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…
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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…
8:42am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (MDRX, AREX, FSLR, FSL, JKS, KBH, KR, ORCL, PEP, QSII, STP, TWX, VE, DIS)
Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDRX) Started as Outperform at Credit Suisse. Approach Resources…
4:54pm ET
Investing
How America’s Richest Companies Invest Their Cash
You might have already heard the reports that Apple is sitting on a lot of cash, around the $100 billion mark. You might have even read the scores of recommendations about what…
7:31am ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Top Analyst Calls of the Week (BX, APO, CMA, DELL, DANG, EXM, FSLR, GILD, LVLT, ERIC, MAR, ORCL, SUN, VVUS, WBMD)
Jon OggEach weekend we review the many analyst calls we track during the week. Some turn out to be very insightful and some turn out to be not so great. For better…
5:28pm ET
Investing
An 80% Dividend Hike By SAP, Sort Of… A Birthday Present (SAP, ORCL, HPQ)
SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) has some news out that may sound too good to be true on the surface. The company’s executive board has prepared the company’s 2011 consolidated financial statements. More…
6:39am ET
Investing
Business Software Alliance: Patchwork Of National Laws Halts Cloud Advance
The BSA claims that the future of cloud computing has been slowed by a large number of tech laws and regulations which vary widely from nation to nation. Cloud computing is viewed as the…
4:05pm ET
Investing
24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (ORCL, ITRI, CSX, ABB, GILD, BKS, BYD, CCO, CIE, DTG, HL, JAKK, M, MDT, PXD, SKS, WLK, THLD, CORT, GTXI, CHTP, WMT, WFT)
US markets opened higher this morning and traded higher for most of the day. The DJIA briefly rose above 13,000 for the first time in nearly 3 years. But in the early…
8:28am ET
Investing
Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ABB, ABG, BBVA, BGS, CSX, GILD, IMUC, INFY, ITRI, KLAC, LRCX, NEE, NSC, ORCL, WSH)
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning: ABB Limited (NYSE: ABB) Cut to Equal Weight at Morgan Stanley.…
11:30am ET
Investing
NASDAQ 100 Rebalance May Be Premature (AAPL, MSFT, QQQ, GOOG, INTC, ORCL)
If you want to know what is hurting Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and helping Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), it may be nothing more than continued chatter about an index rebalancing act by…
6:40am ET
Media
Media Digest (2/10/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT
The U.S. and state attorneys general reach a $25 billion settlement with five banks over mortgage abuses. (Reuters) The Hong Kong division of Alibaba may go private as part of a refinancing…
11:03am ET
Apps & Software
After Taleo, Looking at Other Cloud M&A ‘Hopefuls’ (SKYY, TLEO, ORCL, EQIX, AKAM, RAX, TDC, NTAP, CRM)
It is a bit surprising that First Trust ISE Cloud Computing (NASDAQ: SKYY) is not trading higher than it is after a ‘cloud acquisition’ even if it is a thinly traded ETF…
9:19am ET
Investing
Oracle Buys Cloud-Based Software Player Taleo (TLEO, ORCL)
Taleo Corporation (NASDAQ: TLEO) is surging this morning after earnings because it is being acquired. The stock is the most active pre-market stock on the NASDAQ so far. Shares are up 17% at…
Jon C. Ogg 12:44pm ET
Investing
360-Degree Cisco Earnings Preview (CSCO, ORCL, JNPR, ALU)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reports earnings after the close. Our guess is that Main Street is going to either really reward or really punish the stock. All companies in telecom and…
11:52am ET
Investing
All of Tech/Comm Bracing For Cisco Earnings… Dividend Too (CSCO, JNPR, ALU, ORCL)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell and all companies in telecom and communications will be watching handily. After a poor earnings report…