Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) had spoiled any surprise about its earnings by telegraphing the numbers weeks ago. It made good on its promises. HP posted financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is expected to report earnings after the close of trading today. Last week, the company gave guidance which was ahead of plan and gave guidance farther out on the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Most executives spend their careers trying to get noticed, both as a way to achieve promotion and to bolster their reputations which they hope will be remembered long after they retire. Mention…
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) cut production and Nissan was downbeat about its prospects. Reuters reports that if a new CEO at Yahoo! (YHOO) wants to be well-regarded by shareholders, he or…
Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) is trying to save technology stocks this morning all on its own. Or that is how it seems with its guidance. The company issued preliminary guidance for its…
John Thompson, the head of Symantec (SYMC), "stepped down" yesterday. Hector Ruiz recently vacated the CEO’s office at AMD (AMD). The head of Sun (JAVA), Jonathan Schwartz, will probably be gone soon.…
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings this Thursday. The stock broke under the $10.00 barrier on Thursday before recovering handily. In fact, as it briefly went under $9.00 Thursday…
It is rare when a company warns about its Q4 numbers on November 12. That made Intel’s (INTC) announcement about the final quarter of the year all the more shocking. Intel said…
Over the last year, Google’s (GOOG) shares have dropped from $724.80 to just above $300. There is an argument to be made that they could go much lower, perhaps down to $250.…
Bringing Michael Dell back to run the company he founded seems to be making things worse. Last week, Dell (DELL) said it would have to cut more costs and even made the…
With earnings from the top two PC giants roughly two weeks away, we have many about what lies ahead for the tech sector. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) reports earnings on November 20,…
For awhile, analysts had hoped that the biggest layoffs in the economy would be restricted to already troubled industries including retail, automotive, and airlines. At least companies in those sectors were losing…
US car sales have been awful, running off as much as 30% recently. But, there is always China. It is big for McDonald’s (WMT), Wal-Mart (WMT), GE (GE), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). Everyone…
According to Reuters, investors and banks are in a struggle over whether financial companies should be able to change the way they value assets under accounting rules. Reuters writes that improvements in…
The "netbook: seemed like a remarkably stupid idea. It sits somewhere between small laptops and smartphones. It is not much good for anything beyond e-mail and web access. It looks like a…