Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the release of its official preview version of Windows Office 365. Like competitor Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) with Google Apps, Office 365 is cloud- and subscriber-based. Microsoft CEO…
Building materials maker USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) today announced a strategic partnership with the Oman’s Zawawi Group to expand the market for its wallboard products into India and the Middle East. The company expects…
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) is exhibiting a pattern which might not have seemed possible at the start of June. If the 2% gain to $20.60 holds up this Friday, GE will be closing…
On Tuesday the US Department of Energy announced awards to 13 projects totaling more than $54 million. According to the press release: to advance transformational technologies and materials that can help American manufacturers dramatically…
Customer relationship management firm Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE: CRM) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Buddy Media for approximately $689 million in cash and stock. The transaction is expected to close by…
Two years ago Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) introduced a tablet device it had named the ‘Cius’, which used the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG). The7-inch device was targeted to cost…
Joy Global, Inc. (NYSE: JOY) is getting slapped very hard today on two different analyst calls. The drop is enough that you might think that Joy suffered from an earnings report that had no…
Searching for a value play in conglomerate stocks may resemble looking for a needle in a haystack. The companies are so large and diversified that anything short of a major shake-up barely moves the…
Until now, the evidence that manufacturing is moving back to the US from offshore — a process sometimes called ‘re-shoring’ — has been largely anecdotal. Manufacturing jobs have been growing according to reports from…
Earlier this month Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) was named the top bidder in the auction for bankrupt Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory. Now, it seems that some creditors think that Micron’s $2.5 billion…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) closed up more than 3% at $19.00 on Wednesday against a 52-week trading range of $14.02 to $21.00. The strong gain was on a sooner than expected approval to…
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) is set to report earnings early on Thursday morning. This earnings report is likely to be very different from any prior earnings report due to all of the bribery…
The 3.5-inch screen on the iPhone from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may be elegant, but it’s also puny compared with the 4.5-inch screens available from other smartphone makers. A report in The Wall Street…
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett have just released their most recent U.S.-listed equity holdings for the Berkshire Hathaway empire. This cut off date is as of March 31, 2012 and…
After the market closed today, Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) reported fiscal third-quarter results that were barely better than in-line with the consensus estimates. Sales totaled $11.6 billion, up 7% year-over-year and above the…