The press covered the decision by Facebook to list on Nasdaq rather than the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) as if a real contest existed between the two exchanges. Facebook could not have done otherwise…
Jon OggEarnings season is almost upon us for the first quarter of 2012. There is some growing caution over company expectations on the heels of a massive rally where the DJIA rose…
The Nasdaq has risen 19% in the quarter that is about to end. That is much more than the S&P 500, which is only 13% higher. Many analysts believe that the Nasdaq…
International think-tank Ethisphere Institute has just announce the 143 global companies that made the Institute’s 2012 list of Most Ethical Companies. Of the total, 102 are US-based companies, and 23 of the…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced that it will acquire London-based video software and content security firm NDS Group Ltd. for approximately $5 billion, including debt and retention bonuses. NDS is…
An exclusive report from the New York Post cites unnamed sources who say that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is trying to sell the cable set-top box business that it will acquire with…
You might have already heard the reports that Apple is sitting on a lot of cash, around the $100 billion mark. You might have even read the scores of recommendations about what…
Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has announced the development of technology that would permit mobile wireless carriers to more cheaply move the masses of data expected to be sent over…
The BSA claims that the future of cloud computing has been slowed by a large number of tech laws and regulations which vary widely from nation to nation. Cloud computing is viewed as the…
The latest report from Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) on mobile data traffic offers any number of ‘gee whiz’ moments, but perhaps the most telling is the absolute explosion expected in data…
For the fourth year in a row, global mobile data traffic has more than doubled according the latest report from Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO). Mobile video traffic accounted for more than…
Paul Ausick Jon OggThis last week was very busy, and Friday’s disappointing trading day skewed many research reports. Each morning we track analyst upgrades and downgrades and over the weekend we review each to…
The three major US stock indexes opened a bit higher this morning, and after some volatility have managed to get to the final half hour of trading with a modest gain. Some…
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) presented a much better earnings report last night than what many analysts were expecting. It is also clearly being successful with its restructuring program and in its…
Jon C. Ogg Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported earnings growth of 43% to $2.18 billion or $0.40 EPS net but the non-GAAP report followed by analysts was $0.47 EPS. Revenues rose by 11% to…
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