4:43am ET
Consumer Electronics
Acer Heats Up PC Wars
Acer has decided that the way to get share from competitors and increase sales in a recession is to go down market and sell PCs at prices that will draw in even financially…
HPQ Coverage Page 83
8:08pm ET
Technology
Sun (JAVA) Heads Back Toward $5
It appears that IBM (IBM) may be walking out on its deal to buy Sun Microsystems, or could just be playing hardball to lower the price it is willing to pay. In…
4:23am ET
Investing
Can The Weak Stocks Catch Up Now? (MSFT)(HPQ)(CSCO)(INTC)(SHLD)(JWN)(TGT)(XOM)(BP)(COP)
The person who first said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link has never lifted a V8 out of a Ford Mustang. But, the analogy works in most…
4:13am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Reconsidering Apple (AAPL)
For a company which may have the most well-regarded premium brand in the world, Apple’s stock has been certainly been buffeted by unsatisfied investors. The shares have recovered some since the beginning…
4:13am ET
Apps & Software
As Google’s (GOOG) Growth Falters, Microsoft (MSFT) Has Chance To Regain Momentum
Most of the recent news about Google (GOOG) has been bad. Online advertising posted a slow fourth quarter. That unexpectedly included both display ads and search marketing which has made Google one…
3:02am ET
Media
Media Digest 4/1/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Obama demanded that the G-20 find solutions to the global financial crisis. Reuters reports that a bankruptcy for GM (GM) and Chrysler could be a long, drawn-out process. Reuters…
2:27pm ET
Consumer Electronics
Intel’s New Chip: All The Support, No Help (INTC, HPQ, DELL, IBM, JAVA, AMD)
New product launches are always tricky events. This is definitely the case with new chips and new processors for computing. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) did confirm its new chipset offering for processors…
6:08am ET
Technology
Is IBM (IBM) Deal To Buy Sun (JAVA) In Trouble?
Inevitably, when a corporate buyout is announced or rumored, the target company’s stock prices trades up to the level of the value of the deal. Last week, there was news that IBM…
11:15am ET
Apps & Software
Why Dell (DELL) Is Toast
Dell (DELL) has a problem, or a series of problems. Its share of the PC and server businesses is under pressure from IBM (IBM), HP (HPQ), IBM (IBM), Sun (JAVA), Hitachi, and…
6:59am ET
Investing
Top Pre-Market Analyst Downgrades (AXP, ATML, BX, CHA, CYPB, HPQ, SLAB, UBS, WSM)
These are some of the top pre-market analyst downgrades or cautious calls we have seen from Wall Street firms early this Wednesday morning: American Express (AXP) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Atmel…
5:09am ET
Technology
Dell (DELL) Enters Another Crowded Business
Dell (DELL) keeps entering businesses where it might have an edge over competitors IBM (IBM) and HP (HPQ). So far, it has had little success in getting out in front of its…
4:49am ET
Technology
IBM (IBM) To Pay Too Much For Sun (JAVA)
In a weak economy, troubled companies should never be bought at a premium. No one has mentioned that to IBM (IBM) which is looking at paying $10 a share for Sun Micro…
5:34am ET
Consumer Electronics
Dell (DELL) Launches PCs For Billionaires
Hand it to Dell (DELL), probably the worst run of the large global PC companies to have bad timing. It is launching a new line of expensive, high performance laptops. The new…
6:47am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades (BIG, COF, DFS, HPQ, JBLU, MS, MOT, TSN, USB)
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Big Lots (BIG) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Capital One (COF) Raised to Buy…
3:10am ET
Investing
Short Sellers May Have Been Squeezed In Citi And GE, But Keep Record Level Positions
Short sellers may have taken a bath in companies such as Citigroup (C) and GE (GE), but they increased investments in many companies to record levels. At the end of February, shares…