The Consumer Electronics Show kicked off last night with a keynote from Bill Gates (supposedly his last) and there are many product announcements being shown from large and small tech companies alike. …
Below is a snapshot of some of the key impact news affecting stocks in pre-market trading this Monday, January 7, 2008: AllianceBernstein (AB) noted as a hidden gem in Barron’s cover story.…
A number of experts say that companies, especially financial services firms, will cut dividends in 2008. CNN Money writes that "dividend cuts or suspensions will continue to pick up among financial services…
This is the list for just one day. The wild paroxyxm of announcements at the Consumer Electronics Show has begun. Yahoo! (YHOO) says it will open up the software for its mobile…
According to Reuters, Yahoo! (YHOO) is pushing the mobile handset as the next major target for its products. Reuters reports that analysts are trimming forecasts for the first and second quarter of…
The tech sell-off is accelerating. It may be that Intel (INTC) got downgraded or that Motorola (MOT) may have had a weak Q4. But, the problem is probably worse than that. Tech…
Goldman Sachs is raising estimates on both Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) today: On Microsoft (MSFT), Goldman Sachs has noted how the company "kicked itself out of the doldrums and outperformed" with…
Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360s in Q4. The company’s "Halo 3" game helped that. Reuters reports that the company was pleased with itself: "Holiday 2007 was a blockbuster season for…
According to Reuters, Microsoft (MSFT) sold 4.3 million Xbox 360 video consoles in the last three months of the year, helped by its "Halo 3" game. Reuters writes that US auto sales…
A recent poll from Reuters showed that analysts believe that earnings growth rates will go negative in the fourth quarter. It is the first time that has happened since the poll was…
The Nikkei 225 will end the year down about 11%. The FTSE 100 will be slightly better than flat. The Swiss market will be down 3% and a number of other indices…
The Nintendo DS is three years old. By the standards of video game consoles, that is a life time. But, according to The New York Times in the US "the hand-held DS…
January is always an interesting month for gadget lovers, techies, programmers, computer geeks, gamers, and more. The year is always kicked off with the biggest event of the year as the Consumer…
This holiday, the press is replete with stories of sales of Macs on the Amazon (AMZN) website and the transcendent experience of shopping at an Apple store. Perhaps all of those consumers…
Based on figures for short interest in Nasdaq stocks at mid-December, traders increased their bets against a number of discount brokerage and technical stocks. The numbers compare figures on December 14 to…
