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How Will ETFs Respond To Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) & Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Teaming Up On The iPhone? (QQQQ, TTH)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 1:40pm | 167Finally, no more rumors, no more speculation, Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) has officially announced they will be servicing Apple, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone come February 10th of this(...)Read the rest of How Will ETFs Respond To Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) & Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Teaming Up On The...
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Buying/Rolling Calls on Apple Inc. (AAPL)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 11:43am | 105Goldman Sachs is out with an analyst note this morning, where it suggests buying calls on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The report noted that they originally suggested buying the February $330 calls for $13.45 given expectations for strong iPad and iPhone sales around the holiday, strong 4Q earnings...
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HPQ Stalling Out Intra-day. Watch These Levels
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 11:40am | 88Hewlett Packard Co.(NYSE: HPQ) is a leading tech stock that is not participating in today's rally. The stock is trading lower by 0.16 cents to $45.31. Yesterday, HPQ made a new five month high and often after a new closing high the next trading day the stock could pullback or retrace some of the...
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December 2010 US Online Retail Sales Up 12 Percent YoY
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 10:02am | 206ARMONK, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. online retail sector delivered double-digit growth in December 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to analytics-based findings by IBM (NYSE: IBM). IBM's findings expand on the company's earlier report that both Black Friday 2010...
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HP Awarded $30M Contract
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 8:46am | 67HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced a 52-month services agreement with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to create a statewide Medicaid health information exchange. The contract, valued at $30 million, includes an electronic health history system for all Medicaid clients. It also will...
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Piper Jaffray Neutral On Verizon After iPhone (AAPL, VZ)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - 8:39am | 294Piper Jaffray has a Neutral rating and a $32 price target on shares of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) after it announced yesterday it would begin selling a CDMA version of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. In the research note Piper Jaffray writes, "Although we do not think Verizon will steal an excessive...
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Fast Money Pops & Drops, January 11th (LEN, HPQ, JASO, ARMH, TLB)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 10:01pm | 262On CNBC's Fast Money, Guy Adami said that Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) reported a great quarter today, and spiked 7.09%. Despite a good forecast for 2011, Guy Adami is a seller of Lennar Corporation (LEN) because he thinks that it is forming a double top. The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB) slipped...
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NCR's Customer-Centric Move - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 7:00pm | 364Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and self service kiosk manufacturer NCR Corporation (NCR) recently introduced NCR c-tailing, a customer-centric solution. This is a new professional service offering, which will ultimately assists retailers to develop a converged retailing (c-tailing) strategy aimed...
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NCR's Customer-Centric Move - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 6:31pm | 364Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and self service kiosk manufacturer NCR Corporation (NCR) recently introduced NCR c-tailing, a customer-centric solution. This is a new professional service offering, which will ultimately assists retailers to develop a converged retailing (c-tailing) strategy aimed...
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01/11/11 Market Update & Fill Report
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 5:54pm | 88201/11/11 Market Update & Fill Report BookingAlpha Market Update: The market was fairly quiet yet again today posting meager +0.3% gains across the board. . The news-dominator was the “Verizon to offer iPhone” release. Verizon (VZW) and AT&T (T) sold hard on the news both closing...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 3:33pm | 286Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Citi Settlement Eyed by SEC Watchdog The Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general is looking into allegations that the agency gave preferential treatment to Citigroup (NYSE: C) executives when...
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Accenture: Good Start to the Year - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 3:01pm | 554Technology outsourcing and consulting service provider Accenture plc (ACN) has kick-started the new year with yet another acquisition. Recently, it completed the acquisition of Germany-based customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software provider CAS Computer AG. Financial terms of...
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Accenture: Good Start to the Year - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 2:31pm | 554Technology outsourcing and consulting service provider Accenture plc (ACN) has kick-started the new year with yet another acquisition. Recently, it completed the acquisition of Germany-based customer relationship management (CRM) and mobility software provider CAS Computer AG. Financial terms of...
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Doug Kass Expects Reversal This Week
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 2:29pm | 141Doug Kass tweeted that he expects a reversal day this week, as he sees way too much bullishness out there. We just saw a huge negative in the indexes, which looks to be slowly but surely being bought back, but Kass doesn't believe this will last for long. If investors believe Kass' thesis, there...
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Tuesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (BAC, C, AAPL, NVDA, AA)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - 12:35pm | 108The market has regained the minimal amount of ground lost in yesterday's session; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading higher by 6.99 points, at $1,276.74. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 153,026 contracts, 72.2% calls, 27.8% puts 2....