Nintendo made money, really big money, in the last quarter. Then, it had the audacity to say that things would get even better. According to Reuters, "Nintendo said it now expects an…
Microsoft (MSFT) has not been able to home grow its own online business so it has decided to buy the solution a piece at a time. Yahoo! (YHOO) was supposed to be…
According to Reuters, Lehman (LEH) may fire 1,200 workers.Reuters reports that Dell (DELL) said its Asia business was fine but offered a cautious forecast.Reuters reports that Starbucks (SBUX) will offer more promotions…
"Every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is declared to be illegal".–The Sherman…
According to Reuters, Toyota (TM) cut its 2009 sales forecast by almost 7%.Reuters reports that Fannie Mae (FNM) changed several of its top executives.Reuters writes that Starbucks (SBUX) management will receive no…
Short sellers believe that they have seen the bottom for financial shares and exited the industry en masse.Shares sold short in Merrill Lynch (MER) fell 12.6 million to 42.3 million. Short interest…
It looks like Google (GOOG) will strike a deal to be the default search feature on all of Verizon’s (VZ) cellular handsets. Since the phone company has about 70 million subscribers, the…
Jerry Seinfeld can be a vicious and cruel comedian. Microsoft (MSFT) has changed that by putting $10 million in his pocket. The people from Redmond have finally acknowledged that a huge portion…
According to Reuters, Nissan says it will start exporting cars from it China joint venture.Reuters reports that Micorosft (MSFT) will enlist Seinfeld for its new ad campaign.Reuters reports that the NY Attorney…
Novell Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) got some decent news after Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) expanded its Linux support relationship for interoperability. If it seems that Microsoft is warming up to Linux and open source,…
Douglas A. McIntyre This week was a huge week as far as getting to see what the large funds and key money managers or investment gurus were putting into their portfolios. We compiled lists and…
Tonight we received the quarterly filings for Cascade Investment LLC, which shows the personal investments of Bill Gates. While the investment vehicle listed many unique holdings out there that were much the…
If you think the long-gone uptick rule or naked shorting was important for financial stocks, you might wonder what was going on in technology stocks with short sellers. In the major NASDAQ…
Shorts sellers suffered from a lack of conviction on the direction of financial stocks in the period that ended July 31. They were clear that betting against tech was no longer a…
Several stocks made big moves today and substantial moves in volume.Included in equity and options action were Sirius (SIRI) and Microsoft (MSFT)
