Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was touting that it had already sold some 40 million copies of Windows 8 in recent days. Apparently that is not very good. NPD Group has a report…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardThe more the Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) deal to buy Autonomy gets scrutinized, the more that outsiders place blame on HP’s board, which unanimously approved the deal. The $11 billion…
Are big mergers really worth it? After this week’s merger implosion news by Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ), 24/7 Wall St. wanted to review and analyze many of the really bad mergers of…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning and were never able to make a sustained push into positive territory. In Europe, the downgrade of French sovereign debt cooled the equity markets a…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. AK Steel Corp. (NYSE: AKS) raised to Neutral at Goldman Sachs. Applied…
Wikimedia CommonsIntel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has announced the transition of a legendary chief executive. President and CEO Paul Otellini has announced his intention to retire as an officer and director at the…
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockToday is potentially a make or break day when it comes to a corporate voice on how to avert SOME of the issues with the coming fiscal cliff. Leaders of labor got…
ThinkstockAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) must have become very fearful when we said that it was going to become one of the next penny stocks if it did not have a…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
By Jeff Ooi., posted to LensaMalaysia.com via Wikimedia CommonsPerhaps believing that the worst is over for some of America’s most troubled companies, or fearing a year-end rally that could lift all ships,…
ThinkstockSome companies are in real trouble. Some are under severe industry pressure, and some are just faltering due to missteps and bad luck. With the economy remaining weak and with the markets…
courtesy of AOLFormer Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) chairman Richard Schulze will bid for the company, but at a level less than the $8 billion expected. (Reuters) China posts a 9.6%…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly higher this morning, but by the end of the first hour stocks had turned south and remained in negative territory throughout the rest of the day. In…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been a huge trend in computing and it has made and broken component makers as a result. While it was initially reliant upon Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC)…
