The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning following a lower-than-expected increase in non-farm payrolls (more coverage here). In Asia and Europe, though, markets were higher for different reasons. Asian…
This morning’s announcement from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) that it would miss its third-quarter revenue forecast has cast a pall over many other chip makers. A few have avoided taking a hit…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) today announced that third-quarter revenue would come in significantly lower than previously forecast. The world’s largest chipmaker originally forecast third-quarter revenue in the range of $13.8 billion to…
Paul Ausick Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) are both very important barometers of the U.S. economy. Intel is for PCs and technology, and if the retail sector is gaining…
Today’s report that Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) plans to cut the power consumption of its Core line of chips by more than 40% shines a spotlight on the whole semiconductor sector. Intel’s…
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) will not sell shares to cover a $2 billion tax bill. (Reuters) Government papers accuse BP PLC (NYSE: BP) of gross negligence in the Deepwater Horizon incident. (Reuters) Nokia…
Following its recent court victory in a patent infringement suit, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is seeking an injunction on the sale of a number of products from Samsung Electronics (OTC: SSNLF). Sterne…
All you had to do was review the recent earnings reports from Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and you knew that a PC slowdown was still underway. Unfortunately, the…
The short interest in the stocks with the largest positions as of August 15: Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) down 2% to 220 million shares. Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) up…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 24th in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
The bad news about PC sales, particularly at Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) was bound to be bad news for chip markets Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NYSE: AMD). The…
It was just on Monday that we released the 24/7 Wall St. “12 Big Dividend Hikes Coming Before The End of 2012” and we already have one of the twelve coming true. …
Most investors have discovered that earning less than 1% per year in short-term Treasuries or even less than 2% out in the 10-year Treasury is no fun. Longer-dated Treasury bonds also are proving…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings showing that there have been some significant changes in the positions of the Berkshire…
The July 31st short interest reports for some of the big semiconductor makers are mixed, although the swings are quite large in most cases. We looked at eight stocks: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:…
