Facebook Now More Valuable Than Bank of America, Oracle, AT&T
Facebook investors have enjoyed a huge start to 2014, up more than 28%, seventh among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
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ThinkstockSolarCity Corp. (NASDAQ: SCTY) reported some preliminary fourth quarter 2013 results after the markets closed on Monday, but the solar PV installer delayed until next week its full earnings results. The company said the…
Dropbox Scores $325 Million More in Funding
ThinkstockDropbox, Inc. remains one of the top upcoming attractions for apps and software. In fact, the only reason it was not in our top ten IPOs to watch for in 2014 is because the…
RF Micro, TriQuint Merger May Not Satisfy Activist Investor
RF Micro Devices announced Monday morning that it will merge with TriQuint Semiconductor in an all stock transaction valued at around $1.6 billion. Shareholder Starboard Value is not getting much out of the announced…
On Steve Jobs Birthday, Apple Still Struggling
The story is well known by now. Conception, loss, return and ultimately personal and professional redemption. The way that Steve Jobs triumphantly came back to Apple and former National Semiconductor CEO Gil Amelio was…
Carl Icahn Outlines Grievances and Attack Plan Against eBay
eBay has been fighting the calls of billionaire and activist investor Carl Icahn to break-up the company by spinning off PayPal, and now the calls are going to get louder.
Oppenheimer Very Negative on Cisco: Who Are the Winners?
Networking giant Cisco Systems has posted three very poor quarters in a row. If the analysts at Oppenheimer are right, the next quarter could easily make it four. The question is whether Cisco’s rivals…
Palo Alto Networks Aims at All-Time High on Earnings
Since coming public in July of 2012, Palo Alto Networks has had its ups and downs. The stock posted an all-time high last Friday, but it took a long time to get those last…
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Improves Non-Touch Controls, Slashes Price
ThinkstockOne of the major flaws in Windows 8 from Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) was its touch-screen interface. At least, that was a flaw according to users who told the company time and again that…
Is Goldman Sachs Being Too Hard on Hewlett-Packard?
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is really hard to get excited about. The PC and tech services giant seems to be caught between a rock and a hard place, but the stock price…
Groupon Prospects Dimmed for 2014, No Daily Deal Here
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) had such an awful performance on Friday that it should make any rational investor fear more than just a slightly weak to mixed earnings report. Main Street…
Wall Street Was Right: Technology Among the Leaders So Far in 2014
Most of the top firms we cover on Wall Street specifically named the Technology sector as a top sector to own in 2014. From the big bulge brackets to the super regional firms, they…
Can Microvision Growth Be Sustained This Time?
MicroVision shares were jumping for a second day in a row Friday on the heels of Sony's introduction of a new handheld projector that uses Microvision's technology. The laser-based technology lets users project images…
Hewlett-Packard Raises EPS Guidance After Solid Earnings; Investors Expected More
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reported fiscal first-quarter results after markets closed Thursday evening. For the quarter the hardware maker reported adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.90 and $28.2 billion in…
Groupon Sails Past Estimates, With Higher Costs Ahead
courtesy of Groupon Inc.Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) managed to rise ahead of earnings on Thursday, a harbinger that investors did not seem panicky about the report. Now we know what the daily deals and…