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Todd Larsen: “It's Not Just About The iPad”
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 11:13am | 292Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) App Store has been an important feature for many organizations, especially game developers. But when the iPad launched earlier this year, one of the biggest app releases came from none other than the Wall Street Journal. “We released it right when Apple released the product...
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HP Awarded Services Agreement Valued in Excess of $80M
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 8:49am | 59HP (NYSE: HPQ) Enterprise Services today announced TOPS Friendly Markets LLC, the New York-based supermarket chain with stores in New York and Pennsylvania, has signed a seven-year applications and infrastructure technology services contract valued in excess of $80 million that gives the retailer...
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Mad Money Lightning Round: Cramer Likes LyondellBasell Industries (HPQ, MDT, ABT, FTR, MSG, OXM, JNY, WFT, LYB, MO, SI)
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 5:29am | 363On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is “neither here nor there. There are a lot of tech stocks better than Hewlett." For Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), he said, "There's nothing there for me, especially with Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) having...
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How to Invest in the Beatles
Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 2:58am | 1131If you never saw the PBS program 'How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin,' you have to watch it; it has been appearing fairly regularly on the network. It shows how the Beatles had a major influence on the fall of communism in the USSR during the early sixties, and how Beatlemania lead to...
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Microvision Up Just 11%? (MVIS)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 4:27pm | 94If a stock is up 11% on a day, that would be great, right? Well not if you're Microvision, Inc. (NASDAQ: MVIS). The stock was up as much as 40% earlier on rumors that it would be part of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5. It appears those rumors are being refuted, with such a sharp slide during...
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Friday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (BAC, C, AAPL, CSCO, F)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:39pm | 113In light of a worse than expected jobs report, the market is holding its own this morning. Currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading at 1,219.27, off by just 2.30 points. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 103,608 contracts, 80.5% calls, 19.5% puts...
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comScore Reports October Mobile Subscriber Market Share
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 12:15pm | 350comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending October 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone...
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Claraview Awarded Enterprise Data Warehouse Contract
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 5:36pm | 92Claraview, a division of Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), a strategy and technology consultancy focused exclusively on data warehousing and business intelligence, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to develop an Enterprise Data...
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Motorola to Buy 4Home Inc. - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 5:00pm | 640Motorola Mobility Inc., a subsidiary of Motorola Inc. (MOT) agreed to acquire Sunnyvale based 4Home Inc. for an undisclosed amount. 4Home provides software and services relating to energy management, home security and monitoring as well as media and entertainment management. The deal is expected...
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Chunghwa Telecom Remains Neutral - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 4:00pm | 504Our long-term recommendation for Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (CHT) is Neutral, which means the stock will perform mostly in line with the broader marker. Chwnghwa declared solid financial results for the third quarter of 2010 with net income soaring 9.5% year over year. Chunghwa is the market...
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Learning to Appreciate Range-Bound Markets - Option Ideas
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 3:00pm | 674Long-term credit spread traders have another reason to cheer! For the past five years the Standard & Poor's 500 has produced an average annual rate of return of -1%, and most forecasts for the next five years aren't much better. Are we in for more of the same? I would certainly hope so! Range...
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Market Roundup (DLM, JCP, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, MU, SKS)
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 1:41pm | 238Shares of Del Monte Foods Co (NYSE: DLM) rose about 0.16% after the company reported upbeat FQ2 earnings. The company's earnings came in at $0.41 per share, up from $0.31 per share, in the year-ago quarter. The company's sales dropped to $941 million from $959 million. However, analysts expected...
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Thursday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (BAC, C, AAPL, MSFT, F)
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 12:29pm | 116The market has staged another impressive rally this morning; currently the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading at 1,218.52, up by 12.45 points. Notably, the CBOE Volatility Index has pushed sharply lower, currently registering 19.40. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Bank of America (...
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Motorola to Buy 4Home Inc. - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 11:36am | 640Motorola Mobility Inc., a subsidiary of Motorola Inc. (MOT) agreed to acquire Sunnyvale based 4Home Inc. for an undisclosed amount. 4Home provides software and services relating to energy management, home security and monitoring as well as media and entertainment management. The deal is expected...
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Chunghwa Telecom Remains Neutral - Analyst Blog
Thursday, December 2, 2010 - 10:46am | 504Our long-term recommendation for Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd. (CHT) is Neutral, which means the stock will perform mostly in line with the broader marker. Chwnghwa declared solid financial results for the third quarter of 2010 with net income soaring 9.5% year over year. Chunghwa is the market...