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There are many estimates of the size of the e-reader market and which companies have the most market share. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) claims it has sold “millions of Kindles” and that the device is the most popular item on its well-visited e-commerce site. Most researchers who cover the e-reader...

Bottomline Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: EPAY) tumbled 9.40% to $14.85 in the pre-market session. EPAY is offering to sell its common stock in an underwritten public offering. ProShares Trust QQQ (NASDAQ: TQQQ) lost 6.20% to $91.19 in the pre-market session. Dell Inc (NASDAQ: DELL) fell 3.72% to $13....

CNBC is reporting that Michael Dell has said he may take his company private. Shares of Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) have spiked on this news. The stock is currently 4.27% higher on the day at $13.68. Dell also said that there is not a high probability that the company will make a large acquisition. Dell...

The president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank, Thomas Hoenig, laid out his proposed plan to increase short-term interest rates to 4.5% in three stages. The rates will be increased to 1% by the summer end, then to 3% after assessing the outlook and finally to 4.5%. According to him, the...

The markets have maintained their volatile trend, however, Richard Del Bello, senior partner at Conifer Securities told CNBC that “there’s a feeling that we are forming a bottom.”. He added that there is upside potential in the long-term. He said, “A lot of people are playing on the short-side with...

The market is posting another gain today with the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) currently trading higher by 5 points to 1,102. If the market can hold these gains, a new bull formation will be confirmed, giving potential for a push higher to, at least, the 1,150 level. Here are your Options Volume...

These are this Thursday morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Alexion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALXN) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. American Capital, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ACAS) Cut to Sell at Stifel Nicolaus. Athenahealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHN...

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs says his company will not take on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in the search business.  The Apple App Store , however, already competes against Google in cellphones, mobile advertising and operating systems. Many of Apple’s 200,000 app downloads are shortcuts to the web...

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs says his company will not take on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in the search business.  The Apple App Store , however, already competes against Google in cellphones, mobile advertising and operating systems. Many of Apple’s 200,000 app downloads are shortcuts to the web...

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs says his company will not take on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in the search business.  The Apple App Store , however, already competes against Google in cellphones, mobile advertising and operating systems. Many of Apple’s 200,000 app downloads are shortcuts to the web...

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) Steve Jobs says his company will not take on Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) in the search business.  The Apple App Store , however, already competes against Google in cellphones, mobile advertising and operating systems. Many of Apple’s 200,000 app downloads are shortcuts to the web...

Jim Cramer said in an interview with Erin Burnett that Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a great buy at $15. When you take into the consideration the cash and Chinese assets that YHOO has, you will realize that this stock is very cheap. Cramer believes that Yahoo! (YHOO) is a long term investment with very...

With around 2 hours left in Wednesday's trading session, the Nasdaq has gained 30.46 points, or 1.37%, to 2,252.75. Buying pressure has been strong throughout the day, but based on recent market trends, investors and traders should discount today's strength until the last hour of the day. The...

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) Steve Jobs seems to have called the bottom on AT&T's (NYSE: T) network quality. Speaking on a variety of hot Apple topics at the All Things Digital show yesterday in southern California, Jobs also addressed the complaints of...