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Cisco Earnings: Hoping to Evade 'Air Pockets'
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 3:25pm | 222(TheStreet) -- There are hints that Cisco's (NASDAQ: CSCO) second-quarter results, released after market close on Wednesday, will signal a modest turnaround in the company's fortunes. Cisco shares took a pounding after it gave weak guidance with its first-quarter results in November, and investors...
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Apple Begins Production of New iPad: Report
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 3:20pm | 165The electronics world is still feeling the impact from Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) first iPad, but new details are already spilling out about a slimmer next generation of the tablet device that will have a front-facing camera, more memory and a more powerful graphics processor. According to The Wall...
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Diebold Increases Dividend by 3.7% to $.28
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 2:25pm | 81The board of directors of Diebold, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) today declared a first-quarter cash dividend of 28 cents per share on all common shares. The dividend is payable on Monday, March 7, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Monday, Feb. 21. The new cash dividend, which...
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BookingAlpha's Hedge Fund Selections (AAPL, ORCL, HPQ)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 11:59am | 323Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). These are the names that came up when Benzinga spoke to Trevor Vernon about his hedge fund. Full Interview: Trevor Vernon, Founder Of BookingAlpha.com - Bulls, Bears, & Iron Condors - Zing Talk “The markets we...
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Verizon iPhone: Where to Buy it
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 11:49am | 152(TheStreet) -- Want to buy a Verizon (NYSE: VZ) iPhone, but you didn't pre-order and you don't want to stand in line at the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) or Verizon store? Maybe you'd like to be efficient and make the trip to get the phone while picking up a few other things, like a loaf of bread. Think...
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Stratasys Reports Q4 EPS of $0.21 vs. $0.17
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 8:37am | 135Stratasys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SSYS) today announced fourth quarter and full year financial results. The company reported record revenue of $33.8 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, a 29% increase over the $26.2 million reported for the same period in 2009. System shipments for the...
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PAR Technology Corporation Reports $.08 vs. $0.04
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 8:34am | 82PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) today reported fourth quarter and year end 2010 financial results. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010, PAR reported revenues of $64.4 million an increase of 10.7% when compared to the $58.2 million reported for the fourth quarter of 2009. The...
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Samsung Electronics and IBM Announce Patent Cross-License Agreement
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 4:01pm | 45Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a patent cross-license agreement, under which the companies will license their respective patent portfolios to each other. Specific terms and conditions of the agreement were not disclosed.
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Trading Options With BookingAlpha's Trevor Vernon
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 3:31pm | 265Throughout his career, Trevor Vernon has been involved with everything from Forex and commodities to day-trading, and everything in between. But when he founded BookingAlpha, Vernon decided it was best to focus his efforts on one area of expertise: options. “[We] do one thing and we do it well,”...
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Deutsche Bank Comments ON SNCR 4Q
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 9:57am | 113Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: SNCR) reported a strong 4Q at $51.2m/$0.21, “ahead of our $49m/$0.19 and the Street's $48.8m/$0.19,” Deutsche Bank writes. “The EPS beat benefited from higher automation rates and was in spite of a 1c dilution impact from the secondary in 4Q. We believe...
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How To Trade The Federal Aviation Administration Bill (IBM, ORCL, HPQ, VMW, CSCO)
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 9:46am | 186The Senate is scheduled to continue work on this bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, a bill sponsored by John Rockefeller (D-WV). The bill is designed "to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the...
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comScore Reports December Mobile Subscriber Market Share
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 5:57pm | 289comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending December 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone...
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Taking a Look at RIMM with the Thematic Investor
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 4:44pm | 169Chris Versace, author of the Thematic Investor, has written a new piece on Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). In this informative piece, Chris Versace talks about his position on RIMM in light of a new survey, how the market for smartphones and for tablets will affect RIMM and most importantly of...
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Motorola Fires A Shot At Apple (MMI, AAPL)
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 2:57pm | 249Last night, Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) showed off its new Xoom tablet, and in the process, fired a shot at Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). In the commercial, there are plenty of people dressed in white acting like lemmings, with ear buds in their ears, similar to those of a iPod. The commercial is a play...
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Sprint And Kyocera To Partner For New Smartphone (S, KYO)
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 2:19pm | 192Sprint (NYSE: S) is to announce a new Kyocera (NYSE: KYO) smartphone to its cellular lineup at an event in New York tonight Bloomberg reports. The device will be called Echo and will run Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android mobile operating platform according to anonymous sources. Sprint and Kyocera...