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Forget gold: Tech IPOs on the Move
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 12:09pm | 1134If you're not a technology investor, you're missing out on some of the biggest gains - ever. And today, that trend continues. Technology stocks are leading the broad market. They're also leading the IPO market. Of the companies that went public over the summer tech issues are among...
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Forget gold: Tech IPOs on the Move
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 12:09pm | 1134If you're not a technology investor, you're missing out on some of the biggest gains - ever. And today, that trend continues. Technology stocks are leading the broad market. They're also leading the IPO market. Of the companies that went public over the summer tech issues are among...
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Unconfirmed Rumors circulate that Dell Inc. (DELL) will make a $32.00 bid for Netezza Corporation (NZ) topping International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) current bid
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:23am | 85Unconfirmed Rumors circulate that Dell Inc. (DELL) will make a $32.00 bid for Netezza Corporation (NZ) topping International Business Machines Corp.(IBM)current bid for(NZ)of $27.00.Companies could not be reached for comments.(NZ),(IBM),(DELL)
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Wednesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, APL, MSFT, ADBE)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 11:22am | 169The overall market has begun to give up some gains this morning; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is lower by 4.73 points, trading at $1,135. Given the bullish price action as of late, today's move seems healthy. Notably, financials are lagging with the XLF off 1.10%, trading at $14.58. Here...
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Study Finds iPhone Owners Want to Switch to Verizon
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 9:47am | 184Close to half of Apple Inc (NYSE: AAPL) iPhone users in the United States would be "very interested" in dumping AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) for Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) as a service provider, according to a study from professionals service firm Deloitte. "If another carrier were to pick up the iPhone...
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Adobe (ADBE) Shows Us How Difficult Earnings Season is Going to Be
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 9:30am | 962Lost in this non stop rally has been an increased amount of earning warnings - the first time in quite a few quarters we have seen some quite visible names find an inability to keep up with analysts ever rosier outlooks. Earnings season begins in a few weeks and as I have said the past 3-4 periods...
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Volterra: The New Maxim, TI, Or Intersil For Apple?
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 8:58am | 187Volterra Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: VLTR) is a recommended Buy from Jefferies because of its potential significant revenue growth, due to Jefferies' checks that "suggest Volterra recently engaged with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the first time as Apple is not satisfied with its current...
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Stock Trading Volatile Around FOMC Statement; Markets End Flat (SPY, QQQQ, GLD, USO, TLT, UUP)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 4:55pm | 571For much of the trading session, stocks traded in a tight range as traders prepared for today's FOMC statement at a little after 2 p.m. EST. Upon the release of that statement, however, things got a little wild. The Federal Reserve essentially said that the economy remains weak, and that they would...
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Zings of the day (NOK, MSFT)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 4:13pm | 157Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is betting on growth of the Zune in Europe, as it looks to take on Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). It will use the Xbox, which already has a significant market share in Europe to help its campaign. So it's business as usual at Microsoft. Take a good product, and drag it through...
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SKM to Enter LightSquared Venture - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 3:15pm | 906SK Telecom Corp. Ltd. Co. (SKM), the largest wireless carrier of South Korea, is again trying its luck in the nearly saturated but lucrative U.S. wireless market. The company has decided to invest in the LightSquared venture, which is trying to become a U.S. wholesale wireless operator...
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Dell Launches New SMB Solutions - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 1:33pm | 460Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker Dell Inc. (DELL) recently rolled out a series of new solutions targeted at small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). The solutions will help the SMBs to upgrade their information technology (IT) platform. Dell's newly launched products are PowerEdge servers,...
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Tuesday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, AAPL, GOOG, SNDK)
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:00pm | 157The overall market is hovering around the flat-line this morning as investors await the FOMC meeting commentary due out later in the day; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is lower by 1.06 points, trading at $1,141. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Citigroup (NYSE: C) 256,256...
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Possible iPhone Coming To Verizon?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 9:45am | 198Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) has Wells Fargo convinced that the likelihood of a CDMA/iPhone for Verizon is very likely in 1Q2011, while AT&T (NYSE: T) may see a benefit to its margins (~100-150bps) from the removal of its exlusivity agreement with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Wells Fargo reports...
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Oppenheimer Reports Upbeat Meeting With Teradata Management
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 9:25am | 166Recently following an upbeat meeting with Teradata (NYSE: TDC) management and recent M&A activity, Oppenheimer is raising it's price target to $41 from $38 and remain constructive on the stock. Despite a lackluster worldwide economic rebound, Oppenheimer believes demand for TDC's products...
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IBM Bids for Netezza - Analyst Blog
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 9:09am | 1410A premier Information Technology (IT) services provider, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire data warehouse company Netezza Corp. (NZ) in an all cash transaction of $1.70 billion or $27.00 per share. The price of $27.00 per share reflects a 9.8% premium on September...