A new software program from SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) is taking direct aim at industry-leader Oracle Corp.’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) relational database software. The program, called HANA, departs from SAP’s historical business services…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
