6:23am ET
Investing
Home Builder Stocks Up Sharply, Troubled Techs Down
As the market reaches its most choppy period in the past few months, it is worth a look at which stocks have done the best so far in 2012 and which have…
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12:46pm ET
Investing
Earnings Season Gets a “D” Grade… The DJIA Already Peaked in 2012
Jon OggIs the so-called “Bernanke Put” really coming out of the market already? QE3 is still just beginning. And earnings season is now living up to the fears that many of us…
6:28am ET
Jobs
The Age of PC Company Layoffs
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), one of the weakest companies in the PC supply chain, just laid off 15% of its workers. That is about 1,800 people. The slow attrition of…
6:53am ET
Consumer Electronics
Microsoft’s Surface Faces Huge Headwinds
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) needs to build and sell its Surface tablet to “hedge against a declining PC market,” a reporter from ZDNet writes. The problem is that even if the Surface…
6:45am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (10/16/2012)
Strait of Hormuz Fears There continue to be rumors that Iran will dump oil into the Strait of Hormuz to block the shipping lane that is so critical to the movement of crude.…
6:32am ET
Investing
Stocks Ripe for Sell-Offs
It is hard for a company to have such poor prospects that its shares trade near a 52-week low while the overall stock market stands at multiyear highs. But some of these…
9:53am ET
Jobs
Layoffs Alone Might Not Help AMD
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is trading slightly higher on reports that the troubled chip and processor outfit is likely to announce workforce reductions of up to 30% in the very…
6:34am ET
Special Report
10 Brands Losing the Most Value
Once again, Coca-Cola was ranked the most valuable brand in the world, according to Interbrand, one of the nation’s top global brands experts. Apple, to the surprise of none, was very close…
6:16am ET
Consumer Electronics
Another Sony Product Failure
Apparently, another Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) product launch has been undermined due to another broken Sony product. Several media report that the Xperia Tablet S has a flaw. There is a space between…
11:38am ET
Investing
Dire Situation at H-P Threatens Dividend and Share Buybacks
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has turned into nothing short of a disaster. This is not a value stock even at 4-times earnings. H-P has become a value trap. As this is a…
6:19am ET
Apps & Software
Mark Hurd Could Not Have Saved HP
There is an emerging body of opinion that if the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) board had not fired former CEO Mark Hurd then the company would have avoided the operational problems that have…
4:31pm ET
Technology
Is Dell Any Better Off Than HP? (HPQ, DELL, AAPL, AMZN, GOOG)
Today was just not a good day for the turnaround at Hewlett-Packard. Meg Whitman's new line is that the turnaround will not be fully realized for two years, and the company did…
1:51pm ET
Consumer Electronics
AMD’s New Chip Doesn’t Slow Bears (AMD, INTC, ARMH, QCOM, BRCM, NVDA, DELL, HPQ, AAPL)
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) today announced availability of a new version of its A-Series Accelerated Processing Units and the company’s stock responded by hitting a new 52-week low of $3.17.…
6:33am ET
Media
The TV Is Just a Big PC
People would rather watch Internet-delivered content on their TVs than on their PC screens. That makes sense. With larger screens and new display technology, the HDTV offers a better viewing experience at…
10:50am ET
Investing
PC Deevolution: HP 8-Year Low, Dell Lowest Since Great Recession (HPQ, DELL, CSCO, AAPL)
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is in trouble. While the turnaround is still not yet in the seventh inning, Meg Whitman’s work is difficult and will only be that much more challenging ahead.…