courtesy of Dell The special committee of Dell Inc.’s (NASDAQ: DELL) board of directors has agreed to a new, sweetened offer from founder Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners to take the company private.…
ThinkstockAlcatel-Lucent S.A. (NYSE: ALU) is in the midst of a turnaround, or perhaps correcting a misguided turnaround that has hobbled the communications equipment maker for a decade. The stock was incredibly well received after…
courtesy Dell Inc.Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners did not get the voting rules change they sought from a special committee of the board of directors of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL). The special committee…
courtesy of MicrosoftAccording to Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), its Surface tablet business lost money in the past fiscal year. One clue that the product was in trouble was the disclosure that Microsoft wrote down…
ThinkstockNEC has decided not to join HTC, BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) and smaller rivals in the uphill battle against Samsung and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). It will leave the mobile…
courtesy of Sprint Corp.Sprint Corp. (NYSE: S) released earnings that were not only poor, but show that, despite some progress with subscriber additions, it is still bleeding on the bottom line. Softbank already may regret…
Microsoft Sweden, via Wikimedia CommonsA billionaire should be able to take a few weeks off in the summer, particularly one who works as religiously as Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer. His net worth…
ThinkstockWith the stock market booming and the big cap technology stocks missing their second-quarter numbers, the tech analysts at Lazard Capital Markets are doing the deep-dive to find the names that can show significant…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of July 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) reported third-quarter fiscal 2013 results after markets closed today. The communications chipmaker posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $1.03 on revenues of $6.24 billion. In the same period a…
courtesy Dell Inc.The management-led buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) keeps getting stranger and more drawn out by the day. In an effort by Carl Icahn to keep shareholders in the game and to…
courtesy of DellWill another $0.10 a share make the difference? Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners have raised their price for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) from $13.65 a share to $13.75, and said this…
ThinkstockIs the massive growth phase of the smartphone and the tablet market coming to an end? Well, that depends on whom you ask, but all you have to do is look at how Apple…
JoeInQueens, via Wikimedia CommonsApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) was trading higher by more than 4% after earnings in the premarket trading session on Wednesday. Shares are up around $439 after closing at $418.99, but a…
ThinkstockNetworking giant Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced this morning that it would acquire cybersecurity firm Sourcefire Inc. (NASDAQ: FIRE) for $76 a share in cash, a premium of 29% to Sourcefire’s closing price…