Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today that it is converting its long-time Hotmail web email to another long-time Microsoft brand: Outlook. The new brand, outlook.com, will tie the...
From AAO Weblog This in from Sydney, Australia via WebCPA: actor Paul Hogan, a.k.a. “Crocodile Dundee,” has been linked to an Australian investigation of tax fraud. “According to the newspaper...
From William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Given the sales weakness in the wireless semiconductor chain, you might wonder whether inventory is also piling up at Broadcom (BRCM). Broadcom says Q4...
ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) admitted on the earnings call that both shipments and realized prices for silicon wafer and modules fell faster than expected in quarter-ending June 30. Contrary to company...
CyberArk Software shares hit an all-time high on Wednesday after the firm had reported earnings the night before. Little surprise that the trend among analysts is quite positive.
Source: courtesy of Verizon WirelessShares of Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ: VOD) are down more than 3% this morning following a denial from Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) that it and AT&T Inc....
The market panicked yesterday on rumors that China was selling euros due to the instability of the EU region.  China denied it. “Europe has been, and will be one of the major markets for investing...
The short interest in Ebay (EBAY) fell by 2.6 million shares to 34.5 million when its was measured on January 12. Perhaps investors with foresight worried that the big auction company would have a...
Import prices surged in March and some of the price jumps are a record for modern trading history.  Even the Labor Department’s reputation for under-reporting inflation statistics...
If there is a story that retail and apparel investors will think they have seen before, it is on Syms Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMS).  Shares are surging by over 25% this morning on news that Syms is...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat According to Electronic Engineering Times, a Foundry shakeout looms, analysts say: Silicon foundry vendors were once star performers in a booming sector...
Following weak manufacturing data from Russia, China, and India, the Institute for Supply Management announced that US manufacturing measured by its PMI dropped sharply in December to 32.4 from 36.2...
Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) has reported its earnings.  The chip and processor giant posted $0.28 EPS and $9.5 Billion in revenues.  Gross margin was 55.4%.  First Call estimates were...
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) is soaring after the close.  The company just announced its quarterly earnings of $0.85 EPS on $267 million in revenues.  First Call has estimates pegged at $0.58...
The acting chief of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator that oversees both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has responded to requests from legislators related to the two mortgage...