Updated throughout the day. IBM (NYSE: IBM) has started the process to choose a new CEO (WSJ) Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. PLC rose on rumors it would be bought by Glencore (WSJ)…
Douglas A. McIntyre A blue ribbon jobs council told Obama to put fewer restrictions on construction and make it easier for tourists to visit the US. (Reuters) Indonesia backed LeGarde for IMF chief. (Reuters) Trouble…
Experts say a Greek default would harm other EU nations and banks. (Reuters) Several insurers face large losses because of US weather damage. (Reuters) AIG (NYSE: AIG) will price shares to be…
The old big event that had been impossible to imagine was Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) overtaking Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) with the world’s highest valuation for any technology company. Apple achieved that…
Wall St. was disappointed by the sales of Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows products as the world’s largest software company announced earnings for the quarter which ended March 31. Microsoft’s two enterprise software…
Short sellers seem to have ignored the strong earnings released recently by Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM). They have, for the most part, bet strongly that the stocks in many…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Reiterated Outperform and raised target to $220…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is the largest Dow Jones Industrial Average component by far due to its share price. If it was based on market capitalization like most indexes, IBM…
Jon C. Ogg The largest companies in the US based on the number of workers worldwide are not necessarily the biggest in terms of revenue, profits or business locations. Some are much more efficient than…
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is one of the giant technology behemoths out there that has been criticized for quite some time for holding all of its cash for acquisitions and to keep…
Revenue from sales of IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) System z mainframe server products rose 41% last quarter. Data Center Group revenue at Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) rose 32% in the last quarter. The Intel…
Reuters: Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will begin to ship the new version of its iPhone in September (Reuters) Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and VMWare (NYSE: VMW) both posted strong earnings (Reuters) A drop in…
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) is out with better-than-expected earnings and the stock is reacting positively. Big Blue reported earnings at $2.41 EPS non-GAAP ($3.31 GAAP) and its revenues grew 8%…
Jon C. Ogg Next week may be short because of a holiday, but it is going to be a very busy week for earnings. We have tried to narrow the field down to the very…
A sharp increase in costs hurt Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) first quarter earnings. (Reuters) Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is expected to beat earnings forecasts but mortgage costs will hurt its numbers. (Reuters) Banks…