According to Reuters, talks between Time Warner’s (TWX) AOL and Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) are heating up. Reuters reports that GM (GM) is confident that it can compete even after making…
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has reported its earnings. The chip and processor giant posted $0.28 EPS and $9.5 Billion in revenues. Gross margin was 55.4%. First Call estimates were $0.25 EPS on…
Douglas A. McIntyre Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is set to report earnings after the close today, and this report is likely to influence everything around chips, processors, computers, and almost anything tech-related. The chip and…
Douglas A. McIntyre Robert Noyce, the creator of the big idea that became Intel (INTC), died in 1990 when he was 62. He never saw the company make it to the big time, since the…
According to Bloomberg, GM (GM) will announce a major restructuring including moving more production to small cars. Reuters reports that regional bank stocks were hit hard by liquidity concerns. Reuters writes that…
When AMD (AMD) bought graphics chip maker ATI, it thought it was getting a deal. Nothing of the sort happened. AMD ended up with over $5 billion in debt. Larger rival Intel…
Late in the day, Intel’s (INTC) CEO said that the company was cutting its way through the recession like a hot knife through butter. The stock promptly jumped and ended the day…
Douglas A. McIntyre One of the hallmarks of a bear market is the the financially weak companies get their brains banged out. AMD (AMD) fits right in. Today it dropped to a new 52-week low…
According to Reuters, Robert Steel was named the new CEO of Wachovia (WB) and the bank said it would have a quarter loss of $2.6 to $2.8 billion. Reuters writes that the…
AMD (AMD) should sign up to be in the World Wrestling Federation.At least when an opponent hits it with a chair, it can get paid. Dreamworks, an account of modest size but…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) is willing to start buy-out talks with Yahoo! (YHOO) if the portal company will replace its board. Reuters writes that the CEO of JP Morgan (JPM) said…
The market took big dips in 2001 and 1987. One was due to a national catastrophe and another was focused on Wall St.’s impression that the market had run too far, too…
According to Reuters, Rhapsody, a music service owned by Real Networks (RNWK) and Viacom (VIA) will make a push against Apple (AAPL) iTunes by embracing the iPod as its player. Reuters writes…
Based on data from Nasdaq as of June 13, short sellers made heavy bets against tech stocks. Many investors clearly think the sector is not immune from the current economic downturn. The…
Google (GOOG) is now the US company with the highest reputation, at least according to the annual Harris Interactive Reputation Quotient poll. According to Reuters, "Largely for its reputation for treating workers…