 24/7 Wall St. wanted to compare and contrast this drop to a prior trough from years before. Cisco Systems…
The most visible shift in short interest in the new Nasdaq figures as of October 31, is the sharp increase in shares sold short in Microsoft. From October 15 to the end…
Some on Wall St. are concerned that, as the price of oil reaches closer to $100, Big Oil will not do as well as the rising price of crude would indicate. That…
Coach (NYSE:COH) has decided that the recent stock crush is a good opportunity to announce a $1 Billion share buyback plan. This represents roughly 30 million shares, or 5-times average volume; $12…
Yesterday’s sharp sell-off in the Nasdaq showed the market something. In a downturn, the Apples (AAPL) and RIMMs (RIMM) of the world have an Achilles Heel. They have run up too much.…
In the past month, fourth-quarter earnings expectations for companies in the S&P 500 have fallen by nearly half, according to Thomson Financial. So says the FT. The problem has several sources and…
