Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE: HPQ) new CEO Leo Apotheker can rearrange his management team as much as he likes. He can also push out his most talented executive, Ann Livermore, who has been at HP…
Any CEO can change his management team. But, chess is not won by the use of new pieces. It is won by a strategy of attack and defense. Hewlett-Packard’s hapless new CEO,…
Hackers broke into Senate computers. (Reuters) Chinese inflation hit a 34-month high last month. (Reuters) A slow economy could affect debt talks between the Republicans and Democrats. (Reuters) Oil moved higher on…
One school of thought about negative publicity is that its impact dissipates over time. It is hard to disprove that theory, especially in the case of large companies. And sometimes it takes…
Did you heed the call “Sell in May and Go Away!” this year? It turns out that as of mid-day we now have nearly half of the 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average…
Over the last week, 24/7 Wall St. has been working on two different pieces about Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) and Research-in-Motion Ltd. (NASDAQ: RIMM). Nokia was “Nokia’s No Way Out Scenario” and…
Chiquita Brands (NYSE: CQB) was sued for supporting dangerous para-military groups in Columbia in 2007. The EU began what is likely to be a vigorous examination of the Western Digital (NYSE: WDC)…
Moody’s said it may downgrade Japan’s debt because of its economic problems and huge debt. (Reuters) Goldman Sachs traded $1.8 billion in Libyan sovereign capital in 2008 and lost most of it.…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ARCO) Started as Overweight at Morgan Stanley;…
Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) share price is supposed to keep going up. Many brokers have price targets for the stock above $400 and some are as high as $450. The stock trades at…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Analog Devices Inc. (NYSE: ADI) Reiterated Buy and Raised target to…
Jon OggMany Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks have just recently sold off more than 10% and many are almost at that key 10% sell-off mark. Historically investors have used 10% as the…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) earnings were below expectations, but those of Dell (NYSE: DELL) were above. (Reuters) The FCC asked Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAP) to attend a meeting on location-based…
NYSE (NYSE: NYX) was thrashed as Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and ICE pulled their buyout offer due to regulatory concerns. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was savaged by the press as information from its CEO…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 175 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
