Larry Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) probably deserves a huge pay package as much as anyone else. His company has become wildly successful and has been a steady producer…
Many day trader and active trader stocks are up on earnings but other news is running names as well. Thursday’s top day trader and active trader alerts are in American Superconductor Corp.…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 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…
NYT:Â Â NY Attorney General is investigating eight banks for allegedly providing misleading information about mortgage instruments to rating agencies: The Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS), Morgan Stanley(NYSE: MS), Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB),…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) traded within pennies of its 52-week high today, a sign of the optimism that the market has about the technology sector in general and especially the strength of the adoption of Window 7.…
Over the last year as Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) sales have grown and expectations for its new products have blossomed, the company’s market value has increased by more than double as its stock price …
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) came out with earnings today, and as usual it beat estimates. We have seen earnings of $0.38 in non-GAAP EPS on $6.47 billion in revenues (an 18% gain). …
Things just still are not going well at SAP AG (NYSE: SAP). Its CEO Leo Apotheker has stepped down as the company reached an agreement with him not to renew his contract. …
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has just completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and so far we are seeing analysts overwhelmingly in favor of the stock based on the most recent calls or…
These are Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Outperform at FBR. Comerica (NYSE: CMA) Raised to Outperform at…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei .7% to 10,982. The Hang Seng fell .3% to 21.654. The Shanghai Composite was up .3% to 3,224. At the open in Europe, the FTSE…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are this Thursday’s top early bird day trader and active trader alert stocks moving on unusual volume. We have more detail and analysis on VSInvestor.com and we have provided a link…
salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) may be closer to hitting the acquisition trail. The company has sold $500 million in 0.75% convertible senior notes (unsecured, unsubordinated obligations) due in 2015 in a private placement…
Markets in Asia were mixed. The Nikkei was higher by 1.3% to 10,634. The Hang Seng was down .2% to 21,480. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.5% to 3,167. At the open in…
Douglas A. McIntyre Brand measurement is a popular exercise. Several major business magazines run brand value lists. The annual Brand Z and Interbrand lists always get heavy press coverage. Companies are concerned about their rankings…
