Analysts have now raised the price of poker for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock. We have our own thoughts on this, but we still tend to view this from a value perspective. At the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wall Street analysts get great kudos sometimes, and other times they get the leper treatment. There were many movers this week, and some of these research notes are actually carryovers from the…
Sirius (SIR) has gone from being a market darling to one of the most maligned companies among those that the press follows with any regularity. The conventional wisdom is that the firm…
(BEAS) BEA Systems trading down almost 4% ahead of Oracle rejected BEA Systems’ $21 indication.(CFC) Countrywide -$2.85 EPS vs -$1.28 est., but shares indicated up over 10% on writedowns.(COLM) Columbia Sportswear indicated…
Microsoft’s (MSFT) earnings took Wall St. by surprise. It was a big enough jolt to take the shares to a level they have not seen since 2001, well above $35. The move…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Microsoft’s (MSFT) strong quarter and forecast sent shares up over 10%. Reuters writes that Oracle (ORCL) has turned down BEA Systems’ (BEAS) proposal that the company be sold at…
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has posted earnings of $0.45 EPS on $13.76 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates at $0.39 EPS on $12.57 Billion in revenues. The company offered guidance of $0.44 to…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to post earnings after the close, and if they live up to history they will offer some long-term guidance. Today’s results for the last quarter (Q1 2008) are…
Douglas A. McIntyre Below are the short positions for major companies traded on the Nasdaq as of October 15. The figures compare to numbers on September 28, 2007 Traders bet big on Sun’s turnaround, dropping…
According to The Wall Street Journal: "Sony posted a group net profit of ¥73.7 billion ($645 million) in its fiscal second quarter, compared with ¥1.7 billion a year earlier." The company’s game…
According to Reuters, profits rose at Sony (SNE) driven by camera sales. Reuters writes that Google (GOOG) held a day with analysts and the press to show off its new technology and…
According to The Wall Street Journal, Microsoft (MSFT) agreed to invest $240 million for a minority stake in Facebook Inc. that values the social-networking site at $15 billion. As part of the…
Douglas A. McIntyre Christmas may come early to Microsoft (MSFT) investors. Just a year ago, it was hard to imagine that the world’s largest software company would ever have an earnings engine beyond its core…
Douglas A. McIntyre Microsoft (MSFT) will not be a bidder for the 700-megahertz spectrum band which the FCC will auction early next year. The minimum bid will be $4.6 billion In comments covered by Reuters,…
Douglas A. McIntyre These days it seems that Microsoft (MSFT) cannot get enough products out the door. This week it is a new software set that allows high end wireless devices do most of the…