Microsoft's announcement that it has selected a new chief executive is overshadowed by the news that Bill Gates is stepping down as chairman. Will other executives take the opportunity to jump ship?
Jon C. Ogg These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, February 4, 2014. They include Chevron, Gap, Merck, Microsoft and Zynga.
The 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average combined to post a loss of just over 4.5% in January. Only four of the blue chip stocks managed to post a gain…
Zynga was one of Friday's few hot stocks after announcing a sizable deal and a 15% cut in its workforce. The freemium video game and social gaming maker pre-announced a narrower-than-expected loss…
The head of Microsoft's cloud businesses, Satya Nadella, most likely will become CEO of the aging software company, which will make it Amazon.com's primary rival. The battle ground will not be e-commerce,…
NASDAQShort interest data from mid-January showed that short sellers moved out of big tech stocks, a sign that the market has warmed to a sector about which it has been ambivalent. Shares…
24/7 Wall St. takes a look at some of the stocks that are being or have been pushed and cajoled by activist investors. In many cases, the activist investors helped the smaller…
The stock market was pounded on Friday, making for a very bad week and a rough start for January. Still, not all is lost. A few stocks managed to avoid the carnage.…
The Jefferies "Franchise" stock picks for 2014 are an eclectic group that may offer investors some ideas that are not highly touted on Wall Street. If the Jefferies team is right, these…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Friday, January 24, 2014. They include Juniper Networks, Microsoft, McDonald's, Pandora Media and SAP.
As Microsoft's revenue reaches the high-water mark in its history, and does so because it has been able to change the way it conducts business, Steve Ballmer has become the best person…
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported second-quarter fiscal 2014 results after markets closed Thursday. The software behemoth reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.78 on revenues of $24.52 billion. In the same period…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockMicrosoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is buying Nokia Corp.’s (NYSE: NOK) mobile phone and devices business to boost its presence in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. But the question is whether the Nokia operations…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 23, 2014.
Nokia reported fourth-quarter and interim full-year fiscal 2013 results from continuing operations before markets opened Thursday. Results exclude the company's Devices & Services (handset) division, which the firm has agreed to sell…
