5:42am ET
Investing
Sony Will Look Outside For New CEO
Howard Stinger, Sony’s current CEO, is 69 and most analysts expected him to step down in the next year. The hack of the PlayStation Network, which has happened not once but twice…
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4:01am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/25/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The NYSE (NYSE: NYX) said an M&A deal with Deutsche Boerse would offer greater savings than a NASDAQ (NYSE: NDAQ) deal. (Reuters) Silver rose 5% on the dollar’s weakness. (Reuters) The housing…
8:43am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CECO, CHKP, CHL, CSCO, CVI, DELL, FITB, GNW, GOOG, HOG, HCA, MPEL, NEM, PCLN, TM, URBN)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ: CECO) Reiterated Buy at Argus. Check Point…
6:07am ET
Retail
Walmart Gets Cheap
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is known for “every day low prices.” It is probably the primary reason people shop there and it has made the company the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart, for some reason,…
3:32am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The members of the Federal Reserve are more divided about what steps the central bank should take next to mute inflation and help the expansion. (Reuters) Americans are telling the Fed that…
4:22am ET
Media
Media Digest (4/7/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The ECB is likely to raise rates and more may come this year (Reuters) Portugal sought aid from the EU as its ability to raise money faltered (Reuters) A top M&A lawyer…
8:46am ET
Investing
NASDAQ 100 Rebalance Explained: Picking Winners & Losers (AAPL, QQQ, CSCO, DELL, INTC, MSFT, ORCL)
The NASDAQ 100 has figured out a way to change its dependence upon and its dominance by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). A good old-fashioned reweighting is that plan. The NASDAQ confirmed this morning that…
8:13am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, CETV, CSCO, C, DELL, DFS, JPM, LVS, MAR, NKA, OXY, TXN, UTI, WFC)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Reiterated Outperform at Credit Suisse. Central European Media Enterprises (NASDAQ:…
8:23am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, AXS, CEPH, DELL, INTC, MU, PTIE, PM, TIBX)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Maintained Buy with $450 target but lowered…
12:01pm ET
Investing
M&A Watch: Evaluating Websense, Strategic Versus Financial (WBSN, LWSN, NOVL, INTC, DELL, HPQ)
Websense Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) finds itself in a mixed position as it reportedly is exploring its merger possibilities. Shares originally popped up almost 10% to $22.37 when we first covered this on March 16…
4:11am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/22/2011)
Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters)…
8:07am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AKAM, ALXA, AAPL, CMA, DELL, DVN, EP, EMC, HPQ, IBM, LMT, NTAP, NVTL, SQNM)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus.…
6:02am ET
Consumer Electronics
Has Apple’s Tablet Business Run Out Of Time?
Just as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has a successful launch of its new iPad 2, some industry experts see its dominance in the sector fading. This is despite some Wall St. firms’ estimates…
5:53am ET
Technology
Hewlett-Packard’s Pipe Dream
Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO Léo Apotheker laid out a relatively simple formula for the expansion and improved profitability of the large technology firm that completely ignores the work of his successful predecessor…
10:08am ET
Investing
Tablet Craze Echoes Netbooks
Less than two years ago, netbooks sales were going to tear the heart out of laptop makers. Companies led by Asus stormed US consumer electronics stores with $300 machine ideal for web…