6:25am ET
Investing
A Sign of Recovery in Hewlett-Packard Layoffs
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has plans to lay off as many as 30,000 people soon. By some estimates that is 8% of its workforce. HP’s CEO Meg Whitman needs to show that she…
HPQ Coverage Page 44
6:24am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/18/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
G8 leaders will seek solutions to the EU crisis. (Reuters) The Facebook IPO, priced at $38, will raise $16 billion. (Reuters) A new poll shows Greeks favor pro-bailout leaders who will keep…
3:04pm ET
Investing
Thousands and Thousands of H-P Layoffs Looming Ahead of Earnings
Rumors have been out today that Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is on the verge of a major round of layoffs. Some chatter has been as many as 25,000 or more pink slips…
8:50am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (5/15/2012) New Apple MacBook
Rumors persist, most recently reported by Bloomberg, that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a new super-thin line of laptops. The latest version of the MacBook will be powered by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) chips, a…
6:18am ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple To Launch Upgrade MacBook
There are persistent rumors, most recently reported by Bloomberg, that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a new super-thin line of laptops–the latest version of the MacBook. The machine will be powered by…
6:18am ET
Special Report
America’s Hottest Brands
24/7 Wall St. asked CoreBrand to identify America’s hottest brands. We wanted to know the biggest brands that were the best known and most well regarded. Read: America’s Hottest Brands Generally, most…
6:48am ET
Investing
Short Sellers Hit Sprint, Chesapeake Energy and Others
Short sellers moved aggressively into the shares of companies with weak financial prospects and stock prices. According to data from the NYSE and Nasdaq, for the period that ended April 30, shares…
11:10am ET
Investing
Full 360-Degree Cisco Earnings Preview (CSCO, JNPR, ALU, ORCL, INTC, HPQ)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings after the close of trading on Wednesday. We have already signaled that Cisco could hold the key to how technology shares are…
4:40pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Why Cisco’s Earnings Hold the Key to the Tech Sector (CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, HPQ, JNPR, ALU, NOK, RIMM, CTSH, IBM, INTC)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell. While we usually cringe when analysts and media pundits say this about a single report, the…
11:21am ET
Services
Pitney Bowes Posts New Low on Lack of Demand (PBI, XRX, HPQ)
Business equipment firm Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) reported first quarter earnings after markets closed last night, and while the company slightly exceeded expectations for adjust EPS and revenues, the stock is…
2:02pm ET
Apps & Software
Dell’s All-Time $700 Billion In Sales: Total Success Or Total Failure? (DELL, AAPL, HPQ, IBM)
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may have turned twenty-eight years old today but there is a figure that sounds massive and one which is being taken as not being a success by the…
6:51am ET
Media
Media Digest (5/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
The European Central Bank will not act to help growth in the region, but it will seek solutions to Spain’s problems. (Reuters) Nokia (NYSE: NOK) promises to build new handsets to stimulate…
6:49am ET
Special Report
The Most Powerful CEOs in America
Several CEOs and founders of well-known American companies have complete control over their companies. Through voting power, they control the boards and strategic decisions of these corporations. The best current example is…
6:44am ET
Investing
What’s Important in the Financial World (5/2/1012) Dow at Four-Year High, Facebook IPO Roadshow
There are rumors that the Facebook “roadshow” to present the company’s prospects to investors will begin this week and that the initial public offering of the social network will come before month’s…
6:07am ET
Investing
DJIA, At Four-Year High, Will Rise Further
The DJIA reached the level where it last was at the end of 2007, the year when the index peaked. At the close, the Dow was 13,279.32. Its all-time high of 14,164.53…