The Mac is unlikely to take Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) to the leader’s board for PC sales. It is still considered too much of a niche product. And, netbooks, which were until…
The environment for home sales becomes more difficult with each passing month. Some estimates put 11.1 million mortgages, about 23% of the US total, underwater, meaning that homeowners owe their banks more…
The personal computer business is changing. In some ways the changes are better, but in many ways the changes are not good for the sector. Gartner Group’s Q3 preliminary data showed growth…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: (NASDAQ: DELL) is seeing some unusual activity ahead of its earnings report. Perhaps more interesting is what is causing the move. There are a couple of rumors that either…
There doesn’t seem to be too much excitement among the technorati for the new Windows Phone 7 operating system from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT). The comments generally replay the “too little, too late”…
Short sellers aggressively sold off shares of companies which have lost value over the last month, perhaps on the chance that a rising market will life all ships. For the period ending…
Reuters: Asia nations have begun to guard against foreign capital inflow as currency tensions continue. Reuters: A halt in foreclosures could hurt investors in related securities. WSJ: Wall St. pay will rise…
Reuters: The federal government will supply states with $1.5 billion in funds for small businesses. Reuters: Financial leaders around the world have begun to work to stop a currency war. Reuters: Japan…
Looking for companies that are “cheap” is often a tricky situation when you just run the numbers. Cheap stocks are usually cheap for a reason, and that reason is either because fears…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) made a mistake when it bought Palm. It is about to make a much more costly mistake in launching a series of smartphones that run the rickety Palm webOS,…
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this morning. We are tracking moves in Allied Irish Banks plc (NYSE: AIB), Dynavox Inc. (NASDAQ: DVOX), Green Mountain Coffee Roasters…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters: A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was halted right after the close of trading this Thursday. The halt was a NEWS PENDING status, and we all knew what was expected and what was coming……
Insider selling often does not usually offer any more insight than insider buying. But when you have a hot sector that is full of rumors about who the next storage, cloud, and…
