Spain’s industrial production falls 5.1% on an annual basis in February. (MarketWatch) U.S. brokerage firms pay increasingly higher bonuses to get top producers. (Reuters) Alcoa (NYSE: AA) has a surprising first-quarter profit.…
The press covered the decision by Facebook to list on Nasdaq rather than the NYSE (NYSE: NYX) as if a real contest existed between the two exchanges. Facebook could not have done otherwise…
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…
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…
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 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…
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 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)…
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…
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 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…
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…
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 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 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.…
