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Investing
Short Sellers Increase Bets Across the Board
For the first time in a long time, short sellers have increased their bets that the stock prices of most large companies and in most large sectors will fall. The NYSE and…
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Oracle Corp
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Media
Media Digest (1/26/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Ben Bernanke says the Fed is prepared to buy more bonds. (Reuters) NEC to cut 10,000 workers. (Reuters) Nintendo posts poor earnings and cuts forecasts. (Reuters) Warren Buffett says higher taxes on…
4:08pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, GS, SBUX, ORCL, RF, ZNGA, AMD, ALTR, YHOO, COP, PX, WLP, LCC, XRX, ILMN, RBCN, INCB, GNOM, NUVA)
Markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA and S&P 500 opening lower and the Nasdaq Composite opening higher. The Nasdaq was getting a big push from the very strong earnings report…
8:15am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (DVA, DNDN, GS, HGG, KEY, MCD, MS, ORCL, RF, SBUX, ZNGA)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street brokerage and research firms this Wednesday morning. DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA) Raised to Outperform as Bull…
11:58am ET
Investing
Downgrading Sovereigns, But S&P Actually Favorable on Oracle (ORCL)
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is getting a very positive treatment from a credit ratings agency. Standard & Poor’s might be downgrading sovereign nations, but it is increasing its outlook for Larry Ellison…
Jon C. Ogg 1:12pm ET
Investing
Full IBM Earnings Previews… The IT Hurdle (IBM, ORCL, CSC, INFY)
International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) is set to report earnings after the close and this is going to filter down all the way through the world of IT consulting and many…
9:03am ET
Apps & Software
SAP Regains Ground on Oracle with Preliminary Record Results (SAP, ORCL)
If you have tracked enterprise software for long, you know that Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been taking market share from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) for years and years. It has been…
12:21pm ET
Industrials
LG Agrees to Meet Microsoft’s Royalty Demand (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, MMI, ORCL, NOK)
Korea’s LG Electronics has agreed to pay a licensing fee to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) for the right to use Microsoft claims it owns and that is required for all makers of…
4:11pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (F, GS, RIMM, HON, ORCL, NKE, ATU, KMX, KBH, SHAW, WAG, DFG, CMFB, WWAY, AMPE, VMW, CVLT)
Markets opened lower this morning on mixed reaction to the $641 billion borrowing spree from the European Central Bank. Technology stocks were weighed down by poor earnings report and uninspired guidance from…
10:28am ET
Investing
Morning Movers (ORCL, TDC, CMFB, MY, RIMM)
There are several stocks trading more heavily than usual this morning, and also experiencing large gains or drops in share prices. These include Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL), Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), Commercefirst…
10:11am ET
Apps & Software
Oracle Fears and Risks Flow Downstream (ORCL, CSCO, IBM, EMC, VMW, RHT, SYMC, INTC, MSFT, IGV)
What happens when the industry leader who never misses earnings manages a huge disappointment? This is the question regarding Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). The company has a near-decade of history being very…
8:03am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BWA, CTL, CHKR, CTRN, EXXI, F, HON, ITMN, JEF, JPM, ORCL, RIMM, TDC, WPI)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) Started as Buy at Stern Agee. CenturyLink, Inc.…
6:14am ET
Media
Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg
Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy in the…
6:10am ET
Investing
Are Oracle’s Earnings a Fluke?
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) earnings missed almost all Wall St. estimates and its shares fell 8%. The company has been among the most successful in the tech sector for years. Was the report…
4:31pm ET
Investing
Oracle Reports Q2 GAAP EPS Up 17% to 43 Cents
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) shares fell 8% after it reported worse than expected earnings The software company said fiscal 2012 Q2 GAAP and non-GAAP total revenues were up 2% to $8.8 billion. Both…
Douglas A. McIntyre