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US Stock Futures Up As Investors Await Industrial Production, Housing Data; H-P, Wal-Mart Earnings In Focus
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 6:27am | 511US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting industrial production and housing data, along with earnings reports from Hewlett-Packard Co (NYSE: HPQ) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE: WMT). Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 39 points to 12,548.00 and futures on...
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Earnings Preview for Hewlett Packard (HPQ, DELL, CSCO, ORCL, AAPL, GOOG)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 4:26am | 455Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is expected to announce its Q1 earnings report on Tuesday, May 17, after the markets close. Analysts are expecting earnings per share to reach $1.21, or 11% higher than in the same period last year. Revenues should stand at $31.54 billion, or 2.2% above the value...
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Earnings Scheduled For May 17 (SKS, HD, DKS, WMT, HPQ, TJX, GILT, CHUX, DELL, ADI, TSL, SYPR, VSAT, YTEC)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 12:46am | 369Saks Inc (NYSE: SKS) is estimated to post its Q1 EPS at $0.16 on revenue of $724.46 million. Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) is projected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.49 per share on revenue of $17.02 billion. Dick's Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE: DKS) is expected to report its Q1 earnings at $0.29 per...
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Consumer Now in Question 05-16-2011
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 7:03pm | 953Cusick's Corner Breach! Pressure mounts in Washington as the debt ceiling was breached (bad for the postal pension holders), sending the bond markets to their best levels. Government pension holders will be the backstop at least through the summer. In the commodity world, the floods along the...
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Schizophrenic Market
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 3:46pm | 295If you are an intra-day stock trader you will have noticed that the major stock market indexes have traded all over the map. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has traded over 300 points from its intra-day peaks and troughs. The driving force behind every stock market move is the U.S. Dollar Index(...
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IBM Opens Senegal Subsidiary
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 3:02pm | 39IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the opening of a new branch office in Dakar, Senegal, as part of the company's geographic expansion initiative to strategically increase its presence in key growth markets.
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Play Flash Games on Your iPad
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 1:31pm | 130Some dreams are merely fantasies. Other dreams come true. iSWiFTER could very well be the dream-come-true company, provided that its claim is accurate. The service and accompanying iPad App will reportedly stream Flash-based games right to your favorite Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) device....
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Options Volume Explodes on Dell Inc. (DELL)
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 12:48pm | 125Shares of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) are lower on the session by 1.80%, currently trading at $16.07. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past four months and is currently trading above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Puts are very active on the name today with over 96,000 puts...
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Apple Shows Signs Of Key Break Down
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 12:32pm | 232Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been stuck in purgatory for weeks now, trading sideways to lower. It did not matter if the markets were sharply higher or lower, Apple continued to trade flat to lower. This pattern for many is known as bullish consolidation but the price action was unbelievably poor....
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Cloud Computing Stock News Alert; IBM and GROUP Business Software AG Sign Cloud Computing Joint Cooperation Agreement
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 11:23am | 628NEW YORK - May 16, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) - GBS Enterprises Incorporated's (OTCBB:GBSX) subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG (GBS), signed a joint cooperation agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to provide cloud computing to their enterprise clients in Germany. GBS...
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No foolproof way to know the future for Microsoft (MSFT) and Skype?
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 10:21am | 1515In past one year, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has lost $2.5bn in its web based business. Company spend $2 to make $1 in revenue. Buying and “integrating” the Internet telephony giant Skype will make the picture even harder. So, again, why spend $8.5bn on Skype considering the company incurred a...
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Need Followers? Buy a Sticker
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 10:20am | 159With so many websites vying for your social media devotion, it's becoming increasingly difficult to get people to “follow” you on Twitter, “friend” you on Facebook, or simply watch you on YouTube (NASDAQ: GOOG). But if FollowMeSticker.com has anything to say about it, that will soon change. While...
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Cloud Computing Stock News; IBM and GROUP Business Software AG (OTCBB:GBSX) Sign Cloud Computing Joint Cooperation Agreement
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 9:00am | 40NEW YORK - May 16, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) – GBS Enterprises Incorporated's (OTCBB:GBSX) subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG (GBS), signed a joint cooperation agreement with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to provide cloud computing to their enterprise clients in Germany.
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Cloud Computing Stock News; IBM and GROUP Business Software AG (OTCBB:GBSX) Sign Cloud Computing Joint Cooperation Agreement
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 9:00am | 40NEW YORK - May 16, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) – GBS Enterprises Incorporated's (OTCBB:GBSX) subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG (GBS), signed a joint cooperation agreement with IBM (NYSE:IBM) to provide cloud computing to their enterprise clients in Germany.
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How effectively Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Is Creating Value?
Monday, May 16, 2011 - 6:03am | 1465Akamai Technologies (AKAM)- Akamai provides services for accelerating and improving the delivery of content and applications over the Internet is trading at a price of $33.95, a dramatic change of -0.20 with % change of -0.59 from its previous day's close. Currently, the company has a Market...