courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) was supposed to have big news out around its earnings. We will cover the earnings of course, but the corporate governance issues are going to dwarf…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning adding to yesterday’s carnage following the FOMC announcement yesterday. The widespread belief that sometime this year the Fed will start reducing its $85 billion in…
U.S. equity markets opened moderately lower this morning as investors waited for the afternoon announcement from the FOMC. Mortgage purchase applications were down in the U.S. as interest rates rose again. In…
ThinkstockLike many firms on Wall Street, technology is a major theme for the balance of the year. Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) launched its “tech enduring eight” basket of stocks to buy earlier…
ThinkstockIt seems that investors suddenly have grown to dislike dividend-paying stocks, if you have been watching many of the riskier, high-dividend and high-payout sectors while interest rates have been on the rise.…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, kicking off a gradual decline that lasted all day. Profit-taking and a lower-than-expected reading on consumer sentiment in the U.S. get the blame. In Europe,…
courtesy of OracleOracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) almost certainly will to dominate the earnings reports from technology in the week ahead. The $160 billion enterprise software giant’s streak of beating earnings has not…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockThere is a broadly held assumption that research and development (R&D) budget sizes matter a great deal to the current and future financial prospects of most tech companies. A review of the…
ThinkstockOne in every five jobs in the United States required a high level of knowledge in science, technology, engineering or math as of 2011. Since the industrial revolution, the share of these…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsThe FBI and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), working together, took down a network that has committed a series of cyber frauds that have cost banks $500 million. The…
By World Economic Forum (Flickr) CC-BY-2.0, via Wikimedia CommonsIn the battle of the billionaire lists, Forbes has held the high ground for years. Now, Bloomberg Billionaires has taken a prominent spot in…
ThinkstockRecord Air Traffic This Summer For those who do not have to travel by air this summer — don’t. The number of seats filled will hit near-record levels. Airports will be crowed, in…
courtesy Dell Inc.Carl Icahn and partner Southeastern Capital Management will offer Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) stockholders two alternatives, if their deal to takeover the company is chosen by its board. Investors can…
Investors and traders are always on the lookout for fresh Wall Street research ideas of stocks to buy, value stocks and dividend stocks. 24/7 Wall St. reviews many fresh research calls to…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Fitch Ratings is out with commentary on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) over its corporate credit ratings. The ratings agency said that it has not released a public rating on…
