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Technology
Tech Stock Values For Dummies
Yesterday’s sharp sell-off in the Nasdaq showed the market something. In a downturn, the Apples (AAPL) and RIMMs (RIMM) of the world have an Achilles Heel. They have run up too much.…
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Investing
Wall St. Faces Bleak Q4 Earnings
In the past month, fourth-quarter earnings expectations for companies in the S&P 500 have fallen by nearly half, according to Thomson Financial. So says the FT. The problem has several sources and…
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Media
Barron’s Poll Has Apple (AAPL) And Google (GOOG) As Buys And Sells
In Barron’s semi-annual Big Money Poll, institutional investors are asked about their two favorite stocks and also which shares are most overvalued. For the latest poll, 112 money managers responded. On the…
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Consumer Electronics
As Japanese Move Away From PCs Will US Consumers?
Just when shares in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), and Apple (AAPL) were doing so well, it appears that, in Japan, consumers are moving toward game consoles and smart phones for their daily…
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Consumer Electronics
Are Lenovo’s Results Good For Dell (DELL). No.
PC-maker Lenovo, which bought the IBM (IBM) personal computer business, had the kind of break-out quarter that tech companies seem to be racking up with regularity now. For the three months ended…
5:54pm ET
Technology
Sun Micro (JAVA) In The Shadows: Selected Stocks Under $10
Share in Sun Microsystems (JAVA) have been drifting. Their performance for the last three months looks like larger proxies for big tech, Hewlett Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), and IBM (IBM). All four…
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Consumer Electronics
Holiday PC Sales Seen As Brisk (HPQ)(DELL)(AAPL)
According to data from big computer seller Ingram Micro and research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates, PC sales look very strong going into the holidays with particular strength outside the US. Reuters writes…
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Consumer Electronics
Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy List: Add Dell, Remove H-P (DELL, HPQ)
This morning Goldman Sachs is making a key change to its PC uinverse coverage. Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) is being added to the Conviction Buy List, and rival Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is being removed from…
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Media
Somebody Made Money On Sirius (SIRI)
Sirius (SIR) has gone from being a market darling to one of the most maligned companies among those that the press follows with any regularity. The conventional wisdom is that the firm…
6:30am ET
Technology
Apple (AAPL) Is Not Google (GOOG)
It is obvious that Apple (AAPL) is not Google, or its stock symbol would be GOOG. But, the issues go beyond that. With Apple’s most impressive quarter behind it and with a…
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Consumer Electronics
Apple’s (AAPL) Next Quarter Will Be Its Hardest
Apple (AAPL) always beats earnings forecasts. In the last quarter, it hit revenue of $6.22 billion and had a profit of $1.01 a shares. It sold 10.2 million iPods, 1.1 million iPhones…
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Consumer Electronics
Appe (AAPL) Mac Market Share Growing
According to Gartner research the big winner in computer sales in the U.S.was Apple (AAPL), which saw shipments rise 37 percent, according to Gartner, to 1.3 million units. That gave it a…
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Consumer Electronics
Dell (DELL) Gets Crushed
The new Gartner research and IDC numbers for PC sales in Q3 are out. You read it hear first. Dell (DELL)will have disappointing numbers when it reports earnings. Reuters writes that "HP…
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Media
Media Digest 10/18/2007 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT,Barron’s
Accoriding to Reuters, Sony (SNE) will launch a cheaper version of its PS3 in the US in hopes of taking market share from Microsoft (MSFT) and Nintendo. Reuters writes that British Air…
5:08am ET
Economy
The High Lay-Off Economy (BSX)(INTC)(CFC)(HPQ)
Workers in industries that are not doing well usually get laid off. But, it is not a good omen when workers in robust sectors of the economy are losing their jobs. Countrywide…