These are the early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Monday morning: Brocade Communications (BRCD) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.…
We have many key technology stocks reporting earnings this coming week. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) will start things off to give us a read on semiconductors and PCs. Linear Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:…
Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) announced that it will launch a smartphone with AT&T (NYSE:T) next year. The handset will be powered by the Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system. The news about Google’s role has…
Updated throughout the day. Updated 2:44 Dell Inc. (NYSE: DELL) will launch a branded Android smartphone thru AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and possibly other carriers next year. Source today is from WSJ,…
Strauss Zelnick, former record exec, and former WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz will buy BusinessWeek, (MHP)Â which was yesterday rumored to be closing. (BW) Nokia (NOK) will buy travel social network Dopplr for $20…
Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) hits a yearly high of $22.54. Fellow retailers Polo Ralph Lauren (NYSE: RL), American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE: AEO) and J. Crew Group (NYSE: JCG) also hit yearly highs.…
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
Motorola (MOT), one the world’s No.2 handset company and now nearly out of business, introduced its new flagship product called Cliq. The phone runs the new Google (GOOG) Android mobile operating system.…
Reuters:Â Â China is making it difficult for foreigners to trade in its commodidites markets. Reuters:Â Â Toshiba will pay $5 billion for a unit of Areva. Reuters:Â Â The SEC and CFTC will align…
Reuters:Â Â The sell-off in Chinese stocks may be overdone based on earnings. Reuters:Â Â A report blamed the SEC for not doing its job investigating Madoff. Reuters:Â Â The Fed says the risks to…
Facebook, which has over 200 million users, is becoming nearly as widely available on handsets as it is on PCs. Its members cannot get enough of sharing their experiences and profiles with…
These are this Tuesday’s early analyst downgrades and cautious research calls which we have seen from Wall Street research firms: Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) Cut to Neutral at Credit Suisse. American Axle (AXL) Cut…
There are two ways to look at the economic relationship between Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T) and both may be accurate. AT&T says it has signed up 10 million subscribers to buy…
Reuters:  Price cuts on video consoles by Microsoft (MSFT) and Sony (SNE) have causeD the competition in the field to heat up. Reuters:  AIG’s (AIG) new CEO says he is working hard…
Nokia (NOK) is launching its netbook, a 10″ screen model which weighs 2.75 pounds and runs Windows. It comes into a remarkably crowded market. But, launching a product for the segment is…
