5:02am ET
Investing
AMD (AMD): Still In The Woods Without A Guide
The good news about AMD’s (AMD) first quarter news was that the bad news was not worse. The Intel-Jr. of the chip world reported Q1 2008 revenue of $1.505 billion and a…
INTC Coverage Page 205
6:42pm ET
Technology
IBM (IBM): The Recession’s First Recession-Proof Company
The market was buoyed by Intel’s (NASDAQ:INTC) earnings. It should have been. Gross margins were good, Year-over-year results were fine. If there was any concern about the quarterly report is was the…
2:52am ET
Media
Media Digest 4/16/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, US senator Charles Schumer has asked the SEC to look at conflicts of interest at bond rating firms. Reuters writes that Washington Mutual (WM) are in favor of the…
6:26pm ET
Investing
Intel (INTC): Atlas Holds The World Aloft
After rafts of bad news from every corner of the business arena starting with GE (NYSE: GE) and spreading to Washington Mutual (NYSE: WM) and Wachovia (NYSE: WB), a hard luck report…
3:25pm ET
Investing
Intel Gets Initial Cheer (INTC)
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) posted earnings after the close, and Wall Street is cheering the results so far. It just posted $0.25 EPS on some $9.67 Billion in revenues. First Call estimates…
Douglas A. McIntyre 11:55am ET
Investing
Intel Earnings To Dictate Trend of Tech Stocks (INTC, AMD)
After today’s closing bell, we’ll see earnings for Q1-2008 from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC). The processor and chip giant estimates from First Call are $0.25 EPS on $9.63 Billion in revenues. We’ve…
2:43pm ET
Investing
Market Toughens As Financials And Tech Sell-Off (C)(BAC)(GE)(JPM)(WFC)(INTC)(CSCO)(DELL)(RIMM)(AAPL)
Over the last week, both major financials and techs sold off substantially, another sign that one major sector is doing nothing to offset the other. Taken in tandem with GE’s (NYSE: GE)…
9:17am ET
Investing
Earnings War: Intel Versus AMD.. Q1 2008 (INTC, AMD, NVDA)
This week, we will have the real start of the earnings onslaught for Q1-2008 earnings season. We compiled many estimates Friday evening to see which pairs of companies and which actual leaders…
3:13am ET
Media
AMD (AMD) CTO Out, Fedex (FDX) CEO Wrong, Nokia (NOK) TV Broken, Citigroup (C) Set-Back
Citigroup (NYSE: C) cannot syndicate its EMI loan, AMD (NYSE: AMD) has lost its CTO, Fedex’s (NYSE: FDX) CEO sees a slowdown in the economy, and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) can’t sell phones…
11:28am ET
Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest, Level 3 (LVLT) And Sirius (SIRI) Hit By Hammer Of Thor
Most companies on Nasdaq did fairly well with the shorts in the period which ended on March 31 compared to March 14. The two tremendous exceptions were Level 3 (LVLT) where short…
2:55am ET
Media
Media Digest 4/9/2008 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
According to Reuters, Citigroup (C) will sell $12 billion in troubled loans to a group of private equity firms. Reuters reports that some members of the Fed believe that the US will…
9:26am ET
Investing
Intel Capital’s New China Ventures Could See IPO’s (INTC)
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has announced full details for its venture capital arm’s Intel Capital global venture investment activities in China with the launch of a second China investment fund. The Intel…
Douglas A. McIntyre 5:03am ET
Consumer Electronics
PC Makers Bet On Wee Computers (AAPL)(INTC)(DELL)(NOK)(RIMM)
The market for desktop PCs and notebooks gets more competitive by the day. Just ask Michael Dell of Dell (DELL). He has cut more people and plans to shut a facility in…
3:24pm ET
Investing
AMD’s (AMD) Death Rattle
AMD (NYSE: AMD) said things did not go its way in Q1. No one should be surprised. AMD has not had a good quarter in over two year. How CEO Hector Ruiz…
3:31pm ET
Technology
Nvidia (NVDA) Falls Off The Map
Over the last three months, shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have dropped almost 40%. Chipmakers AMD (NYSE: AMD) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have traded fairly flat over the same period. AMD has…