A Â federal jury ruled in favor of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) in a copyright infringement case against SAP, according to a number of media reports. The sum of the award was $1.3 billion.…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reports earnings this afternoon, after the market closes. Non-GAAP EPS is expected to be $1.27 on revenue of $32.75 billion. That’s substantially better than the EPS of $1.08…
These are some of this Thursday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) Cut to Market Perform at Bernstein. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) Cut…
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) abandoned its bid for Potah (NYSE: POT) and said it would begin a $4.2 billion buyback. (Reuters) SAIC has agreed to take a stake in the GM IPO.…
China warned that QE2 could destabilize the global economy. (Reuters) Aol (NYSE: AOL) has tapped Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) to aid it in its pursuit of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO). (Reuters) Some…
The Federal Reserve may allow some of the nation’s strongest banks to raise their dividends. (Reuters) The S&P and DJIA hit 2 year highs. (Reuters) China attacked the US over its plans…
The Federal Reserve took a risky step that will involve the purchase of $600 billion in securities. (Reuters) Nations in Asia and Latin America said they would alter policy to combat dollar inflows…
The Republicans took control of the House but not the Senate. Solar panel maker Solyndra was forced to halt expansion, to some extent because of Chinese competition. (NYT) Cotton prices will cause clothing…
Larry Ellison, the founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), is one of the most powerful and wealthy executives in the world. He has also set himself up to be judge, jury,…
Reuters:  Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HP) named the former CEO of SAP (NYSE: SAP) as CEO and a former president of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) as chairman. Reuters:  A trade by Waddell & Reed Financial…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) was halted right after the close of trading this Thursday. The halt was a NEWS PENDING status, and we all knew what was expected and what was coming……
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has struggled with a stock price which is stuck where it was five years ago. The world’s largest software company’s revenue in its last fiscal year is not much…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research notes: Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) Started as Underperform at BNP Paribas. Best Buy Co.…
Money is cheap and deals are getting expensive. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has overpaid for 3PAR (PAR) and ArcSight, at least based on their balance sheets and cash flow. HP could say that…
Reuters:Â Â UBS (NYSE: UBS) and Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) posted good earnings. Reuters:Â Â The EU opened antitrust investigations into IBM (NYSE: IBM) Reuters:Â Â Ask.com, owned by IACI (NASDAQ: IACI), will use humans…
