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Shutterfly Upgraded to Outperform - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, November 30, 2010 - 3:47am | 634We recently upgraded our rating on Shutterfly Inc. (SFLY), a leading provider of Internet-based social expression and personal publishing service, from Neutral to Outperform. The rating was upgraded on a host of factors including better-than-expected third quarter results, seasonality of demand,...
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Mary Meeker: End Of An Era
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 1:05pm | 256Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) lost a great one this morning, when the Wall Street Journal reported that tech analyst Mary Meeker was going to Kleiner Perkins. Meeker has been influential since the dot com era, and comes out with a report of the tech industry which many consider to be extremely...
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PC's Take Hit From Tablet Growth
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:39pm | 150As many companies are expected to release tablet computers in the coming months, personal computers are expected to take a sales hit. Apple's iPad, the most prominent tablet currently on the market, is looking to lead the attack. Barron's reports, "On Monday, Citigroup's team of analysts covering...
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Head And Shoulders On AAPL
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 12:28pm | 144Apple (AAPL) has been the market darling for a long time now for investors, especially those who have managed to hold their shares through all the breakthrough innovations from the iPod to the iPhone and to the iPad. However, lately, it has been showing some weakness, beginning with what we saw...
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IBM Puts Pressure On the DJIA
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:47am | 95International Business Machines Corp.(NYSE: IBM) is a leading technology stock and a major Dow Jones Industrial Average component. Today IBM is trading lower by $2.10 cents to $141.85. It is important to remember that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a price cap weighted index and a large priced...
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Teradata Wins New Customer - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 11:30am | 768A leading provider of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) solutions, Teradata Corporation (TDC) and SAS, the premier provider of business analytics software and services announced that INPS (Italy's social security agency) has selected a combined Teradata and SAS enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and...
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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Gainers (SGMO, AMZN, YHOO, AAPL)
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 9:15am | 145Sangamo BioSciences Inc (NASDAQ: SGMO) rose 11.35% to $4.61 in the pre-market session. SGMO's shares have dropped 21.44% in the past 52 weeks, while the S&P 500 index has gained 8.97% in the same period. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) added 1.12% to $179.18 in pre-market trading. AMZN will be in...
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Teradata Wins New Customer - Analyst Blog
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 6:07am | 768A leading provider of Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) solutions, Teradata Corporation (TDC) and SAS, the premier provider of business analytics software and services announced that INPS (Italy's social security agency) has selected a combined Teradata and SAS enterprise data warehouse (EDW) and...
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Netflix: Will This Movie Ever End?
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 8:44pm | 1934By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast After driving Blockbuster out of business and taking a good chunk of subscribers from cable TVs, Netflix (NFLX) is now setting sight on the streaming video business. On Monday Nov. 22, Netflix announced a new subscription service--$7.99 a month for unlimited...
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Upgrading Autodesk to Outperform - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:30pm | 877We upgrade Autodesk Inc. (ADSK) to Outperform from our previous Neutral recommendation, given our long-term confidence about ADSK's growth opportunities. Over the long term, we remain positive on the stock, given its operating margin leverage, strong revenues due to stability in end market,...
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Citi to Boost European Retail Ops - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 4:01pm | 427Citigroup Inc. (C) is planning to restructure its retail presence in Europe, according to a report in Financial Times. As reported, the company is looking forward to rebuilding a network of flagship outlets for strengthening its operations in major Western European cities next year. The...
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Juniper Products Reach Saudi - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 3:30pm | 454Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR), one of the leading providers of networking infrastructure products and services, announced that its entire suite of network infrastructure (switching, routing and security solutions) products is being used by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications...
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Juniper Products Reach Saudi - Analyst Blog
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 3:30pm | 454Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR), one of the leading providers of networking infrastructure products and services, announced that its entire suite of network infrastructure (switching, routing and security solutions) products is being used by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications...
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Apple Is Positive Despite Weak Market (AAPL)
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:39pm | 70Shares of Apple Computer (NASDAQ: AAPL) are one of the few retail names that is in positive territory on Black Friday. The stock has gained 0.42% to $316.13. The activity in AAPL is interesting considering that the market has been under fairly significant pressure on the session. The Dow Jones...
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Friday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (KO, MCD, C, AAPL, BAC)
Friday, November 26, 2010 - 12:09pm | 119The overall market is off this morning (-0.64%), currently the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading $1,190.64. With such pitiful volume and the half-day trading session, traders historically pay little attention to where the averages settle today. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1....