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Investing
Nasdaq, Up Nearly 20% in First Quarter, Faces the Second
The Nasdaq has risen 19% in the quarter that is about to end. That is much more than the S&P 500, which is only 13% higher. Many analysts believe that the Nasdaq…
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Oracle Corp
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Apps & Software
Oracle Rejects Google Offer in Patent Dispute (ORCL, GOOG)
In August 2010, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) filed suit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for patent infringements on the Java programming language the Oracle acquired with its purchase of Sun Microsystems. The…
10:14am ET
Health and Healthcare
Oracle Buys Drug Trial Software Firm (ORCL)
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has announced that it will acquire ClearTrial, a maker of cloud-based Clinical Trial Operations applications for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is expected to close in the first…
Paul Ausick 4:07pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (HD, LNKD, MU, RGLD, BX, ORCL, GIS, KKD, SAI, DQ, FRED, BHI, LOOK, SEED, GMCR, YGE)
Markets opened slightly higher this morning, expecting good news from today’s report on existing home sales. Alas, the number came in lower than expectations and sent the DJIA to a daily low…
9:14am ET
Investing
A Cautious Outlook on Oracle from Canaccord Genuity (ORCL)
Canaccord Genuity may have raised its target from $48 to $30 on Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) this morning, but the overall tone is one of caution on valuation. The report noted, “Guidance…
Jon C. Ogg 8:20am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ACN, MDRX, BLK, FMCN, FRO, HD, NRGY, JAH, KMI, LNKD, L, MU, OPEN, ORCL, RGLD, USB)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Accenture plc (NYSE: ACN) Raised to Hold at Soc-Gen. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX)…
6:35am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/21/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad may give off much more heat that its predecessors. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) will buy 19.9% of Chinese company Bridge Trust. (Reuters) Strong sales of…
4:11pm ET
Apps & Software
Oracle Dodges Earnings Hangman (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has managed to escape the hangman so far after earnings, but the initial caveat is that guidance is not yet out. Earnings came in at $0.62 EPS on…
Jon C. Ogg 4:06pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (ARMH, HOG, UPS, KMI, AAPL, FCFC, JASO, JEF, PATH, TIF, ORCL, KKD, RCON, NEWL, TRGT)
Markets opened lower this morning and nothing came along all day to move any of the three major indexes above the neutral line. The morning’s report on housing starts was no better…
6:22am ET
Apps & Software
More Hope for Microsoft Shares with Windows 8
The single greatest criticism of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steven Ballmer is that the company’s shares have not gained during his tenure as head of the company. The attack is not entirely…
1:10pm ET
Apps & Software
Oracle Options Heating Up Before Earnings
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is seeing its volume pick up in the stock options ahead of Tuesday’s earnings report. On Friday we outlined that the case for this report being a ‘make…
Jon C. Ogg 11:39am ET
Apps & Software
Oracle Earnings Will Be ‘Make Or Break’ (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings this coming Tuesday after the close and this may be one of the most important earnings reports in Larry Ellison’s future. Last quarter…
Jon C. Ogg 6:45am ET
Media
Media Digest (3/14/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT
Most U.S. banks do well on Fed stress tests, but Citigroup (NYSE: C) does poorly. (Reuters) The prime minister of China says the government will speed up economic reforms to cushion the economy.…
6:41am ET
Apps & Software
One More Tech Patent Suit
The tech patent suits keep piling up. The most recent is a set of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) claims about 10 patents filed against Facebook. The mobile sector has the highest level of…
11:58am ET
Investing
Gartner Says It’s in the Cloud (IT, MSFT, ORCL, SAP, HPQ, DELL, AAPL)
Tech research firm Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) says the days of the PC are numbered, and by 2014, “the personal cloud will replace the personal computer at the center of users’ digital…