6:46am ET
Investing
Shorts Cut Interest in Old Tech Firms
Short sellers backed away from their gambles on old tech firms as they increased their positions in new Web 2.0 companies. For the period that ended July 31, short sellers cut their…
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8:20am ET
Investing
If CSC Can Stage a Turnaround, Can Seven Other Lingering Dead Techs? (AMD, ALU, BRCD, DELL, RIMM, SYMC, UIS)
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…
8:39am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMGN, AMT, AMAT, COH, DELL, FLEX, GILD, HPQ, KCG, LEAP, NTAP, SANM, SPLK, VE, VRTX, VVUS, WMT)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday morning. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) raised to Buy at Lazard. American Tower…
6:35am ET
Investing
Nine Great American Companies That Will Never Recover
wikicommons / SkimstaMany American companies have been lauded for their rapid rise to greatness, a process that sometimes takes less than a decade. These firms become leaders in their industries, are renowned…
10:34am ET
Investing
Apple to Buy Fingerprint Security Company
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc. (NASDAQ: AUTH) in a deal valued at about $356 million. That comes to $8.00 per share, compared to $5.07 at Thursday’s close.…
8:25am ET
Consumer Electronics
ARM Holdings Turns in Solid Earnings (ARMH, AAPL, MSFT, DELL, FSL, INTC)
ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) is bucking the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) drag. With its processor sales strong for smartphones and tablets, the British company managed to beat earnings expectations with a…
11:00am ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple Earnings Preview: Despite Growth, Some Issues Overhanging
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close on Tuesday. With a great sell-through in iPads but a weaker iPhone demand ahead of the upcoming iPhone 5, everyone…
12:58pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Volume Spike As Short-Seller Jim Chanos Bashes H-P & PC Strategy
Short-seller Jim Chanos is rather well-known for his alternative views, particularly betting against some very popular companies and growth or value stories. At the second Delivering Alpha conference (2012) this week, Chanos…
6:44am ET
Consumer Electronics
Dell Looks to China for Growth
Michael Dell, CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest PC companies, expects that the Chinese market will remain hot, according to quotes attributed to him by Reuters. “We are bullish…
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Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (7/18/2012)
A Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) report predicts a strong possibility the Federal Reserve will ease monetary policy by September. The most probable reason is that the economy will show evidence of a…
6:06am ET
Media
Media Digest (7/16/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) will take over Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) for $2.8 billion. (Reuters) A poll from the National Association for Business Economics shows few companies plan to hire new workers. (Reuters)…
11:17am ET
Consumer Electronics
More Caution For Intel Earnings
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is due to report earnings next week and the trend of earnings has been nothing short of extremely disappointing from technology companies. We outlined all of the big…
6:14am ET
Consumer Electronics
U.S. Companies Battered in Global PC Market
Sales of PCs worldwide were flat in the second quarter, according to research firm Gartner. The two largest U.S. companies did much worse. And the trend is likely to continue since neither…
2:31pm ET
Apps & Software
Earnings Season Outlook: More Bad News Likely From Key Tech Stocks
By now investors have had time to digest the notion that technology company sales and earnings are just not going to live up to prior expectations in most cases. Investors are learning that…
6:00am ET
Media
Do Huge Display Ads Hurt Online Content Businesses?
The display advertising industry, shaken by the falling prices it can get for its online ads, has taken to showing full-page marketing messages at websites. These blot out all of the content on website pages,…