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Oppenheimer Maintains Outperform on Teradata
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 6:51am | 90Oppenheimer is out with its report today on Teradata (NYSE: TDC), maintaining Outperform. In its report, Oppenheimer writes, "While we are pleased business is still holding up, we remain cautious deals could potentially slip toward the end of the quarter causing a short-term disruption to numbers...
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U.S. Air Force Chooses HP as Key Technology Provider
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 6:46am | 97HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that the U.S. Air Force has selected it to provide new workstations and desktop PCs as a part of its enterprise IT purchase program. The award will add to the USAF's 900,000 units of HP products deployed in the past five years throughout the United States, Europe...
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5 Stocks with Strong Fundamentals and Mometum
Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:54pm | 1857Each month I update a fundamental/technical screen at Scott's Investments and track the results real-time. July's list of 18 stocks is here and the top 10 rated stocks returned an average of -6.54versus -11.03% for SPY. The entire list of stocks last month returned an average of -9.94%. The...
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Apple Regains Pre-Jobs Resignation Levels In Two Days
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 12:45pm | 119The market was clearly discounting Steve Jobs' health and the fact that he might resign his role as CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) at any time. It is starting to look more and more like a non-issue for the stock in the near-term. On Wednesday, AAPL shares closed at around $376.10. In the after hours...
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Is OmniVision Technologies Getting Cut From The iPhone?
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 12:12pm | 632Shares of OmniVision Technologies (NASDAQ: OVTI) are plunging more than 30% today after the company guided sharply lower than expected, and many are wondering whether the company is being squeezed out of the iPhone, or perhaps Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is squeezing the margins of yet another supplier....
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Tiffany & Co (TIF) - Still Shining with Substantial Earnings Beat and Guidance Increase
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 11:20am | 740Believe it or not, there is more in the world than the whispers of Ben Bernanke - indeed there is a whole global economy out there. By watching CNBC you'd forget that. While macro news has dominated the past six weeks, there are still individual companies executing business as usual. One which...
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Could Research In Motion Benefit From Steve Jobs Leaving?
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:53am | 249Two days after Steve Jobs resigned from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) many are speculation that Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) may benefit, as wireless carriers try to expand beyond Apple and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). According to a Boy Genius Report article, RIMM may benefit, as it launches its new...
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3 Bernanke Breakout Plays I'm Watching
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:49am | 170Today has been anything but boring as we have seen the market deal with two huge pieces of news in GDP and Bernanke's Jackson Hole Speech, and traders and investors have been taken on a wild, roller-coaster ride as a result. Surprisingly, the market is rallying on Bernanke's no-news event (or is...
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NMA Animates The Life Of Steve Jobs
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:44am | 105Taiwanese animation company NMA has made a short film documenting the life and career of Steve Jobs. The company, which is making a name for itself by making these films about big news stories, has outdone itself this time. The extremely funny short shows a young jobs tripping on acid and having...
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5 Business Lessons from Steve Jobs
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 9:09am | 112(MainStreet) -- The news that icon Steve Jobs finally surrendered his position Wednesday as Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) chief executive to COO Tim Cook should have small businesses pondering what they can learn from Jobs' impressive time running one of the most innovative companies in the U.S. Indeed...
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Scotia Capital Maintains Sector Perform on Apple
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 8:47am | 80Scotia Capital is out with its report today on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), maintaining Sector Perform. In its report, Scotia Capital writes, "We do not see any short-term impact on the company's competitiveness, but remain cautious on its long-term outlook. Apple will need to prove to investors it can...
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Early Warning Signs of Steve Jobs' Waning Influence at Apple?
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 8:33am | 174Two ways to know if Steve Jobs' influence has diminished. He may not be the CEO of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) anymore, but Steve Jobs is still thought to be a powerful figure at the company he built more than 30 years ago. Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities...
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Maintains Buy on Apple
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 7:46am | 128Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), maintaining Buy. In its report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We remain positive on Apple's growth potential given its opportunity to gain market share in large addressable markets, especially in the PC...
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Zings Of The Day, August 25, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 2:48pm | 134Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs is stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by COO and interim CEO Tim Cook. This one won't have a punchline. Just a big "Thank you, Steve." The FCC has asked AT&T (NYSE: T) for more details why it needs to acquire T-Mobile. Duh. To take over the...
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What Does Woz Think About Jobs Leaving?
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 1:37pm | 256When Steve Jobs announced last night that he would be resigning from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the entire tech world blew up. Some felt angst, others happiness, others confused. So how did the man who helped Jobs start the company feel? In comments reprinted from Boy Genius Report, co-founder Steve...