Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) says that its sales to PC makers in Taiwan are running up and should rise about 10% this year. Manufacturers in Taiwan make about 60% of PCs sold around…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) turned in one of the best performances of the earnings season. Net income rose 38%. Revenue rose 13% to $28.5 billion. The computer company raised guidance and its shares…
According to Reuters, ING took a Q4 impairment at the low end of expectations. Reuters writes that KKR Financial Holdings has delayed debt payments on loans backed by mortgge-related securities. Reuters writes…
Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posted non-GAAP EPS of $0.86 on $28.47 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates pegged at $0.81 EPS on $27.6 Billion. H-P also put next quarter at $0.83 to…
After today’s close, we get to see earnings out of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). We gave a full earnings preview over the weekend but we have some updates for the options and the…
After the market closes on Tuesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). The estimates from First Call are $0.81 EPS on $27.59 billion in revenues. Next quarter…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is in talks with News Corp (NWS) about an M&A deal but analysts say it is unlikely to work. Reuters writes that Paulson thinks the US economy…
Mylan Inc. (NYSE: MYL) has been removed from the Goldman Sachs Conviction List, although the firm is not downgrading its official rating. Goldman Sachs has maintained its Buy rating and $19.00 price…
Lenovo, one of the two large Asian PC companies with Acer, will report earnings that are likely to double for the latest reported quarter. That probably won’t happen at HP (HPQ) or…
For Bill Gates the wait must have seemed to last more than a lifetime. Microsoft (MSFT) and Apple (AAPL) both became modest-sized businesses in the early 1980s. But the Bill Gates’ company…
Posit, if you will, that unusually strong Apple (AAPL) earnings, coupled with an upbeat forecast for the next few quarters, might have stopped the sell-off in techs in its tracks. Apple has…
The big US companies with the weakest prospects have sold off by as much as 50% over the few months. But, because some of them have powerful brands, large customer bases, and…
Goldman Sachs has issued a broader snapshot of what to expect from Q4 earnings now that we have seen some of the companies report. This is also ahead of the earning deluge…
There is a rule against taunting in football along with penalties. That has not moved to big business yet. International Business Machines Corp. told Wall Street to raise its 2008 according to…
Today’s after-hours trading will be an interesting glimpse into shares of technology stocks at the NASDAQ and NYSE alike. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is set to post earnings after the bell and this may…
