We published a story earlier on projections from Goldman Sachs that tablets are rapidly cannibalizing PC sales. That story focused on the possible winners from such a shift in the market. More…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Chinese firm Lenovo had a surge in sales of their personal computers last month. Most of the rest of the industry did not. NPD Group, the research organization, reported…
There have been two standout research calls this morning in two of the darlings of tech and internet investors. Goldman Sachs, in a broader technology group call, put a Conviction Buy List…
How many ways are there to cause a company’s share price to fall -15%? PC maker Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and storage provider Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) may have found a…
Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) CEO Jeff Kindler resigned because he was tired, he says. “The combination of meeting the requirements of our many stakeholders around the world and the 24/7 nature of my…
Following on its observations that tablet devices and smartphones would hurt PC sales, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) has lowered its forecast for worldwide PC sales for this year. The IT research company …
The craze of late-2008 into 2009 was the netbook. The new craze is the tablet PC, and you do not need to be told about the iPad from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). …
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) raised its earnings outlook for 2011. (Reuters) J Crew Group (NYSE: JCG) is close to a $2.8 billion takeover by private equity interests. (Reuters) Oil fell to near $81…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is out with earnings and the IT and PC giant reported $1.33 EPS on $33.28 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates of $1.27 EPS on revenue of…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reports earnings this afternoon, after the market closes. Non-GAAP EPS is expected to be $1.27 on revenue of $32.75 billion. That’s substantially better than the EPS of $1.08…
Dell (NYSE: DELL) reported especially strong earnings for its last quarter. Revenue was up 19% to $15.4 billion. Net income rose 144% to $822 million. CEO Michael Dell was bold to say “Our…
The GM IPO may be the largest in US history (Reuters) Fed officials defended their plan to lower rates (Reuters) Bonds issues by Ireland may have great value in the case of…
Arguments about the global economy became heated at the G20 summit. (Reuters) Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) prepared to launch its rival to the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad and said threats to…
Some of the recent acquisitions by one public company or another have given shareholders huge windfalls. 3Par was sold at an extraordinary valuation after a bidding war between Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT) started a digital movie download service with Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NASDAQ:HPQ) in 2007 that lasted for about a year until it was shut down because of lack of consumer…
