From time to time, the editors at 24/7 Wall St. will look at which companies may file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection over the next year. The analysis involves looking at SEC…
Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) has now confirmed reports that the former head of Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) Carol Bartz will become CEO of the troubled search and online media company. But this is…
For the latest reported period, ending December 31, short sellers did not make any notable moves in or out of tech, financials, or industrial shares. What they did do was take impressively…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 is "on schedule" and will begin testing with consumers. Reuters reports that Obama will lay out his case for stimulus package in a speech. Reuters…
Technology is far from a recovery if you trust what the companies are telling you at face value. Just look at Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) and you will see why. The processor…
Douglas A. McIntyre It seems that no matter what the market does, investors still want to see which old tech stock is the one to own for the year ahead. Everyone still remembers the massive…
A Bloomberg review of the S&P 500 stocks shows that the fourth quarter of 2008 will probably be the sixth quarter of declining earnings. According to the news service, "Fourth-quarter profit at…
If investors had a notion that short sellers were going to stay in big financials, they were wrong. Short interest in the weakest companies in the sector dropped. Shares short in Citigroup…
Hand it to Andrew Grove, the former CEO of Intel (INTC). He wrote a book about how paranoid he is and why that kept his company ahead of the competition. It turns…
According to Reuters, the auto bill died in the Senate and there will be no more action this year. Reuters reports that the Bank of America (BAC) will cut as many as…
As you will see, most of the top technology stocks from the NASDAQ 100 saw an increase in the number of shares being sold short from mid-November to late November. With the…
No matter how far down bank stocks go and how hard regulators try to keep short sellers out of financial shares, some of the smart money is willing to gamble that the…
According to Reuters, the House will vote on the auto bailout as early as this week. Reuters writes that Rio Tinto (RTP) will cut 14,000 jobs. Reuters reports that AIG (AIG) owes…
The theory goes something like this: Microsoft (MSFT) has a model for selling software which is installed in a PC or server and uses that device’s computing power and memory to run…
According to Reuters, the Senate will return to auto bailout talks this week. Reuters reports that Merrill Lynch (MER) CEO Thain is seeking his $10 million bonus. Reuters reports that unsold cars…