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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…
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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…
6:18am ET
Apps & Software
Saving The PC Industry By Selling Computers To Farmers
Around the world, PC sales are dying. The global recession is causing consumers and businesses to defer purchases until their current machines break down. Their older computers have powerful enough processors and…
1:07pm ET
Consumer Electronics
PC Industry Going To Hell In A Handbasket (AAPL)(HPQ)(DELL)
Gartner’s new research on PC sales for 2009 is out and there it nothing in it to cheer the likes of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) or Dell (DELL). Sales of computers will drop so…
6:25am ET
Telecom & Wireless
Dell (DELL) Earnings: Has The PC Had Its Day?
Dell’s earnings dropped 48% last quarter and now it will probably fire more people. The numbers were not a surprise. Independent research shows PC sales falling around the world as the recession…
6:12am ET
Apps & Software
Server Sales Follow PC Sales Down The Toilet (HPQ) (DELL) (MSFT) (INTC)
It would make sense that as businesses cut back on spending for PCs they would also cut back on the purchase of servers. One of the things computers and servers have in…
7:39am ET
Investing
Top Pre-Market Analyst Upgrades (CHK, CMCSA, HPQ, SNY, SSS, RIG, WFMI)
These are some of the top early bird analyst upgrades seen from Wall Street analysts this Thursday morning: Chesapeake (CHK) Raised to Outperform at Bernstein. Comcast (CMCSA) Raised to Buy at Collins…
5:29am ET
Consumer Electronics
PC Sales Start To Look Like The Car Industry (AAPL)(HPQ)(DELL)(INTC)(MSFT))(NOK)(IBM)
Domestic car sales are down about 30%. Sales at Chrysler have been hit hardest, down 50% in the most recent two months. In a bad economy, it makes sense that consumers will…
3:53am ET
Media
Media Digest 2/19/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, the biggest problem GM (GM) may face is a mountain of debt. Reuters reports that investors in Stanford funds are pushing hard to get their money out. Reuters reports…
4:47pm ET
Apps & Software
More Cracks In H-P’s Armor (HPQ)
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) posted earnings of $0.93 EPS and $28.8 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters (First Call) estimates were $0.93 EPS and $31.93 billion in revenue. While this is technically a…
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Media
Media Digest 2/18/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According, to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler have asked for another $22 billion. Reuters reports that the SEC has charged Alan Stamford with “massive fraud.” Reuters reports that Trump’s image is being…
10:15am ET
Economy
A Double Dip Layoff Economy
A look at the companies which announced layoffs in December and January demonstrates that almost no industry is immune from job losses due to this contracting economy. Tech companies such as Microsoft…