Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Technology stocks turn their backs on early losses as the sector seeks to reject initial negativity over the U.S. unemployment rate climbing above 10% for the first time in 26 years.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks fell along with the broad market Friday following the latest U.S. unemployment figures. The Labor Department delivered a worse-than-expected report on job losses, which showed the unemployment rate rising to 10.2%--and topping 10% for the first time in 26 years. Among tech stocks, losses came from Dell Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Cisco Systems Inc. and...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: Breaking up the 1,800+ US companies that have reported third quarter numbers into sectors, below we highlight the percentage of stocks in each sector that have raised guidance this earnings season. Overall, about 11% of companies have raised guidance this season. As shown below, Technology has blown all other sectors away, with 18.5% of tech stocks raising guidance....
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Sun Microsystems Inc. said late Friday that sales fell across all of its main product lines as the company continues to be negatively impacted by its drawn-out acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Activision Blizzard sees its shares rise after reporting third-quarter results and maintaining its fourth-quarter forecast, encouraging investors who had grown worried about holiday game sales.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Amazon.com has seen its market value surge by more than 30% to a record high over the past two weeks, but some analysts believe the market is still not fully valuing the company's potential.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
EBay says it has settled with the founders of its Skype Internet-telephony business, facilitating the unit’s sale to an investor group.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MEMS technologies have taken root and may be the next generation of high tech venture investments, writes John Dvorak.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Activision Blizzard Inc. swings to a profit for the third quarter, thanks to a reduction in costs and strong sales of popular video-game titles such as "Guitar Hero 5."
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The market is rallying this morning on the heels of several better than expected economic and earnings reports. Cisco (CSCO) reported strong results last night, and also raised guidance going forward. The upbeat news was met with enthusiasm by investors, and is helping tech stocks lead the action so far today (particularly semis). [More...]
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Tech stocks advance as gains from the likes of Cisco Systems Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. help power a rally across the sector.
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Bank of America (BAC) , Morgan Stanley (MS) , Initial public offerings When it comes to the Internet, few consumers are willing to pay for services -- especially during the current economic hard times. Yet, there are still some websites that are able to get people to fork over their hard-earned money. One example is Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), which provides extensive...
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: Law , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Dell (DELL) , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Intel (INTC) , Technology The latest litigation has Intel Inside. The State of New York is going after Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) over antitrust allegations. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is accusing the largest chip manufacturer in the world that it is trying to secure a global monopoly for microprocessors....
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks rose in early trading Thursday, led by Cisco Systems Inc. . The networking gear maker's shares climbed 40 cents, or almost 2%, to $23.65 after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results late Wednesday. Other tech stocks on the rise following their earnings reports included Qualcomm Inc. and Sanmina-SCI Corp. . The tech-heavy Nasdaq...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Telecom's shares jump after strong third-quarter earnings report.
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