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Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: EMC, International Business Machines, Hewlett-Packard, NetApp and Dell - Press Releases
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:18am | 1064For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – September 14, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: EMC Corp. (EMC), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ), NetApp Inc. (NTAP) and Dell Inc. (DELL ). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit...
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Tech Apple's Top 5 Blunders
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:04am | 365NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) sudden change of heart on application developer restrictions last week was a rare humbling moment for tech's top agenda setter. The move was most accurately seen as a reversal of Steve Jobs' 'Thoughts on Flash' letter written in April. It was a bold,...
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Apple's Free iPhone Bumper Case Program Ending
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 7:00am | 183When Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) released its newest generation iPhone, the iPhone 4, it was received just as well as all the previous models. People waited in lines for hours, and those who were shut out on the first day had weeks of waiting to get their hands on the new precious iPhone....
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Top 4 Stocks In The Business Equipment Industry With The Highest EPS Estimates (CSTR, PBI, DBD, HNI)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 6:56am | 165Below are the top business equipment stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of earnings estimate for the next year. The earnings estimate for Coinstar Inc (NASDAQ: CSTR) for the next year ending December, 2011 is $2.85 per share. CSTR's quarterly earnings gained 92.10% y/y. Pitney Bowes Inc (...
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Consumer Reports Continues To Savage iPhone 4
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 6:50am | 232Now that Apple Inc (Nasdaq: AAPL) has said it will stop giving people a little rubber case to improve reception of the iPhone 4, Consumer Reports is back in the market with a savage report on the handset. It is as if Apple had done nothing at all to help its customers. The consumer advocacy...
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IBM's New Poland Center - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 7:03pm | 614International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) announced that it has opened a new technology service delivery center in Wroclaw, Poland. This center aims at capitalizing on the opportunities in the services, business process outsourcing capabilities and optimization business. The cost details were not...
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EMC Leads in Storage Market - Analyst Blog
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 2:39pm | 862EMC Corp. (EMC) gained market share in the external storage market during the second quarter ended June. According to technology research firm IDC, EMC is leader in the external storage market. According to IDC, EMC's market share improved to 25.7% in the reported quarter from 22.0% in the year-...
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ETF'S Rallying Today (XLF, QQQQ)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 2:22pm | 160Shares of the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE: XLF) are strongly higher today, as concerns of the Basel III capital requirements have been eased. Basel III, which was a conference set in Basel, Switzerland set the common equity requirements for international banks to be expanded over eight years...
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Top Narrow Based Indexes For September 13 (ARST, HTZ)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 1:59pm | 236By 1:29 pm, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 51.84 points, or 0.50%, to 10,514.61, while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had gained 9.56 points, or 0.86%. The NASDAQ composite index rose 33.82 points, or 1.51%. Some of the narrow based indexes that are driving the market are IT...
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HPQ To Buy ARST For $1.5 Billion
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 1:47pm | 121Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) has agreed to buy ArcSight Inc (NASDAQ: ARST) in a $1.5 billion deal. The deal is HPQ's second substantial purchase in the past two weeks, following the company's acquisition of 3PAR (NYSE: PAR). Last month HP acquired software security vendor Fortify Software....
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Breaking: Former IBM Executive Gets 6 Months in Insider Trading Case (IBM)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:47am | 40A former IBM (NYSE: IBM) executive has been sentenced to 6 months in prison for his role in the Galleon insider trading case. Shares of IBM are up 1.1% this morning, to $129.41. Story developing...
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Monday's Mid-day Options Volume Leaders (C, BAC, JPM, AAPL, MSFT)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 11:14am | 130The overall market is breathing a sigh of relief on less strict than expected bank regulation news; currently, the S&P 500 (CBOE: SPX) is higher by 12.51 points, trading at $1,121. Note that VIX futures are sliding a bit as well, with the front month off $1.10, trading at $21.95. Here are your...
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Mid-Day Market Movers (GTSI, ARST, OCCF, SOCB)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:46am | 148GTSI Corp (NASDAQ: GTSI) jumped 35.91% to $7.04 at 10:20 am. Eyak Technology has once again proposed to buy all the outstanding shares of GTSI at $7.00 per share in cash. Arc Sight Inc (NASDAQ: ARST) climbed 25.13% to $43.92. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has agreed to acquire ARST for $1.5 billion...
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Company News for September 13, 2010 - Corporate Summary
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 10:15am | 828• Deutsche Bank (NYSE: DB) announced plans to raise at least $12.5 billion in fresh capital to meet stricter capital requirements and increase its stake in Postbank from 30% currently • Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) confirmed its intentions to acquire ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) for $1.5 billion • Hertz...
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Futures Up Solid On Dealmaking, Basel III And Chinese Data (HPQ, ARST)
Monday, September 13, 2010 - 9:32am | 256The futures are solidly higher this morning, on continued deal making in the tech sector, good news from data coming out of China, and better than expected Basel III requirements. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) announced this morning that it was buying ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) for $1.5 billion in cash...