EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has one major value in its holdings of VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW). It is worth billions upon billions in raw dollars due to VMware’s status as the de…
Publicly traded companies, by definition, have many shareholders. The company’s management is supposed to be accountable to those shareholders. As it turns out, however, in some cases shareholders have limited power, and in…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Ariba…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday. Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Maintained Hold at Argus. Buffalo Wild…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally listened to the call from Wall Street and Main Street to start using its cash for dividends. With a yield of about 1.8% a the launch, Apple…
Sometime next week, the US Department of Justice is expected to give its stamp of approval to Google Inc.’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE: MMI) and…
All three major equity indexes opened lower this morning and while all have tracked back to last night’s close, only the Nasdaq Composite has managed to wobble to a small gain for…
We have several stocks on the move in Monday’s after-hours trading session. Most of these are on earnings as follows: InterDigital Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC); NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA); Polycom Inc. (NASDAQ: PLCM); Texas Instruments…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Friday morning. BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) Cut to Neutral at Citigroup.…
Usually board appointments are not major events for companies. Still, sometimes they matter for a company direction even if they do not generate moves in the stock price. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG)…
Markets opened lower today and stayed in negative territory until mid-afternoon. Car makers reported December sales throughout the day, with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) both…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. Acme Packet, Inc. (NASDAQ: APKT) Cut to Neutral at…
What happens when the industry leader who never misses earnings manages a huge disappointment? This is the question regarding Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). The company has a near-decade of history being very…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been the king of tech stocks. While Apple’s results still showed rapid earnings and revenue growth, the report disappointed and results were below Wall Street’s expectations. And…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is often considered the king of stocks. Even after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple remains the most valuable company by market cap and shares recently made it…
