Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO faces investors concerned about its prospects. (Reuters) U.S. box office sales near records despite the slowdown. (Reuters) Lenovo posts strong earnings in spite of troubles with global…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Aixtron SE (NASDAQ: AIXG) Cut to Hold at Deutsche Bank. Bank…
In the seemingly never-ending round of intellectual property lawsuits over smartphone technology, Taiwan’s HTC Corp. has fired the latest shot. The smartphone maker has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the close and there is a problem outside of its fundamentals: its chart is in what we consider a technical no-man’s land. …
The coming week has many key earnings reports, some tech and some retail. We have tracked the major reports by day, shown Thomson Reuters estimates, as well as given price action, and…
It is no secret that the market volatility has many investors rattled. What is very counter-intuitive is that many companies are continuing with most or all of their investor friendly plans regardless…
Short sellers moved into bank stocks ahead of the sell-off based on data for the period that ended July 29. Shares sold short in JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM) rose 17% to 33.6 million.…
The market has brutalized many great companies and we are seeing the mayhem reach a cycle-peak in the VIX if the history of the market holds up after hitting 48.0 yesterday during…
Alcatel-LucentWhen France’s Alcatel acquired Lucent Technologies in 2006 to form Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), the deal appeared to be a solid winner. Lucent, which had been spun off from AT&T (NYSE: T), seemed…
The new data from comScore on US carrier networks for smartphones is beyond alarming. It is not just confirming a trend, but confirming that there is no sign of a negative trend…
Updated throughout the day. Tim Geithner may leave as Treasury Secretary (various) Private equity firms are looking at Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) divisions (Reuters) The FTC may be examining Twitter for antitrust actions…
Strauss-Kahn may be released because of fraudulent charges (NYT) Geithner may retire as Treasury Secretary (Reuters) The Fed Bullard said QE2 was similar to more rate cuts (Reuters) Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)…
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
Odds that a Greek austerity bill will pass rose. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is near a deal to settle an MBS charge for $8.5 billion. (Reuters) A new Google (NASDAQ:…
One of the great marketing rules of all time comes from the shaving business: give away the razor; charge a lot for the blades. Gillette, now part of Proctor & Gamble Co.…
