Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL) posted earnings that Wall Street will have to wait for guidance before reaching a verdict. Ellison & Co.’s first-quarter profit grew to roughly $840 million, roughly 25% growth compared…
Douglas A. McIntyre Shortly after today’s close we will see earnings from the king of enterprise-wide software leader Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL). This will be one of the key results to watch, and with shares over…
Douglas A. McIntyre SAP (SAP), the huge German provider of enterprise software, will introduce products for small and mid-sized companies. The firm has always made its money selling complex back-office and process management software to…
Le Figaro has run a story saying that business intelligence software provider Business Objects (BOBJ) has put itself up for sale, retaining Goldman Sachs. The company would probably draw interest from Oracle…
This would have been a great story to cover any normal day, but if you have been following the trading sessions in the stock market you know times aren’t normal. Citrix Systems…
Dell (DELL) has moved to sell its PCs through retail outlets like Wal-Mart (WMT) Now, it wants to help retailers run their businesses. The computer company has married itself up with the…
Below is the short interest for key Nasdaq stocks for July, The figures compare July 13 with June 15. 2007. Company Short…
There was interesting story this weekend, and that is a massive planned share sale out of chief Oracle Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ:ORCL). The numbers look massive with a more…
Douglas A. McIntyre Barron’s makes the argument that SAP’s (SAP) shares are very cheap. The company is the world’s largest provider of business software. Last week the firm announced that quarterly profit rose 8% to…
SAP’s (SAP) revenue and earnings were both up more than expected. Revenue hit 2.42 billion euros, a 10% increase and net income rose 8% to 449 million euros. Software sales in Asia…
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…
It may go down in history as one of the most elaborate defenses of trade secret theft. Oracle (ORCL) has accused German rival SAP (SAP) of systematically downloading sensitive documents to get…
(ANDW) Andrew Corp being acquired for $15.00 per share.(APOG) Apogee Enterprises $0.34 EPS vs $0.23e; unsure if comparable.(AUTH) AuthenTec priced its 7.5M share IPO at the top of the $9.00 to $11.00…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BCS) will put its CFO into a job overseeing its troubled hedge funds. Reuters writes that the Swedish government will review the Nasdaq’s (NDAQ) purchase of Nordic…
Below are the major short interest positions for stocks traded on Nasdaq for the period ending June 15 compared to comparable numbers for May. Company …
