Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is due to report its quarterly earnings in less than a week. So what is a guy supposed to think when he sees two strong analyst upgrades…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. American Electric…
Everyone loves a good turnaround story, particularly in down-and-out technology stocks. The problem is that many turnarounds can never turn around. Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) was touted over and over as…
This week we featured a list of the six cheapest DJIA components as of Monday’s close. The basis was how discounted the share prices have been to the consensus analyst price target…
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) announced Monday that a San Jose federal court jury had found A10 Networks responsible for broad-based intellectual property infringement and unfair competition. Brocade was awarded approximately…
As stocks rise, analysts generally lift their price targets on key stocks. As stocks fall, analysts generally lower their price targets. It is a game on Wall St., but it is a…
VirnetX Holding Corp. (NYSEMKT: VHC) has announced that on Wednesday the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division, issued its patent claim construction, or “Markman” Order, in the…
The European Commission this morning gave its approval to the $5 billion acquisition of NDS Group Ltd. by Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). The deal was announced in March. NDS, formerly owned…
Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) may buy a unit of United Technologies (NYSE: UTX). (Reuters) More factories move to the United States as China’s manufacturing costs rise. (Reuters) The CEOs of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will cut 2% of its work force — about 1,200. The huge router company has been hurt by year’s of diversification that has left it in low margin businesses.…
Douglas A. McIntyre If you thought things were ever dicey at Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), the woes happening at Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) are just atrocious. The sad thing to see is that what…
The world’s largest companies have never had a reputation for showering investors with information about their financial situations and operations. The rules that might make them do so are too lax. Government authorities…
First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR) had been trying to recover from its lows but its shares have stalled in recent days. Now comes news that the firm has hired Georges Antoun as…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Thursday. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Apple Inc.…
What happens when you have a very strong and high-profile CEO and a dead share price? If shareholders cannot do much about it, there becomes a long slow call for change. Cisco…
Jon C. Ogg 
