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Dell Could Use Cash Better (DELL)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 12:12pm | 42Lee Ainslie said he believes that Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) could used its cash better, and he believes that Michael Dell could take over the whole company, as he owns a significant portion of it.
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Tuesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, AAPL, BAC, INTC, LVS)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:18am | 135The overall market is running near the flat line today; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is trading lower by 1.86 points, at $1,163.27. Note that the market is struggling to hold the 5-day moving average at $1,161.74. Traders continue to wait for the FOMC minutes release at 2 pm EST today...
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IBM Introduces New Software and Cloud Services
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 11:13am | 84IBM (NYSE: IBM) today introduced new software and cloud services. IBM's new Blueworks Live offering brings together process documentation and social community elements with more than 20,000 members and over 200,000 processes already modeled and documented. The new cloud service also adds a new...
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Wal-Mart To Sell Apple iPad, But Not Very Many
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 10:54am | 103Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will begin to sell the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, which would not make much difference since the tablet is available almost everywhere else. The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets say that the device will go on sale Friday at the retail giant. It will not be offered at...
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Collins Stewart Gives Earnings Preview
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 9:27am | 144Collins Stewart gave a recent report ahead of IBM (NYSE: IBM) earnings on Oct. 18. Collins Stewart reiterated its Buy rating on IBM and $160 PT. It expects inline 3Q results with a bit of EPS upside. Forward guidance will likely be modestly lifted, following the last few years' trend. Net-net...
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Apple Is Lining Up in the Short Sellers Crosshairs
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 4:29pm | 338I got exactly Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) exactly where I want to see it going into its Oct 18 earnings report. The risk is that analysts's are overestimating Apple's actual earnings. If the earnings forecast for Apple is too high on Monday Oct 18, investors will be at risk of a very painful price shock...
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Late Day Selling As Dollar Remains Strong
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 3:59pm | 277Late day selling hit the markets today, though on extremely light volume. The markets had been hovering up around a key trend line resistance point all day, yet could never break through and confirm. While the bond market was closed all day and volume was on holiday, the Dollar peaked its head up...
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Palm Pre 2 Revealed (HPQ)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 3:44pm | 107The Palm Pre 2 has been leaked, whether Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) likes it or not. The French cell phone carrier SFR accidentally showed the specifications on the new phone, along with a new design for the phone. Palm was purchased by HP in a $1.2 billion cash deal, as it looks to capture...
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A Look At Glenhill Advisors' Portfolio (QCOM, GLD, EBAY, AAPL, ARM)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 2:55pm | 290Glenhill Advisors, founded in 2001 by Glenn J. Krevlin, is a multi-billion dollar long/short equity hedge fund based in New York. As of June 30, 2010, the firm's largest holdings were in Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), the SPDR Gold Trust ETF (NYSE: GLD), eBAY (NASDAQ: EBAY), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and...
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IBM At All Time High (IBM)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 1:55pm | 42Shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) are at all time highs, levels not seen since the tech bubble of the 1990's. At last check, IBM was up 81 cents to $139.66, a gain of 0.6%.
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What's Hot On TheStreet
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 12:04pm | 264Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. What's Hot On TheStreet 72K Deceased Got Stimulus Checks In the recession, it seems some dead people are living the good life. More than 72,000 departed souls got $250 stimulus checks, according to a report by the Social Security...
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Monday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders (AAPL, BAC, C, JPM, HPQ)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 11:43am | 120The overall market is fractionally higher on the session, though sold off once it touched the pre-flash crash levels; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is higher on the session by 2.27 points, trading at $1,167.42. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 126...
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Apple Hitting New All-Time Highs (AAPL)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 10:32am | 103Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is hitting new all-time highs this morning. The shares have gained 0.97% to $296.92. In the last month alone, the stock has jumped 12.7%. At the end of August, AAPL was trading in the $240 range. Given that the technology goliath accounts for 20% of the Nasdaq 100, the strength...
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Cirrus Logic +25% Q/Q
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 9:29am | 196Cirrus Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS) revenue for 3Q is expected to beat the street and Jefferies & Company estimates for CQ3 however CQ4 guidance looks flat to slightly down. In a research report Jefferies & Company writes, "We expect Cirrus to report CQ3 revenue inline to slightly better than...
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4 Million Macs? If So, Buy Apple (AAPL)
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 9:13am | 124Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the engine that fires on all cylinders. According to a survey of 31 analysts who cover the stock, the median number of computers sold were 3.86 million Macs, as consumers waited for a refresh of the computers. Some analysts believe Apple could've blown it out of the...