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Microsoft - The Stock It Seems Everyone Loves to Hate
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:22pm | 940Back in the Halycon days of the tech bubble there were 4 Wall Street darlings that made investors a fortune. In the beginning there was Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) who were commonly referred to as the “Four Horsemen”. Everyone used...
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Some Observers Now Call Dell BlackBerry Maker's Top Suitor
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 6:38pm | 94The scent of a wounded Research In Motion in a jungle of predators has raised speculation the BlackBerry maker will be acquired. Leading the list of likeliest buyers are Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Microsoft (MSFT) and several Asian companies. All covet bigger positions in the market for...
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5 Dividend Paying Giants of Technology Trading at Absurdly Low Valuations?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 4:22pm | 3647Any owner of a business will tell you that the value of their business is based upon the earnings and cash flows it generates on their behalf. The more profitable the business is, the more valuable it is to its owners. In addition to just being common sense, this principle is also...
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How You Like Them Apples?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 2:51pm | 290Well, over the past 90 days, frankly people haven't. Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) have swan-dived lower and lower, recently touching $310.50. Just as a reference point, remember that AAPL was trading near $360 in February. So…what to do? It is hard not to be bearish on Apple Inc. over the...
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Is Apple Screwing Hollywood with Final Cut Pro X?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 2:40pm | 402It has been compared to Windows Vista. It has been called “big,” “clunky,” and “just an upgrade of iMovie.” And it runs exclusively on Mac computers. It is (drum roll please)… Final Cut Pro X! The long-awaited, lower-cost, download-only upgrade to the world's second most popular video editing...
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Old School Tech Stocks: Where To Buy
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 1:04pm | 293There are mega players in technology land that have been monsters in the past. These companies are still a force to reckon with, however, their stock prices have fallen drastically. The three main old school tech stocks are Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)...
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Wednesday's Mid-Day Options Volume Leaders
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 12:14pm | 84Here are today's mid-day options volume leaders… 1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) 122,101 contracts, 65.4% calls, 34.6% puts 2. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) 107,425 contracts, 79.1% calls, 20.9% puts 3. Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) 67,037 contracts, 50.4% calls, 49.6% puts 4. Citigroup Inc. (NYSE...
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3.5 Reasons Why Not to Short the World, China, or Apple
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 12:13pm | 765I was feeling negative about everything. I wanted to tell Copernicus's ghost that I subscribed to the geocentric view and was placing a bet that the center of the universe was about to implode. I was even preparing to short Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Then I had drinks with The Renewable Man Tuesday...
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Desperate RIM Bulls Resort to Takeover Chatter
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 11:16am | 940By Michael Comeau Shares of Research in Motion are looking cheap after a dismal earnings report, and shareholders' last hope is an unlikely buyout. As someone who's ridden once-hot tech stocks down to the bottom, I can relate to what Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) shareholders are going...
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Goldman Sachs Suggests Buying Puts on Dell Inc.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 10:09am | 149Goldman Sachs is out with a research note this morning, where it suggests that traders buy puts on Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) ahead of its analyst day. Goldman Sachs Hardware Analyst Bill Shope rates DELL shares Sell and sees 20% downside to his $13 12-month price target. Ahead of DELL's June 28...
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Apple Continues To Power Higher
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 9:54am | 93Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares are extending the gains from yesterday, which is one reason the NASDAQ has moved off its lows of the session. The NASDAQ had been down as much as 7 points, but is now only off 3 points as traders await results from the FOMC today. Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a...
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A Week of Renewal: Nokia Shakes Up Management, Emphasizes Location-Based Services
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 6:50am | 291A day after the release of its newest smartphone, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced Wednesday the promotion of an executive, Michael Halbherr, to head the company's re-emphasis on mobile and location-based services. Nokia has been revamping its operations around the world since its new Chief Executive,...
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IBM - The Only Company That Should Buy Research in Motion
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 5:47am | 1202Not so long ago, Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) was a well respected company. At the time, even after iPhone debuted, I still encountered people who used the company as an example to illustrate why innovation was important. However, I was never a fan of the Blackberry, and I just didn't...
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An online world
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 1:01am | 713What does the future hold? If you knew with 100% certainty, your plans would be bombproof. You would have no need for earnings forecasts or market predictions. You'd never have to guess at anything. You'd have no need for dreams or what-if scenarios. Well, fortunately for all involved, that is not...
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Apple: Music in the clouds
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 8:00pm | 114by Paul McWilliams, editor Next Inning On the surface, iCloud appears to be only an incremental evolutionary step for Apple (AAPL). However, when you look at it a bit more deeply, and in combination with Apple's new operating system features, it very nicely fills gaps that exist today between...