There is an unbelievable number of critical stocks hitting 52-week lows this afternoon going into the options expiration date and going into the weekend. The double-dip recession fears have escalated and the…
Earlier this year was the trend of hiking dividends, but now that so many companies have raised their quarterly payouts we are seeing the ‘other’ shareholder-friendly action taking place. Buybacks are still…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) had already telegraphed its earnings and revenue expectations when it dropped the ball over the Mark Hurd fiasco. Today was the official release and earnings were $1.08 EPS…
Jon C. Ogg The market did not like Dell’s earnings and sold the shares down 3% after hours to $11.70. The performance give the Dell board of directors yet another reason to fire CEO Michael…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) are both slated to report earnings today right after the close. Poor economic data followed by a poor market response has expectations for…
Mark Hurd’s exit from Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was based on his bad judgment, bad manners, or bad behavior. None make him any less of a highly skilled technology CEO, perhaps the best…
Reuters: There do not appear to be any bids to rival BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) for Potash (NYSE: POT) Reuters: A US government agency is considering more self-regulation for oil Reuters: GM…
Updated throughout the day. Jodie Fisher may have lost consulting revenue because she did not sleep with Mark Hurd of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) (various) GM may sell preferred shares as part of…
Usually sexual harassment settlements come with a confidentiality clause. That must not be the case with Jodie Fisher who had an undisclosed relationship with former Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd. The…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. The board of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was angered when Mark Hurd made a private deal to settle sexual harassment charges made by a consultant (WSJ) Many Google (NASDAQ:…
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Reuters: Japan’s Q2 CGP was only .1% or a rate of .4% for the year. Reuters: Worries about growth have moved from Europe to the US. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE: BAC)…
These days, chief information officers at Fortune 500 companies are spending a lot of their time saying “no.” The good ones are masters at it. They have to turn down pleas from…
Earnings season isn’t quite over yet. We still have some rather large, some giant, earnings on deck next week. We have an earnings duel between The Lowe’s Companies (NYSE: LOW) and The…
Reuters: The GM CEO will leave as the company has its IPO. ‘Reuters: Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) sued Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) over Android. Reuters: Germany raised its forecast for the second half…