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4:05pm ET

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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — January 23, 2013: Market Open Higher on Little News (COST, GE, VZ, F, INCY, AMD, CSX, GOOG, IBM, IGT, TXN, ABT, BHI, COH, GD, MCD, LCC, AAPL, AMGN, NFLX, SNDK, FFIV, NE, NVR, WDC, MMM, BMY, LMT, RYN, LUV, UNP, UAL, XRX, MAPP, AGN, NMRX, MCP)

U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a string of solid earnings reports yesterday and after markets closed last night. As we note below, earnings results were more mixed today, but…

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Paul Ausick

3:06pm ET

Telecom & Wireless

If Dell Is Buyout Bait… 7 Other Big Old-School Tech Stocks Under 10-Times Earnings

ThinkstockDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has seen its shares rise handily on Monday on news (rumors really) that the company might be in talks with private equity firms in a possible go-private transaction. All…

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Jon C. Ogg

12:53pm ET

Consumer Electronics

What To Do When Terabytes Of Storage Get Too Cheap?

The holiday deals out here for external storage almost seem too good to be true, particularly if you have purchased storage devices for a decade or more. We have commented on this…

STX WDC

Jon C. Ogg

4:03pm ET

Investing

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 23, 2012: Markets Follow Earnings Lower (BTU, BHI, P, YHOO, MNST, CE, WDC, TXN, MMM, ARMH, AKS, COH, HOG, RSH, UPS, UTX, XRX, AMGN, BRCM, FB, JNPR, NFLX, T, BA, GLW, DAL, LLY, EMC, GD, LCC, DD, BSDM)

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…

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Paul Ausick

8:50am ET

Investing

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (AMCX, AMGN, BHI, CPST, CHKP, DUK, EIX, MNST, NTAP, OSG, P, PHI, BTU, WDC, YHOO, BKCC, FSC, QLYS, MCC, PNNT)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research notes this Tuesday. AMC Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AMCX) cut to Neutral at JPMorgan. Amgen Inc.…

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Jon C. Ogg

4:36pm ET

Investing

Western Digital Earnings Leap

ThinkstockWestern Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) reported fiscal first quarter 2013 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the hard drive maker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.36 on…

STX WDC

Paul Ausick

7:23am ET

Technology

$630 Million Award Vacated in Seagate/Western Digital Arbitration

ThinkstockIt was just on Friday that Citigroup downgraded disk-drive makers Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) and Seagate Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ: STX) to Sell based on the current technology climate. Now we have a…

STX WDC

Jon C. Ogg

4:06pm ET

Investing

24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell — October 12, 2012: Markets Remain Indifferent (S, STX, WDC, GE, WMT, DLTR, JBHT, JPM, WFC, C, GCI, WDAY, SHOS, SHLD, BZH, TZOO, AMD)

The three major U.S. stock indexes opened flat this morning, and after a brief stay in positive territory, shares went negative and remained no better than flat for most of the day.…

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Paul Ausick

8:35am ET

Investing

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (ANR, AVT, CTB, DLTR, GE, GRPN, HON, LNKD, LQDT, LOW, MFC, OPEN, BTU, STX, WMT, WEN, WDC, YELP)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR) cut to Neutral at…

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Jon C. Ogg

10:06am ET

Technology

OCZ Tech Lowers Revenue Outlook, Will File Late

Solid-state drive maker OCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ) announced this morning that it will file its 10-Q for the second quarter ended August 31 by October 15. But wait, there’s more:…

MRVL STX WDC

Paul Ausick

8:20am ET

Investing

Facebook Added to NASDAQ Q-50, Prelude to NASDAQ-100 Index Addition (FB, CNQR, GRPN, ONXX, RGLD, WDC, MELI, SINA)

The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has announced its changes in the quarterly reranking of the NASDAQ Q-50 Index, and the effects will take place prior to market open on Monday,…

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Jon C. Ogg

8:44am ET

Investing

Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades (MDRX, AEP, AAPL, BHI, BZH, CBS, CSCO, FL, FRX, HPQ, IPG, KGC, KBH, MPEL, NTAP, PPL, PCLN, PHM, STX, TOL, WDC, WYNN)

Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Allscripts Healthcare Solutions (NASDAQ: MDRX) raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. American Electric…

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Jon C. Ogg

12:49pm ET

Investing

Analyst Says Seagate Points To More Trouble For Intel

The weakness of Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) is going to offer cover for more weakness at Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). That is the theory of Stern Agee’s Vijay Rakesh after the disk-drive…

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Jon C. Ogg

4:26pm ET

Investing

Seagate Tech Lacks Western Digital Earnings Oomph

ThinkstockSeagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: STX) was supposed to beat earnings expectations. The disk-drive maker reported earnings that it missed expectations. The June quarter sales rose to $4.48 billion and earnings were $2.41…

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Jon C. Ogg

6:15pm ET

Investing

13 Unusual After-Hours Stocks on the Move (AKAM, FTNT, LVS, STX, WDC, OVTI, SYNC, TEX, TSCO, WFM, TFM, ZNGA, FB)

These are the 24/7 Wall St. unusual after-hours stocks on the move. Most of the movers are on earnings news. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) loved its earnings report as shares are…

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Jon C. Ogg

Western Digital Corp

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