6:27am ET
Investing
CEOs to Fire in 2013
courtesy of Groupon Inc.A number of large public company CEOs have come under fire in the past year because of the extremely poor financial results of the public corporations they run. Some,…
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11:40am ET
Companies and Brands
The Worst Product Flops of 2012
ThinkstockThere has been no shortage of successful product launches in 2012. Think the iPhone 5 and “The Avengers.” In order for companies to have successful launches, they must invest a great deal,…
1:36pm ET
Telecom & Wireless
Outlook 2013: For Semiconductor Makers, It’s All About Mobile
ThinkstockAlmost exactly a year ago, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) projected that sales of the company’s heavily promoted Ultrabook computers would account for 40% of all notebook shipments in 2012. Taiwan’s Digitimes, however,…
9:03am ET
Technology
Chip Makers’ Markets Drive Shorts (INTC, AMD, QCOM, ARMH, MU, SNDK, BRCM, MRVL, NVDA, TXN, AMAT, SMH)
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
12:41am ET
Jobs
Facebook the Best Place to Work, Followed by McKinsey & Company
Guillaume Paumier / Wikimedia Commons, CC-BY-3.0Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) was the No. 1 company on the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work for 2013. This…
6:15am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/11/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NY Times, FT, Bloomberg
thinkstockHSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) pays a $1.92 billion fine to the U.S. government to settle a money laundering probe. (Reuters) The cost of outside products necessary to run Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)…
4:02pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — December 5, 2012: Markets Close Mixed on Tech Weakness (ADTN, KMP, CLF, INTC, RAX, MFRM, P, FRAN, MW, SAIC, VRA, LULU, SFD, TITN, FCX, MMR, PXP, NOK, CHL, TIBX)
U.S. equity markets opened essentially flat again this morning as investors waited to see what would happen with the many data releases due out today. In Europe, the non-manufacturing PMI numbers were…
8:45am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ADTN, ATI, AIG, BYD, CLF, G, HON, INTC, IBM, KMP, ONXX, P, RAX, RSG, SN, TIBX, TUP, UTX, PAY, WM, WWAV)
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Sell at Citigroup. Allegheny Technologies Inc. (NYSE:…
6:16am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/5/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, Bloomberg
The Federal Reserve will begin a new round of bond buying in hopes of stimulating the economy. (Reuters) China shares reached a quarter-long high as government policy initiatives buoy investors. (Reuters) Nokia…
3:50pm ET
Technology
Intel Taking on $6 Billion in Debt to Buy Back More Stock
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is said to now be looking at a $6 billion debt offering in three different tranches. The company used the “for general corporate purposes” explanation but it also…
Jon C. Ogg 9:53am ET
Investing
Intel to Launch Note Offering and Aggressively Repurchase Shares
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has filed its automatic shelf registration statement with the Securities & Exchange Commission. While these are normally just open shelf filings, Intel has already added another filing that…
Jon C. Ogg 6:16am ET
Investing
Media Digest (12/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) says a $2.7 billion court judgment against it in Mexico is “flawed.” (Reuters) Federal Reserve governors praise the bank’s stimulus plan but disagree about its future. (Reuters) A…
6:47am ET
Investing
Some American Companies Have No Future
No matter how sad the forecast, the year’s results for a few large America companies, the conditions of competition in their markets and the malaise that has draped much of economy makes…
6:30am ET
Apps & Software
Windows 8 and PC Sales: Chicken and Egg
Widely regarded research firm NPD Group released data from its Weekly Tracking Service that showed that PC sales have fallen, compared to last year, since Microsoft Corp.’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows 8 was…
2:44pm ET
Apps & Software
Initial Windows 8 Sales Indicate More Hard Times For Dell, H-P, and Intel
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…