The economy of Appalachia may be helped by natural gas and chemical plants. (Reuters) The People’s Bank of China will do more to support the yuan, and the global economic markets hit…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has now finalized its pact with GlobalFoundries which gets rid of its 9% stake in the foundry. The value of about $278 million will ultimately result…
You might have already heard the reports that Apple is sitting on a lot of cash, around the $100 billion mark. You might have even read the scores of recommendations about what…
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD) has acquired server maker SeaMicro Inc. for an undisclosed amount, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. SeaMicro makes a low-power servers based…
Since the beginning of the year the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up about 17%. The run-up may be over for some chip makers and sustainable for others. Analysts have set some new…
Fusion-io, Inc. (NYSE: FIO) is surging today on elevated equity volume and on elevated options trading. We have almost seen twice the normal trading day’s worth of volume in the stock and…
Jon C. Ogg If you want to know what is hurting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and helping Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), it may be nothing more than continued chatter about an index rebalancing act by…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of December 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been hitting new all-time highs of late, and analysts have been ratcheting up their price targets. We recently noted one analyst call for a $665 price target…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has announced a settlement with the New York Attorney General that will terminate the lawsuit alleging violation of U.S. and state antitrust laws filed in late-2009 by the New…
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is preparing to distribute computers with a version of its upcoming Windows 8 operating system for devices using ARM processors from ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH). This marks…
2012 is getting off to a great start for the equity markets. We recently looked at the performance of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B), which is underperforming this year so…
Chip designer ARM Holdings plc (NASDAQ: ARMH) posted revenues of $217.4 million for the company’s fourth quarter, handily beating the consensus estimate of $193.4 million. Adjusted net income also soared past expectations,…
For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The NYSE and…
Since the beginning of the year the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is up more than 13.5%. The run-up may be over for some chip makers and sustainable for others. Analysts are also a…
