IBM’s (IBM) quarterly figures for the second period of the year not only beat analysts’ estimates; they beat whisper figures which were much higher. IBM reported EPS of $2.32 up 18%. Wall…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week will mark the kickoff for the real flood of Q2-2009 earnings season. We have many key technology stocks reporting earnings this week and these should help to craft the post-earnings…
Goldman Sachs is out with some key calls in technology sector today. While some calls are positive, our take on this is more of a cautious stance due to the broad nature…
These are the top big analyst calls from Wall Street we have seen very early this Friday morning with over two and a half hours until the market opens: Baidu (BIDU) Started…
Reuters: The heads of the emerging markets, the so-called BRICs, held their first global summit. Reuters: Obama will be tested this week on financial reforms. Reuters: Rich nations are working on an…
Facebook recently took in a new $200 million investment which puts the value of the company at $10 billion. That is down from a $15 billion valuation based on an investment that…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has made what many will consider as a strange merger, but there is more to this merger than meets the eye and this will give Intel higher ticket…
A drop in server sales is bad news for companies that build them including HP (HPQ), IBM (IBM), and Dell (DELL) and the firms that supply chips–AMD (AMD) and Intel (INTC). But,…
The West, particularly the US, has been able to hang onto its lead in technology innovation for the better part of thirty years while the manufacturing economy was driven by cost savings…
How long has it been since nanotechnology was on the tip of everyone’s tongue as the next great speculative investment frontier? It seems like ancient history. But we have seen news from…
Douglas A. McIntyre We are expecting the key earnings report from Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) after the close of trading today. This should mark the 30th DJIA component reporting earnings this season. Because of the…
A huge population of red ants has bedeviled Texas farmers for years. By some estimates the insects cost state businesses close to $1 billion a year due to crop and machinery destruction.…
Reuters Obama hopes to have healthcare bill by July Reuters Documents on Paulson’s meetings with banks forcing them to take TARP have been released Reuters Banks sued MBIA (MBI) over its $5 billion…
Reuters : Intel (INTC) said its results are running better than expected. Reuters : The government is looking at a pay overhaul in the financial sector. Reuters: Economic woes are hurting the…
Twelve of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women. Just twelve. Over the next year, that number is likely to go up considerably because of a confluence of economic and financial factors that…