Short sellers sharply increased their bets against two of America’s most widely followed stocks. Shares sold short in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 36% to 381 million. The short interest in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) |…
There are many companies that deserved to be on this weekend’s slate of unusual suspects that have key current developments to watch in this coming week. Some are unusual trading activity, some are…
Reuters: Oil is at $82 and will move based on US jobs data. Reuters: Reliance upped its offer for Lyondell to $13.5 billion. Reuters: An former SAC employee was caught in a probe of…
Tonight on CNBC’s MAD MONEY, Jim Cramer continued with his stock picks for 2010 based on investment themes. We have already seen energy shortage picks, counter-terrorism and homeland security picks, and international…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) Cut to Hold at Auriga. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL)…
The segment of the consumer electronics market that includes all the miniature or handheld PC alternatives grows by the day. Smartphones including the RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone post sharply increased sales…
Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank…
We have seen what appears to be a mixed bag of shares listed in the short interest of the most active NASDAQ tech stocks traded day in and day out. Apple Inc.…
M&A activity picked up in the second half of 2009 as the market moved up and access to capital for big companies improved. Corporate debt offerings soared and banks began to make…
Patent lawsuits are nothing new in the world of technology. And the patent suit from Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have just taken a turn. Apple announced…
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback. Reuters: Banks have been asked to give their TARP repayment plans to the government. Reuters: Rich people are likely…
These are this Friday’s top early analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street research calls which may be moving shares of the underlying stocks: Adobe Systems (NASDAQ: ADBE) Started as Buy…
You have already seen the Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) buyout of 3Com Corporation (NASDAQ: COMS). But this week before that deal was announced we covered how mergers in the technology sector have been…
Short sellers have bought into the notion that the financial industry is in full recovery. Shares sold short in Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) fell 8% to 78.8 million shares. Shares short in CIT…
The recovery is on and mergers are happening, yet the technology sector has been slow to make deals. Despite some deals already having taken place from the technology giants and that $260…
