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Dump Your Shares Of HP Now
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 4:54pm | 187It’s time to sell shares of Hewlett Packard (HPQ) CEO Mark Hurd resigned today amidst news of an ongoing sexual harassment investigation. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Hurd violated HP’s standards of business conduct.” HP investors should look to exit the stock. Hurd was the reason for...
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HP CEO Mark Hurd Resigns (HPQ)
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 4:12pm | 383HP (NYSE: HPQ) today announced that Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Hurd has decided with the Board of Directors to resign his positions effective immediately. The Board has appointed CFO Cathie Lesjak, 51, as CEO on an interim basis. Lesjak is a 24-year veteran of the company...
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Apple And Google Falling On Friday (AAPL, GOOG)
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 1:48pm | 153Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) simply cannot get above $260 and sustain that level. The stock seems to be trading heavy. For whatever reason, despite the strong fundamentals, bullish analyst outlook, and seemingly reasonable valuation, the shares have not been able to march higher over the last few months....
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Apple Caught In A Tight Range. Breakout Or Breakdown?
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 1:33pm | 160Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) in the key range it created after reporting stellar earnings on July 20th, 2010. The trading day following those earnings saw Apple gap higher to the $265.00 range, only to sell off to $254.00 level into the close. That range has created what I call a box trading range...
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A+ Stocks for Back to School - Investment Ideas
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 9:50am | 1200Just when everybody starts having fun, the party is about to end. That's what every single 12 yr. old in the country is thinking right now as another school year lurks around the corner. Ya, it's a bummer kid, but here's the up side; it's time for Mom and Dad to spend a little money on you, so be...
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Did Research In Motion (RIMM) Blow It?
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 8:44am | 2090Well, RIM … “Ya Blew It!” Imagine this phrase uttered like De Niro said to Stallone in Cop Land, just with much more conviction. I am putting the pom-poms down and the party is over for Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) in my humble opinion – at least for a while. Since 2008, I have written many...
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Apple May Buy Chinese Software Maker
Friday, August 6, 2010 - 7:26am | 86Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) will reportedly use some of its $46 billion in cash to buy China's Handseeing, a privately held software developer. A Handseeing executive confirmed his company is in talks with Apple and said a deal could be struck by September. Further details weren't reported. The...
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Juniper Wins British Telecom Deal - Analyst Blog
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 5:33pm | 637Leading networking infrastructure products and services provider Juniper Networks Inc. (JNPR) recently announced that it would provide MX Series Universal Edge Routers to British Telecommunications Plc. Founded in the U.K., British Telecommunications is the wholly owned subsidiary of BT Group...
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Tech Roundup (RIMM, AAPL, INTC, GOOG, CSCO, ORCL, MSFT)
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 2:37pm | 126Shares of technology companies are largely lower on Thursday, as stocks have pulled back slightly ahead of Friday's critical jobs report. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has lost 0.54% to $261.56. Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) is down almost 2% to $52.34. Technology bellweather and semiconductor leader...
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Rupert Murdoch Feels iPad Is A Game Changer For News Media
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 2:35pm | 187According to an article on Guardian.uk, Media Mogul and CEO of News Corp (NYSE: NWS), Rupert Murdoch, praised Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad in a conference call with Wall Street analysts and described the device as a "game changer" for news media. Murdoch forecast that eventually "hundreds and...
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Teradata Beats Zacks Consensus - Analyst Blog
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 1:53pm | 821Before the opening bell today, Teradata Corp. (TDC) reported fiscal 2010 second-quarter earnings of 44 cents per share, up 22.2% from 36 cents per share reported in the year-ago quarter. The company beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 41 cents per share by 3 cents. Earnings benefited from an...
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What's Hot on TheStreet
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 12:43pm | 295Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com. Women Feel Stereotyped by Wealth Managers Most well-to-do women surveyed by The Boston Consulting Group say wealth managers need to do a better job serving their needs as they face frustrating stereotypes that leave them feeling like...
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News Summary (RIG, BP, NWS, RIMM, AAPL)
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 11:56am | 216Transocean (NYSE: RIG) said that it is protected against fines and lawsuits related to the Deepwater Horizon incident due to its contract with BP (NYSE: BP). Under the contract signed by both companies for the use of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, BP had agreed to bear most of the legal burden...
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Zacks' Voice of the People highlights opportunities with STEC, IBM - Press Releases
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 8:53am | 819For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – August 05, 2010 – Zacks highlights commentary from People and Picks Trader “rjm77me”. For more Voice of the People, visit http://at.zacks.com/?id=5851 Featured Post STEC - Adding to Buy Watch STEC Inc. (STEC) beats by $0.09, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS above...
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CSL: High iPhone 4 Demand In Hong Kong Causing Delivery Challenges
Thursday, August 5, 2010 - 8:29am | 257BEIJING -(Dow Jones)- Telstra Corp.'s (TLS.AU) Hong Kong unit, CSL Ltd., said Thursday it is facing challenges delivering Apple Inc.'s (Nasdaq: AAPL) iPhone 4 due to "overwhelmingly high demand" less than one week after it started offering the phone, in a new sign of a shortage of the popular...