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Oracle Gets Big Earnings Beat - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 5:06pm | 434Oracle Corp. (ORCL) has reported fiscal first quarter 2011 earnings results after the bell Thursday, and the much-anticipated report did not disappoint Oracle investors. Citing strength in new software licensing, Oracle reported a 50% jump in revenues (non-GAAP) to $7.6 billion in the quarter. This...
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RIMM Tops Estimates, Ups Guidance - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 5:06pm | 626Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) did what it had to do in its fiscal second-quarter with better-than-expected EPS and revenue, and, more importantly, a solid outlook for the fiscal third quarter. Now the question is: did it do enough to win over analysts that had been rather down on the company...
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Apple Breaks Above $275 (AAPL)
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 3:46pm | 115Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) have broken above the $275 level during Thursday's trading session. AAPL has made a dramatic move higher from around the $240 level in just a matter of a couple of weeks. It has been nearly a straight shot up. The stock has broken out of its summer range and may be...
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RIM Short Interest Doubles in Six Months (RIMM)
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 3:09pm | 288The number of bets that stock in BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) will decline has doubled since April 15. As the stock has been punished, more investors appear to be questioning whether the company can continue to compete with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Google's (NASDAQ:...
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Google v. Apple: The Tablet Wars (GOOG, AAPL)
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 2:16pm | 352The battle for tablet computer market share is heating up just in time for holiday shopping, as devices running Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android software battle Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. While the iPad has been well received, selling 3 million units in the first 80 days, adoption of Android is...
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VMware Offers Fusion @ $9.99 - Analyst Blog
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 12:39pm | 974A leading provider of virtualization infrastructure software solutions VMware Inc. (VMW) has launched a limited period VMware Fusion upgrade program for users of Parallels Desktop, Macintosh version, for $9.99. Under the program, Parallels Macintosh users will be able to switch over to VMWare...
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Thursday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (F, RIMM, AAPL, C, XRX)
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 11:45am | 156The overall market is trading slightly lower today; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is off 4.48 points, trading at $1,120. Precious metals are largely higher on the session and the U.S. Dollar weaker. Here are your mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) 122,342 contracts...
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Stock Market News for September 16, 2010 - Market News
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 10:15am | 1066A rally in the last half hour of trading sent U.S. stocks higher on Wednesday, as Japan's move to rein in the yen helped the U.S. dollar regain some strength. The Japanese currency had risen to a new 15-year high against the greenback on Tuesday, prompting the Japanese prime minister to announce...
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GE Capital to Provide Financing for Dell's Channel Partners
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 9:29am | 60GE Capital (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has been chosen by Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and Dell Financial Services to support a new end-user financing program. This program applies to sales of technology solutions generated through Dell's 20,000+ channel partners in the U.S.
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Apple To Start Selling Newspaper Subscriptions?
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:57am | 188The word on the street is that newspaper subscriptions could be coming to Apple's iPad soon. And this makes sense. Apple, Inc (Nasdaq: AAPL)'s iPad sold more units than analysts expected, and seems to be a real hit. It is spawning a host of soon-to-be Android powered imitators. While it has added...
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5 Potential iPad Killers
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:55am | 285NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Samsung's Galaxy is about to expand. Late Thursday evening, at a posh midtown Manhattan gala, the Korean tech firm is expected to launch its Galaxy Tab device, a thin tablet computer aimed squarely at Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPad. "[Samsung has] a strong position in handsets...
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Company News for September 15, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:33am | 656• MasterCard's (NYSE: MA) board approved repurchase of up to $1 billion of its Class A common shares • Needham & Co. maintained its "buy" rating on Varian Semiconductor (NASDAQ: VSEA), but lowered the price target to $32 from $35 • Citigroup (NYSE: C) initiated coverage of General Electric (...
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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Oracle, Hewlett Packard, International Business Machines, Teradata and SAP AG - Press Releases
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:33am | 1795For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 16, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: Oracle Corp. (ORCL), Hewlett Packard Company (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Teradata Corp. (TDC) and SAP AG (SAP ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit...
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Apple's Downfall, Android Sales
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 7:19am | 200Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is no longer the major challenge to the sales of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android-powered smartphones are. New data from comScore show that Android is still gaining on both Apple and RIM in the US market, and that, for the first...
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BP Brand Takes Big Hit Following Spill
Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 3:48am | 227BP (NYSE: BP), Europe's second-largest oil company, has seen its brand value take a major hit following the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The British oil giant was removed from Interbrand's list of the world's 100 most valuable brands for the first time since the list started 11 years ago. Last year,...