Germany’s mixed bag. Two key economic figures out of Germany offset one another. GDP grew 0.5% in the third quarter. The number was up 2.6% from the same quarter last year. The advance…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released the latest holdings of U.S.-listed equities as of September 30, 2011. These public stock holdings have been broken down into two…
How much computing power does a person need in a mobile device? Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) is betting that the answer is, “All you can get.” The company has announced today the…
Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) has just submitted a SEC filing disclosing that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce has now approved its acquisition of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSEA). The…
Each morning 24/7 Wall St. issues a list of some of the key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. We review these and other calls from the week…
AMD (NYSE: AMD), the perpetually badly run chip company, will cut 10% of its workers. The firm has labored in the shadow of larger rival Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) for over a decade.…
If you trust BMO Capital Markets, it looks like ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ: ARMH) has more upside than Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). In a switch around call, BMO raised ARM Holdings to “Outperform”…
Nearly every forecast for PC sales indicates slower growth in desktop and laptop sales, waning sales of netbooks, and rising, if not booming, sales for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. If…
A company can spend billions of dollars on R&D and get little respect as an innovator. Even though that is the conclusion of a new study by Booz & Co., the conclusion…
The headline number from Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) third quarter earnings report is that sales fell by -13% year-over-year. But there were some positives as well. Instead of an expected EPS loss…
Stocks opened down this morning following the earnings report Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) after markets closed yesterday. Moody’s downgrade of Spain’s sovereign debt also weighed on the opening. The Consumer Price Index for…
For the sixth straight quarter, Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has posted record sales, partly due to a 22% increase in sales to PC makers. Does that indicate that the PC makers like…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ: CREE), Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), Intel Corporation…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Alcatel-Lucent SA (NYSE: ALU) Cut to Underperform at Jefferies. Anadarko Petroleum…
Moody’s downgrade of Spain puts more pressure on the EU to address its sovereign debt crisis. (Reuters) Several large shareholders may fight to oust part of the News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) board.…
