9:57am ET
Apps & Software
Short Interest In Microsoft (MSFT) Spikes
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…
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5:09pm ET
Investing
Nasdaq Short Interest: October 31, 2007
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 …
10:48am ET
Apps & Software
VMWare (VMW) Says “Ouch”
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…
6:56am ET
Technology
Tech Stock Values For Dummies
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.…
9:06pm ET
Apps & Software
Bill Gates Sale of Microsoft Shares Continues (MSFT)
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…
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Investing
Wall St. Faces Bleak Q4 Earnings
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…
7:57am ET
Investing
Pre-Market Analyst Calls (November 6, 2007)
Stock Tickers: ANF, ARO, AEO, ANN, ADSK, BMRN, CA, CHS, C, COGN, CWTR, ETR, GPS, GOOG, JCG, LF, MA, MSFT, ORH, ORCL, PAS, PNWIF, PT, RIMM, JAVA, SYMC, UA, URBN Abercrombie &…
10:43am ET
Media
Barron’s Poll Has Apple (AAPL) And Google (GOOG) As Buys And Sells
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…
4:08pm ET
Technology
News Corp’s (NWS) MySpace Joins Google (GOOG) Social Network Group
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…
5:40am ET
Investing
Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), And RIMM Get Huge Benefits From Brands
Landor Associates puts out a study called Breakaway Brands. The survey claims to measure the financial contributions made by individual brands to their parents’ bottom lines. According to the survey, picked up…
2:16pm ET
Investing
Mutual Fund Year-End Window Dressing Meets FOMC Date (MSFT, CSCO, GOOG, AAPL, RIMM, VMW, EMC, KO, YUM, MCD, BIDU, CROX, DELL, SCI, GS, STT, NYX, TXT)
Wednesday is much more than Halloween and it is more than the FOMC announcement date. We have an event that has been perhaps more influential to many key stocks than the upcoming…
11:12am ET
Media
RealNetworks Earnings Expectations (RNWK, TIVO, VIA)
RealNetworks Inc. (NASDAQ:RNWK) is set to report earnings after today’s close. First Call has estimates at -$0.01 EPS on revenues of $143.4 million, but there are some estimates with a break-even to…
7:42am ET
Consumer Electronics
Apple (AAPL) Mac OS Sets Sales Record
Apple (AAPL) today announced that it sold (or delivered in the case of maintenance agreements) over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the…
9:16am ET
Technology
Google (GOOG) To Start Own Social Network, Compete With Facebook
TechCrunch is reporting that Google (GOOG) is "preparing its own major assault on the social networking scene." The project is currently called “Maka-Maka”. Google already owns large social network Orkut, but most…
4:45am ET
Consumer Electronics
Nintendo Plans To Add More Stuff To The Wii And DS
Nintendo, which makes the DS portable videogame device and Wii console, said it hoped to start by unveiling new features for the DS next year that would be more practical than entertaining,…