"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated"–Mark Twain The recent warranty problems with the Microsoft (MSFT) cost the big software company over $1 billion. They had people calling for spinning…
According to Reuters, private equity firms are going to start to target big miners like Alcoa (AA). Reuters writes that Rupert Murdoch’s BSkyB added 90,000 subscribers over the last quarter. Reuters writes…
Michael Dell told a group at a company product launch that Dell (DELL) still has a long way to go before its solves its sales and market share problems. The stock had…
Oracle (ORCL) has launched its new "database management system" software’s latest version. But, a number of customers have indicated that they will not upgrade, maybe for a couple of years. The software…
Unlike most counties, China’s top websites are not Yahoo! (YHOO) and Google (GOOG). According to a new Asia internet study by comScore, two of the top three sites in China are Baidu…
It would be tempting to think that Sony (SNE) is cutting its PS3 price in reaction to hardware problems with the Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox. But, the decision is probably due to the…
According to Reuters, a dispute between Airbus and GE (GE) could delay the launch of the Airbus 350. Reuters writes that Boeing (BA) will unveil its 787 after recently receiving a number…
John Dvorak over at MarketWatch has raised the issue of Microsoft (MSFT) being broken into pieces. He writes: "As things stand, Microsoft has become stodgy and rumpled." The idea of taking apart…
Douglas A. McIntyre Stock Tickers: CME, BOT, DFS, RIMM, AAPL, AA, RTP, AL, AMD, MOT, ALU, MPEL, GM, TM, BIDU, INTC, DELL, MSFT If the CME (CME) and CBOT (BOT) doesn’t get approved next week,…
In a new research note this morning, Goldman Sachs has reacted to the negative news on the recall and warranty charges on Microsoft’s (MSFT-NASDAQ) Xbox 360. This is after the company announced…
Douglas A. McIntyre BP raised to Buy at Deutsche Bank.BRG raised target at Deutsche Bank.CACH started as Neutral at JP Morgan.DCEL cut to Hold at Jefferies.HLT downgraded at Jefferies, Citigroup, and at Susquehanna.MSFT cut estimates…
The Wall Street Journal reports that hackers have made their way into the Apple (AAPL) iPhone and done some work to get certain features to work without an AT&T (T) activation. The…
Through most of this year, Yahoo! (YHOO) shares have outperformed Google’s (GOOG). At two points over the period, Google was flat for the year and Yahoo! was up over 30%. One of…
The market’s reaction to the $1.1 billion of warranty charges that Microsoft (MSFT) is taking for defective Xbox hardware may have missed the point. The charge covers about 13 billion Xboxs. But,…
Douglas A. McIntyre According to Reuters, Advanced Medical Optic (EYE) has made a $4.23 billion bid forBausch & Lomb (BOL). Reuters writes that UBS has replaced its CEO after loses at it hedge fund. The…