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A New Chapter in Google Books - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 2:33pm | 786Google Inc's (GOOG) online bookstore is likely to hasten the digitization of paperbacks and hard covers, dramatically increasing the availability of online books. In addition to the 200,000 odd titles from leading publishers, such as Random House, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and Pearson...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 2:29pm | 233Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet Warren Buffett's 10 Best Investments for 2011 Investors have tried for years to follow the strategy of Warren Buffett, considered by many to be the greatest investor in history. That's ironic given how little he...
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A New Chapter in Google Books - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 2:03pm | 786Google Inc's (GOOG) online bookstore is likely to hasten the digitization of paperbacks and hard covers, dramatically increasing the availability of online books. In addition to the 200,000 odd titles from leading publishers, such as Random House, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and Pearson...
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Tuesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, AAPL, MSFT, GE)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 12:11pm | 116The overall market is moving to the upside this morning on the back of favorable tax concessions by the White House; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading at $1,229.85, up by 6.73 points. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 1,234,265 contracts, 86.3%...
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Verizon Seeing Lull In Anticipation Of iPhone
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 12:10pm | 169An article by Scott Moritz at the TheStreet.com (NASDAQ: TSCM) shows that Verizon (NYSE: VZ) customers are holding off on upgrading their phones in anticipation of an Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone early next year. (Note: I myself am doing this as well). Moritz notes that industry analysts have...
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Oppenheimer Remains Buyers Of Teradata Following Management Meeting
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 10:07am | 135Following a positive mgmt meeting, Oppenheimer remains buyers of Teradata (NYSE: TDC) is well positioned to deliver a strong 4Q10. Despite competition and a challenging macro environment, Oppenheimer believes growing customer demand for EDW solutions, an augmented/broader product portfolio and an...
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Bonnier Group Selects Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:15am | 107Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced that the Bonnier international publishing group has selected the Adobe Digital Publishing Suite for its development of the tablet newspaper publishing platform, News Plus. Bonnier's News Plus platform will be used to create tablet editions...
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Oppenheimer Has Outperform Rating On Teradata (TDC)
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 9:12am | 161Oppenheimer & Co. has an Outperform rating and a $47 price target on Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC). In a note sent to investors Oppenheimer writes, "Following a positive mgmt meeting, we would remain buyers of the stock as we believe business momentum remains robust and TDC is well positioned to...
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These Companies Have Been Bad Bets Since The 90′s Ended
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - 7:19am | 757The best days for Microsoft (MSFT), Walmart (WMT), and Dell (DELL) are long gone. These stocks were once great growth stocks that turned some long time investors into millionaires in the past. Since 1999 these stocks have still received the same hype from their earlier growth days...
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BMC Advances in Automation - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:18pm | 569Leading large enterprise software company BMC Software Inc. (BMC) recently acquired privately held GridApp Systems Inc. in an effort to enrich its Business Service Management (BSM) product suite. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. New York based GridApp Systems is the leading...
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Marcela Perez de Alonso, Executive VP, to Retire from HP
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:12pm | 74HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced Marcela Perez de Alonso will retire as executive vice president of Human Resources for personal reasons after deciding to relocate to be with her family. Perez de Alonso has served as executive vice president and a member of the company's Executive Council since 2004...
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BMC Advances in Automation - Analyst Blog
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:00pm | 569Leading large enterprise software company BMC Software Inc. (BMC) recently acquired privately held GridApp Systems Inc. in an effort to enrich its Business Service Management (BSM) product suite. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. New York based GridApp Systems is the leading...
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Riverbed Enters Bidding War Against Hewlett-Packard
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 3:05pm | 146Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD) shares are rising today on reports that the company is in negotiations to buy Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) for $47 per share. Rival Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) reportedly has offered $45 per share for RDWR. If you think that the stock won't fall by too much in the...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 1:38pm | 292Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 3 ETFs to Play U.S., South Korea Trade Pact The free-trade agreement between the United States and South Korea, which when executed will be the largest value of trade volume in the world since the North American...
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Monday's Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, BAC, CSCO, MGM)
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 12:16pm | 105The overall market is hovering around the flat line this morning; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading at $1,223.28, off by 1.43 points. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 157,462 contracts, 84.2% calls, 15.8% puts 2. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 143,229...