We have tracked the key short interest changes as of October 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning and remained in negative territory all day. The decline is down to weak earnings from many U.S. firms reporting results today. In…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) ticked marginally higher right after its quarterly earnings, but this is a report that offers very little good news about the health and expectations of its chip…
Jon C. Ogg The three major U.S. stock indexes opened mixed this morning with the S&P 500 and the DJIA slightly lower and the Nasdaq slightly higher. In Asia Japan’s trade deficit was wider than…
Internet behemoth Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is considering acquiring the smartphone chip division of Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN). The report of the talks, which are said to be “advanced,” comes from…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Activision Blizzard Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) started as Outperform with $16…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of September 28 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 31st in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Akorn Inc. (NASDAQ: AKRX) started as Buy with $18 target at BofA/ML.…
AppleTechnology research firm IHS iSuppli has estimated that the cost of components in the 16-Gbyte version of the iPhone 5 from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is $199. The cost to assemble the…
McDonald’s Corp.’s (NYSE: MCD) board of directors approved a 10% increase in the company’s quarterly dividend on common stock, to 77 cents a share. The new dividend is payable Dec. 17 to…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) cut to Market Perform at Leerink Swann. Alcoa…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of August 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU),…
Texas Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: TXN) has issued its mid-quarter update as a harbinger of what to expect for its third quarter report. The chip-maker sees earnings of $0.38 to $0.42 EPS and…
This morning’s announcement from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) that it would miss its third-quarter revenue forecast has cast a pall over many other chip makers. A few have avoided taking a hit…
