Microsoft (MSFT) things the first version of it Zune player, meant to compete with the Apple (AAPL) iPod, was under-marketed. According to The New York Post "while the updated Zune may be…
Rupert Murdoch, head of News Corp (NWS) told Reuters that the tough economy is not hurting his company in the current quarter. Good news for his shareholders. But, the most important thing…
According to Reuters, News Corp (NWS) CEO Rupert Murcoch says the company is having a strong quarter. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) has entered partnerships to expand its mobile business across Asia.…
Microsoft (MFST) today announced it has entered into an exclusivity agreement around its intention to acquire Musiwave SA, an Openwave (OPWV) company and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are not the only impacting analyst calls in the land of upgrades & downgrades, but these are the top ten analyst calls 24/7 Wall St. is looking at today: Baker Hughes…
The CEO of Virtual Iron, Ed Walsh, spoke exclusively to 24/7 Wall St. partners in two separate interviews. Virtual Iron is the virtualization company owned in part and backed by Goldman Sachs…
The most visible shift in short interest in the new Nasdaq figures as of October 31, is the sharp increase in shares sold short in Microsoft. From October 15 to the end…
Below is the short interest in certain stocks traded on Nasdaq. The figures are as of October 31 and compare to numbers posted on October 15, 2007 Largest Short Positions Company …
VMWare (VMW) looked good out of the box. After its IPO, shares went from under $52 to over $125. But, as the stock hit $84.60 today, one-third of the peak value of…
Yesterday’s sharp sell-off in the Nasdaq showed the market something. In a downturn, the Apples (AAPL) and RIMMs (RIMM) of the world have an Achilles Heel. They have run up too much.…
Seeing insider activity during certain selling windows is always an interesting observation. When Bill Gates sells shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) it is normally just a blip, even though some may try to…
Douglas A. McIntyre In the past month, fourth-quarter earnings expectations for companies in the S&P 500 have fallen by nearly half, according to Thomson Financial. So says the FT. The problem has several sources and…
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In Barron’s semi-annual Big Money Poll, institutional investors are asked about their two favorite stocks and also which shares are most overvalued. For the latest poll, 112 money managers responded. On the…
TechCrunch and Silicon Alley Insider have reported that News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace will join the new Google (GOOG) OpenSocial initiative. The Google program pulls together a number of social networks include the…
