The term “innovation” is difficult to quantify when it comes to large companies across different industries. 24/7 Wall St. chose to look at global patent filings, filings by field, and increases in…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) revenue run rate is about $60 billion a year. That compares to $100 billion for IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ). Oracle has advantages as it attempts to catch…
Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Mac and iPad continue to dominate Window’s based PCs in surveys. The new ASCI study of customer satisfaction is no exception. “Apple continues its dominance, leading the PC…
Today’s corporate America is dominated by service companies, tech firms, and huge retailers which have thousands of locations and hundreds of thousands of workers. At the end of the decade following WWII,…
MarketWatch: The Chinese let the yuan rise perhaps because of pressure from the US. Reuters: The BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) bid for Potash (NYSE: POT) may go into 2011 as the Australian…
The 24/7 Wall Street Corporate Power Rankings of the 32 most important companies in America are determined by earnings, analyst rankings, important corporate news, trends in each firm’s industry, product introductions, management…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) says its $20 billion escrow has paid out 19,000 claims which total $240 million. Reuters: The US said that BP has “killed” the leaking well. Reuters: Bank…
Reuters: Geithner will take the yuan issue to the G-20. Reuters: Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings beat Wall St. forecasts. Reuters: Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) numbers beat forecasts. Reuters: The dollar was…
You probably already know now that Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has promised to pay a dividend of 1.5 to 2% initially for 2011. After a multi-year period of dead performance, this…
Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) finds itself at a strange place in time. Shares were under pressure after the company issued an earnings warning about order pushouts. But when Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)…
This is the Twitter-24/7 Wall St. market report for September 13, 2010. These tweets are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. Is there there is wisdom in…
Money is cheap and deals are getting expensive. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has overpaid for 3PAR (PAR) and ArcSight, at least based on their balance sheets and cash flow. HP could say that…
Reuters: A bill to help small business may be the last chance the Democrats have to help stimulate jobs before the election. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) oil spill claims should be below…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will buy ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) for $1. 5 billion, according to several media sources. It is the second deal that HP has made this month. It took 3Par (NYSE: PAR) out…
