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Microsoft Corporation (Nasdaq : MSFT) will showcase the latest developments at the Microsoft exhibit in the Topaz Lounge, at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre. For the media and entertainment industry Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) will reveal new partner solutions built on Microsoft...

Cripes, this market has become so predictable with the early morning markup in the first 90 minutes, followed by hours of listless trade in a narrow range until 3:30 PM as no one shows up but a handful of financial firms' computers trading the same shares to each other and collecting rebates to...

Year 3, Week 5 Major Position Changes To see historic weekly fund changes click here OR the label at the bottom of this entry entitled 'fund positions'. Cash: 72.5% (v 65.8% last week)22 long bias: 14.1% (v 12.2% last week)9 short bias: 13.5% (v 22.0% last week) *includes long term puts 31...

I expect a very quiet day from here as the traditional early morning ramp up (+0.5%) is now in place and we can trade in a 2-4 S&P point range for the next 5 hours, until 3:30 PM shows up. NYC and Greenwich, CT quietly shall be emptying by the minute as people leave early for the long weekend...

Gold breaking out is either the reflation trade version 48.148 OR "uh oh something bad is coming down the pike" trade ... gold has been in a big descending triangle getting narrower and narrower; when those break out in either direction it is generally a big move. May - June 2009: $900 - $1000July...

Ok, I admit it - I enjoyed today. Being agnostic on which way the market goes with our top line strategy, I just care that the market do something and preferably in the near term direction we're weighted. Based on that not so nice close ("someone" showed up right at time at 3:46 PM to rally the...

Share price of building material company Imperial Industries, Inc. (IPII) more than doubled amid higher than normal volume of trade. Although there was no immediate news, IPII had on August 21 announced that its loss making subsidiary Just-Rite Supply, Inc. would be liquidated for the benefit of...

I always like to take a look to see what stocks are "working" - helps me see where the money is going and what trends I am missing. I generally like to follow stocks over $5 only but since there is a bevy of "hot money" being made in the dollar stock area I thought I'd list those too this time...

I guess "High Frequency Trading" is the official term for what I've called HAL9000 for the past few years... the Wall Street Journal has a nice story on Getco, one of the major players. It would best to familiarize yourselves with the actions of these few firms who now (depending on where you ask...

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - As more organizations adopt Agile development methods to streamline IT processes and costs, they are often impeded by an inability to define clear and concise project goals and struggle to remove constraints to improve time-to-market in an difficult...

WOBURN, MA--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of Internet threat management solutions that protect against all forms of malware, including viruses, spyware, hackers and spam, today announced the availability of Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Kaspersky Anti-...

NEW DELHI, INDIA--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - RothmanResearch.com, www.rothmanresearch.com, is a unique and free to use financial portal reaching all investors to provide the best source of content and research they can find online. On this day, we have begun tracking the following companies...

KANSAS CITY, MO--(Marketwire - August 18, 2009) - AltiGen Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATGN), a leading provider of 100 percent Microsoft-based VoIP business phone systems and unified communications solutions, announced today at the annual Boomer Technology Circle conference that its VoIP...

China Direct Industries, Inc. (CDII'>CDII) Q2 2009 Earnings Call August 14, 2009 04:30 PM ET Complete Story »

Brooks McFeely submits: 4:06 PM, Aug 17, 2009 -- NYSE down 185.6 or 2.8% to 6,352.25 DJIA down 184.9 or 2% to 9,137 S&P 500 down 24.4 or 2.4% to 979.70 Nasdaq down 54.7 or 2.8% to 1,931 GLOBAL SENTIMENT Complete Story »