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Mac App Store Soon (AAPL)
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 10:01am | 75Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is going to be releasing its Mac App Store this winter, despite Mac OS X 10.7 Lion not being available until late this year, writes Mashable. Developers will receive the same 70/30 split with Apple for their apps, as they have in the past for the iPhone and the iPad. Shares of...
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4 Companies Investing in Themselves - Investment Ideas
Thursday, January 6, 2011 - 1:00am | 1487While consumers may be struggling to keep cash in the bank, companies are flush with it these days. In fact, non-financial companies in the United States have nearly $2 trillion sitting in cash. That's a serious amount of dough. Time to Put that Money to Work During the financial panic, it made...
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DELL on Acquisition Spree - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 4:03pm | 557Dell Inc. (DELL) continues to expand its enterprise technology portfolio with the intention of taking over another information-security services firm, SecureWorks Inc. The back-to-back acquisitions are expected to beef up Dell's products and services targeted at the corporate world. However, Dell...
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DELL on Acquisition Spree - Analyst Blog
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 3:23pm | 557Dell Inc. (DELL) continues to expand its enterprise technology portfolio with the intention of taking over another information-security services firm, SecureWorks Inc. The back-to-back acquisitions are expected to beef up Dell's products and services targeted at the corporate world. However, Dell...
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What's HP Going To Announce? (HPQ)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 2:42pm | 90Yesterday Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) announced that it would be holding a webOS event on February 9. Obviously many are expecting the first Palm tablets, based on webOS. We could see multiple tablets, of varying size. There probably won't be a PalmPad announcement at CES this week, but I would...
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Technologies To Dominate CES 2011 And How To Trade It
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 12:04pm | 487CES 2011 is finally here, with the key note address set to kick off the event in just a few hours from Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Steve Ballmer. Las Vegas is abuzz with excitement over what the dominant themes of the event will be. Obviously the new technology causing the most buzz is the tablet...
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Comcast Offering Streaming on IPad, Android Tablets (AAPL, CMCSA, GOOG)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:49am | 154As part of its efforts to expand its reach to customers not sitting in front of their TV's, Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) announced that it will offer streaming on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, as well as tablets run by Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating systems. “Live streaming and the play now...
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Company News for January 05, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 11:03am | 1016• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...
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Wedbush Initiates Coverage on Jack in The Box, Abercrombie & Fitch, Apple (JACK, ANF, AAPL)
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:55am | 62Wedbush initiates coverage on the following companies: Jack in The Box (NASDAQ: JACK) at Neutral with a $23 price target. Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) at Neutral with a $60 price target. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at Outperform with a $405 price target.
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Company News for January 05, 2011 - Corporate Summary
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:47am | 1016• Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has announced plans to purchase Atheros Communications (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $45 per share, in a deal valued at $3.5 billion • After yesterday's close, Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $1.01 ex-items, versus $0.24 a year ago, ahead of the Zacks...
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Selling Covered Calls on HPQ
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:35am | 80Goldman Sachs is out with a research report this morning, where it's analyst, Bill Shope, sees risk to Hewlett Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) 2H2011 EPS and 13% downside to shares. The analysts suggests selling covered calls on long positions as an exit strategy or as a means to enhance returns, as the...
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Well connected: Stockopedia speaks to Angus MacSween of Iomart Group
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 10:06am | 2737Scottish entrepreneur Angus MacSween is no stranger to the lucrative opportunities of helping businesses make most of the internet. In the aftermath of telecoms de-regulation in the mid-1980s, he cut his teeth installing cables and switches before turning his attention to running premium call...
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Wedbush Upgrades Monolithic Power, NCR Corp.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 - 9:57am | 47Wedbush upgrades the following companies: Monolithic Power (NASDAQ: MPWR) from Neutral to Outperform. Price target raised from $16 to $20. NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) from Neutral to Outperform. Price target raised from $14 to $18.50.
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Hewlett-Packard Rises 2% (HPQ)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 4:46pm | 71Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) shares are getting a nice pop on Tuesday, rising 2.22% to $43.69. Volume has been a little less than average with around 16 million HPQ shares trading hands compared to a 3-month daily average of 18 million. This stock sure looks cheap on a valuation basis. HPQ trades...
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Lending Club, A “Safe Alternative” To Traditional Banking
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 3:22pm | 250If there's one thing Renaud Laplanche can't stress enough, it's his dedication to allaying the fears of wary investors. As the co-founder and CEO of Lending Club, he wants everyone to know about the safety and security of his financial community. “I think what happens is that, as the ratings come...