One of the co-founders of Facebook is looking to unload $300 million worth of shares in the pioneering social networking company, according to the New York Post. The question is why. Sales…
Obama called for a spending freeze for some government discretionary spending. (Reuters) The Federal Reserve will probably stick to it plans to buy bonds and noted economic improvement. (Reuters) Toyota Motor (NYSE:…
Short sellers cut their bets against tech shares as earnings seasons approaches, based on data of short interest in major stocks as of December 31. Shares short in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) dropped…
Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is not going anywhere. Some analysts say that the company’s performance at CES was poor. The world’s largest software firm said sales of its Kinect video…
Dot Hill Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: HILL) is finding itself back in favor this morning. The company has aspects of the cloud for investors but it is more for storage solutions, software, and…
These are some of this Monday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Overweight at Piper Jaffray. American Capital Agency Corp.…
When Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ: NOVL) agreed to be acquired by privately held Attachmate Corp. in late November, part of the deal included the concurrent sale of some of Novell’s intellectual property to…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Amgen Inc. (NASDAQ: AMGN) Raised to Outperform at Leerink Swann. AON Corporation (NYSE: AON)…
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has just reported earnings ahead of estimates at $0.51 adjusted EPS and $8.58 billion in revenues. Thomson Reuters had estimates for earnings of $0.46 EPS and $8.34 billion…
Jon C. Ogg Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) is set to report earnings after the close of trading today. Thomson Reuters has estimates for earnings of $0.46 EPS and $8.34 billion in revenue. For the quarter…
Jon C. Ogg Thursday afternoon may feel a bit like a mini-version of earnings season. On deck with earnings reports due after the close are tech giants Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Research In Motion…
Jon C. Ogg We have a different cast of characters in this weekend’s UNUSUAL SUSPECTS for the week ahead. Many bits of news and rumors are carrying over from last week into the coming week…
We are now about as far away from ‘earnings season’ as one can get but that does not mean there are not some market-moving and sector-moving stocks due with earnings. Most earnings…
How many ways are there to cause a company’s share price to fall -15%? PC maker Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and storage provider Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) may have found a…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 145 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
