U.S. equity markets opened sharply lower this morning, taking a lead from Japan’s Nikkei, which fell more than 7% for the day. Japan’s government bond yields spiked until the Bank of Japan…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations from select Wall Street research calls on Thursday, May 23, 2013. They include Seagate Technology, VeriFone and Hewlett-Packard.
ThinkstockThe news about Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it has managed to dodge…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockLenovo Earnings The news about Hewlett-Packard Co.’s (NYSE: HPQ) earnings may have been better than expected, but they cannot compare nearly to PC maker rival Lenovo. For some reason it has managed…
courtesy of AOL, IncHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) raises its financial forecast and shares soar. (Reuters) The European Union may allow Greece more time to reach its budget targets. (Reuters) After a number…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has so far managed to only get the ship ready for the big turn in its long turnaround. Now we have another company earnings report showing that HP’s…
U.S. equity markets opened barely higher this morning following a report that mortgage loan applications had fallen by 9.8% from the previous week, on top of a 7% decline for the prior…
Courtesy Maersk LineOver the past decade, U.S. exports to China have grown at an annual rate of nearly 17% each year. In 2012 alone, the 50 states shipped more than $100 billion…
courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is in the midst of what would be one of the largest go-private transactions ever. The PC giant and IT services provider is releasing its quarterly…
courtesy Dell Inc.Carl Icahn and partner Southeastern Capital Management will offer Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) stockholders two alternatives, if their deal to takeover the company is chosen by its board. Investors can…
One of the effects of the current record stock market levels is that companies that are poorly run and post poor results have done as well, if not better, than shares in…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) finally has delivered what we have waited for, although we still think more needs to be done here. Big Blue has just announced that…
courtesy of IBMInternational Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is set to report earnings this Thursday, and we have Big Blue as one of our top DJIA expected dividend hikes for the month…
U.S. equity markets opened flat to lower this morning following yesterday’s record-setting session. Economic data was minimal today. In Asia, machinery orders rose more than expected in Japan, but the Shanghai market…
ThinkstockWorldwide shipments of PCs fell 13.9% in the first quarter of 2013, compared with the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest data from International Data Corp. (IDC). That is the…
