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A Casualty of the Verizon iPhone: Margins
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 4:07pm | 102(TheStreet) -- Not only will the rush of new Apple(NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone customers test Verizon's(NYSE: VZ) vaunted network capacity, it will also impact the company's accounting books. With upwards of 9 million-plus Verizon iPhones estimated to be sold this year, the upfront costs of subsidizing...
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Monday's Technology Winners (AAPL, FFIV, NFLX, ARUN, AMD)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 3:15pm | 265A number of prominent technology stocks are making big moves during Monday's trading session despite some broad market weakness. Among the notable gainers are Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), Aruba Networks (NASDAQ: ARUN) and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:...
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Is High Frequency Trading A Target Of Hackers?
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:58pm | 217It very well could be, according to this article. High-frequency trading networks could be vulnerable to hackers, by injecting a small amount of latency into the network. Rony Kay, a former IBM (NYSE: IBM) research fellow and founder of cPacket Networks, is extremely worried about this. Kay...
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AMD Shares Jump On CNBC Mention (AMD, AAPL)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:06pm | 80Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) jumped in Monday afternoon trading after a positive mention on CNBC's Fast Money Halftime Show. One of the panelists suggested that one of the stealth Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) derivative plays is AMD. Currently, AMD is trading up 3.40% to $9.13 on very...
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CES 2011 Winners And Losers
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 2:00pm | 326Tech guru and Matrix LLC equity portfolio manager Phil Laverson attended the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, looking for the latest innovations from the tech industry. During a recent interview, he told Benzinga that he was both impressed and disappointed with the show. “Compared to prior years...
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Verizon iPhone To Be Announced January 11? -Rumor (VZ, AAPL, GOOG, T)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 1:34pm | 120Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) announced a press conference this Tuesday, January 11th at 11am EST. Industry insiders are speculating that the nation's largest wireless carrier will confirm a partnership with Apple, Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) to release a Verizon iPhone. The iPhone has faced increasing...
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Monday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, BAC, INTC, AA)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 1:25pm | 102The overall market is slightly lower on the session. The S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is currently trading at $1,267.00, off 4.5 points. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 224,340 contracts, 54.4% calls, 45.6% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 149,862 contracts, 65.9%...
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Apple Moves Higher Into Verizon Announcement
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 1:17pm | 167Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is floating higher today in anticipation of tomorrows announcement by Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ). Verizon is expected to announce the availability of the iPHONE. Up until now, AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has had exclusive rights to the iPHONE. This has been long...
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Top Performing Industries For January 10 (NFLX, AAPL, BBW, PMUG)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 11:47am | 186At 10:45 am, the Dow lost 0.56% to 11,609.22, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved down 0.37% to 1,266.79 and the NASDAQ composite index fell 0.44% to 2,691.20. The industries that are still afloat in the market today are: Music & Video Stores: This industry jumped 2.81% by 10:45...
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Verizon Beefs Up Network for iPhone
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 11:11am | 124Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) believes it will have no problem handling iPhone-type loads, a claim that could be put to the test if the carrier signs up millions of subscribers using the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported. The country's largest wireless carrier, Verizon is confident enough in...
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Earnings Preview: Intel - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:31am | 1089We expect few surprises when Intel Corp (INTC) reports earnings later this week, as reflected in the limited number of estimate revisions over the past few months. Third Quarter Highlights Intel Corp's third quarter earnings were slightly better than the company's expectations, exceeding the...
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How Will The Verizon iPhone Be Different? (VZ, AAPL)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:29am | 139As Verizon (NYSE: VZ) is set to announce the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone tomorrow at a press event in New York City, AllThingsD takes a look at how the Verizon iPhone will be different than the version offered by AT&T (NYSE: T). Besides running on Qualcomm's (NASDAQ: QCOM) CDMA technology, the...
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Earnings Preview: Intel - Analyst Blog
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:15am | 1089We expect few surprises when Intel Corp (INTC) reports earnings later this week, as reflected in the limited number of estimate revisions over the past few months. Third Quarter Highlights Intel Corp's third quarter earnings were slightly better than the company's expectations, exceeding the...
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IBM's "Watson" Computer Debuting On Jeopardy (IBM)
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:13am | 72IBM's (NYSE: IBM) "Watson" computer is going to debut on Jeopardy next month, as it seeks to become a Jeopardy champion. Watson is similar to IBM's Chess computer "Deep Blue", which went head-to-heard with chess champion Gary Kasparov years ago. Listen to the interview with with Dave Ferrucci, the...
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IBM Shatters U.S. Patent Record
Monday, January 10, 2011 - 10:04am | 75IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that its inventors received a record 5,896 U.S. patents in 2010, marking the 18th consecutive year it has topped the list of the world's most inventive companies. IBM became the first company to be granted as many as 5,000 U.S. patents in a single year. It took IBM'...