Google’s (GOOG) push in the US to sell handsets using its Android operating system is being hurt by the fact that its cellular partner is T-Mobile, a distant fourth in market share the America. Android is about…
These are among the top research calls and analyst upgrades and downgrades we have seen early this Friday morning with over two hours until the open: Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Outperform at…
Microsoft (MSFT) just released earnings that were mediocre but not any worse than was expected. It said that the balance of the calendar year would not be much better. In stating that,…
Microsoft (MSFT) posted EPS of $.33 in the first quarter compared with $.47 in the same period last year. The period, which is the fiscal third quarter for the company, saw revenue…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will announce its highly awaited earnings after the close today. Analysts are expecting $0.39 EPS on $14.09 billion in revenues. That Thomson Reuters consensus number would compare to $0.47…
Douglas A. McIntyre As the executives at Apple (AAPL) were passing around the Dom Perignon, their counterparts at other companies which design and manufacture smartphones were putting all sharp objects out of reach. In a…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today, and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is set to report earnings after the market close tomorrow. What we…
According to Reuters, PepsiCo (PEP) is offering $6 billion for a number of its bottlers. Reuters reports that GlaxoSmthKline (GSK) is in talks to buy Stiefel Laboratories. Reuters writes that the US…
According to Reuters, banks may be hard hit by the bankruptcy of General Growth (GGP) and future commercial real estate defaults. Reuters reports that VW may overtake Toyota (TM) as the No.1 car…
Dell (DELL) has done a modest amount of what it could do to keep pace with its PC competition. It recently launched a high-end laptop, the Adamo, which mimics the look of…
The deal for Microsoft (MSFT) to take over the search business owned by Yahoo! (YHOO) and pay the portal company a share of the advertising revenue in the venture is looking worse…
Douglas A. McIntyre Intel (INTC), which is the largest maker of PC and server chips in the world, announced earnings that beat analyst expectations. No one would have known that by looking at the collapse…
Citi adds Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) to the Recommended List, saying more upside could play out. Citi has a Buy rating and $22 price target on MSFT. Citi analystsays, “While the tech sector…
Douglas A. McIntyre There have been a number of news reports recently saying that Microsoft (MSFT) and Yahoo! are back in the process of negotiating a combination of their search businesses to take on the…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, GM (GM) has been told by Treasury to begin work on a bankruptcy. Reuters reports that China’s growth has started to move inland from the coast. Reuters reports that…