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Apple Just Crossed $300M Market Cap
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 12:42pm | 16Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) just crossed $300M market cap.
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 12:02pm | 324Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet AIG's Fate Became a Wall Street Battleground When American International Group (NYSE: AIG) got into trouble more than two years ago, it turned to Blackstone (NYSE: BX) as one of the few Wall Street players it...
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Oppenheimer Positive On Apple (APPL)
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 11:41am | 176Oppenheimer & Co. is positive on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), despite the rest of the market being wary about it. It's raised its price target to $385 from $345, and kept its Outperform rating. In a note sent to clients, Oppenheimer & Co. writes, "Why does the market dislike Apple? It...
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IPhone Alarm Glitch Still Happening (AAPL)
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 10:07am | 111Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) claims that its popular iPhone would be fixed for an alarm clock error that happened at the start of the new year, many users are saying it's still not fixed. Apple said the fix was supposed to have happened by today, the first day back to work for many in 2011. People...
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Is Google Going After Apple Again? (GOOG, AAPL)
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 10:00am | 153Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) may be going after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) again, as the company has begun potential talks with several magazine publishers about creating a digital newsstand. The Wall Street Journal first reported the story, and the newsstand would be for tablets and smartphones running the...
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The Company that Benefits the Most from Higher Interest Rates
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 2:29am | 530Investors are afraid of higher rates. They are concerned that rising interest rates will make it harder to buy real estate, make it more expensive for companies to get and repay short-term loans, and make it difficult for consumers to make their credit card payments. So higher rates will adversely...
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Brian Stutland's International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) Trade
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 8:31pm | 148On CNBC's Options Action, Brian Stutland said that he wants to take a long position in International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM). Mr. Stutland thinks that U.S. dollar is going to weaken, and that will be a positive sign for tech stocks. He thinks that this trade should be made with options...
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Teradata to Take Over Aprimo - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 5:03pm | 651A leading provider of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) solutions, Teradata Corporation (TDC) announced that it will acquire Aprimo, a leader in cloud-based integrated marketing software for approximately $525 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of...
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Teradata to Take Over Aprimo - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 4:33pm | 651A leading provider of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) solutions, Teradata Corporation (TDC) announced that it will acquire Aprimo, a leader in cloud-based integrated marketing software for approximately $525 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to be completed in the first quarter of...
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Earnings Scorecard: Oracle - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 3:30pm | 914Software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL) reported better-than-expected second quarter 2011 results with both earnings and revenues easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates. The results were driven by strong new software license sales (sales to new customers) and growth in hardware sales, boosted by...
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Earnings Scorecard: Oracle - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 3:00pm | 914Software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL) reported better-than-expected second quarter 2011 results with both earnings and revenues easily beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates. The results were driven by strong new software license sales (sales to new customers) and growth in hardware sales, boosted by...
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Market Roundup (BJ, M, JWN, LTD, HPQ, ADBE, AMZN)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 1:11pm | 248US retail stocks gained after higher-than-expected fall in the weekly jobless claims. The S&P Retail Index (RLX) rose about 0.31%. According to comScore, online holiday sales in the 56 days through December 26 gained13% to $30.81 billion. The gainers in the list included BJ's Wholesale Club Inc...
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When You Wish Upon A Star: 3 CEO's Whose Dreams Came True This Year (F, AAPL, GM)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 11:31am | 567As 2011 approaches and we turn the page on 2010, let's look back at a few CEO's whose dreams came true this year, and helped shareholders in the process. Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs truly is the P.T. Barnum of our time. Jobs has turned around the music industry, the movie industry and the...
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Consumer Electronics Show: Tablets, Tablets, and Tablets Oh My! (AAPL, MSFT, QCOM, INTC)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 10:26am | 213Forbes has a preview of the Consumer Electronics Show, and expects nothing but tablets, after the huge success of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. Hardware manufacturers like Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) and Samsung and chip makers such as Intel (...
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Skype Video Calling Comes To iPhone (VZ, AAPL)
Thursday, December 30, 2010 - 9:41am | 88According to Mashable, Skype video calling is coming to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. More data could lead to strain on AT&T's (NYSE: T)network, and could really weaken Verizon's (NYSE: VZ) network when Apple moves its prestigious phone to the network in 2011. Shares of...