ThinkstockOne of the major flaws in Windows 8 from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was its touch-screen interface. At least, that was a flaw according to users who told the company time and…
Advanced Micro Devices has a proposed $500 million senior note offering, which will effectively finance a tender of other notes coming due. The ratings agencies have chimed in with mixed views.
In a new research report, analysts at J.P. Morgan see key new trends in the wireless world this year that may include the roll-out of revolutionary converged iOS/OSX products from Apple that…
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the largest charitable giver in the United States last year, donating just shy of $1 billion. A large number of the other largest givers were…
The equity team at Jefferies has pulled their best ideas for clients to review while the market is mired in a sell-off. These focus stocks to buy represent the best value the…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Thursday, January 30, 2014. They include Boeing, Citrix Systems, Denbury Resources, Facebook and Qualcomm.
ThinkstockQualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) is managing to escape its Apple-woes, which were present before Wednesday’s earnings report. The mobile processor leader said that net income was down marginally to $1.88 billion in…
Jon C. Ogg ThinkstockAs of January 15, short interest in several semiconductor stocks increased as investors continued to bet against PC processors and memory chips in favor of mobile devices. With only a couple of…
Oppenheimer is one of the Wall Street firms that feels Apple is losing its luster. With intense smartphone and tablet competition, the firm feels that the current product cycle for the company…
As part of its effort to put past mistakes behind it, Hewlett-Packard sold Palm's mobile operating system to LG Electronics last year, and on Thursday, HP announced that it had sold 1,400…
ThinkstockIn 2013, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted more than 270,000 patents, often to the same organizations. The USPTO awarded 76,850 patents to the top 50 companies alone. IBM received…
These are the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms on Tuesday, January 14.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there is a huge buzz around what is being called the "Internet of Things." Piper Jaffray has listed some of the companies that stand…
Intel ended up having a solid 2013 stock performance despite its ongoing pressures. 24/7 Wall St. has generated a bullish and bearish scenario for 2014 in each stock of the Dow, including…
The U.S. equity strategy team at UBS has a positive view on stocks heading into 2014, particularly technology, financials and industrials. Here are the names they feel have the absolute greatest chance…
