3:30am ET
Investing
Asia Markets And Europe Open 9/17/2009
Markets in Asia were sharply higher. The Nikkei rose 1.7% to 10,444. The Hang Seng was up 2.4% to 21,918. The Shanghai Composite rose 2% to 3,060. At the open in Europe,…
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4:19pm ET
Apps & Software
Oracle’s Earnings… Alligator Arms (ORCL)
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) was having a rough day ahead of its earnings and things don’t look much better after the report. The CRM leader posted a 5% rise in income of…
Douglas A. McIntyre 12:32pm ET
Apps & Software
Oracle Earnings and the Shade of the Sun (ORCL, JAVA)
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) is on deck for earnings after the close of trading today. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters are $0.30 EPS and $5.25 billion in revenues. The $0.30 EPS…
4:04am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/16/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Obama’s move on trade with China makes good on a promise to labor. Reuters: Uninsured Americans hope healthcare reform will bring them coverage. Reuters: Adobe (ADBE) will buy Omniture for $1.8…
9:01pm ET
Investing
The 100 Most Valuable Brands Of 2009?
Several consulting firms post annual figures for the world’s most valuable brands. The two best known are probably the Interbrand and BrandZ surveys. They are notably different, up until now at least.…
12:27pm ET
Investing
The Unusual Suspects (GT, CTB, S, DT, LOPE, BBY, ORCL, PALM, GLD, CSX, UNP, RGR)
We have a whole host of stocks and sectors to watch throughout this coming week. We have Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: GT) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB)…
12:29pm ET
Companies and Brands
Major Earnings on Deck This Coming Week (ADBE, BBY, KR, ORCL, DFS, FDX, PALM, PIR, JAVA)
We have a little flurry of key earnings coming this week. We have provided detailed earnings estimates with Thomson Reuters consensus figures, with our own color for the recent performance, the charts,…
4:05am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/4/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: China is making it difficult for foreigners to trade in its commodidites markets. Reuters: Toshiba will pay $5 billion for a unit of Areva. Reuters: The SEC and CFTC will align…
9:04am ET
Investing
Top Day Trader Alerts (FNM, FRE, HOV, INWK, JAVA, ORCL, SEPR, SVA, ZUMZ)
These are this Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have links through to each with more detailed price/volume analysis over at VSinvestor.com: Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie…
6:13am ET
Apps & Software
European Commision May Kill Sun (JAVA) Deal With Oracle (ORCL)
Oracle (ORCL) probably thought its deal to buy Sun Microsystems (JAVA) was a sure thing once US regulators had approved the deal. Now, the transaction is in real trouble and some experts…
5:05pm ET
Investing
M&A: America’s Top Companies Hold $335 Billion Cash (XOM, MSFT, JNJ, PG, BRK-A, IBM, T, AAPL, GOOG, CVX, CSCO, KO, INTC, ORCL, BAC, WFC, JPM, GE, PFE)
Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to…
3:54am ET
Media
Media Digest 9/2/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg
Reuters: Sales growth of Ford (F) and Hyundai topped other car companies. Reuters: The EU could slow a takeover of Sun (JAVA) by Oracle (ORCL). Reuters: Home sales and factory orders signaled…
7:00pm ET
Investing
Shorts Flee Tech Stocks (MSFT)(INTC)(ORCL)(CSCO)
Short sellers moved out of tech stocks in large volumes at mid-month. Based on short interest figures as of August 14, shares short in Intel (INTC) fell 33% to 88.3 million. The…
5:01am ET
Investing
Larry Ellison: The Return Of The Dollar A Year Man
Steve Jobs worked at Apple (AAPL) for $1 a year in 2000, just before the launch of the iPod which completely changed the company’s fortunes and made him astonishingly wealthy. Lee Iaccoca…
4:58pm ET
Investing
Fidelity’s Top Portfolio Changes (BAC, WFC, GS, MS, JPM, AAPL, MSFT, CSCO, ORCL, XOM, CVX, PFE, ESRX, WYE, GE, SBUX)
Fidelity Management & Research Company, or FMR, was among the giants which released its quarterly holdings over the most recent days. While it is always interesting to see which holdings are the…