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MICROS Announces Agreement To Acquire Torex Retail Holdings for 114.5 Pounds
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 3:08pm | 116MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire the outstanding stock of Torex Retail Holdings, Ltd. from its private equity owners. The...
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MICROS and Pinkberry Initiate Rollout of Google Wallet
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 8:14am | 151MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) is pleased to announce that it has partnered with global yogurt retailer, Pinkberry, to implement Google Wallet (NASDAQ: GOOG). When used with MICROS POS, Google Wallet allows Pinkberry customers to tap their device on an NFC (Near Field Communications) reader...
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UPDATE: Jefferies Raises PT to $60 on MICROS Systems
Monday, February 6, 2012 - 7:46am | 98Jefferies reiterates its Buy rating on MICROS Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS) and raises its price target to $60 from $58 following the company's most recent 10-Q filing. Jefferies comments, "We have updated our model to include the Balance Sheet and Cash Flow breakout provided in MCRS' F2Q12 10-Q but...
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End-of-Day Market Summary for December 20, 2011
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 4:20pm | 598This is your Benzinga news summary for Tuesday, December 20, 2011, covering headlines from Tuesday's daytime trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 337.17 points or 2.87%, the S&P 500 traded 2.98% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded up 3.19%, and the...
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RBC Capital Upgrades MICROS Systems to Top Pick
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 10:03am | 21RBC Capital has upgraded MICROS Systems (NASDAQ: MCRS) from Outperform to Top Pick.
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UPDATE: Oppenheimer Raising Price Target on Micros Systems
Friday, October 28, 2011 - 6:51am | 157Oppenheimer & Co. is out with a research report on Micros Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) and is raising its price target to $57, and it has an Outperform rating on shares. In a note to clients, Oppenheimer & Co. writes, "MCRS built on its solid FY11 business momentum and started FY12 on the...
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Orient-Express Selects MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS for its Hotels Worldwide
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 8:14am | 72MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS), is pleased to announce that Orient-Express Hotels Ltd. (NYSE: OEH), owners or part-owners and managers of 49 luxury hotel, restaurant, tourist train and river cruise properties operating in 24 countries, has selected MICROS OPERA and MICROS POS solutions. The...
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Vienna International Hotel Management AG Select MICROS as its Preferred Vendor
Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 10:13am | 133MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCRS) announces that Vienna International Hotelmanagement AG has selected MICROS as the preferred technology vendor for all of its first-class hotels and resorts across Europe. The MICROS OPERA Enterprise Solution, including Materials Control, as well as a variety of...
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Microsoft Collecting Location Data on the Sly? I'm Stunned!
Friday, September 2, 2011 - 8:43am | 215Who knew that a multi-billion-dollar corporation could be so deceptive and sneaky? Benzinga's own John Thorpe did, suggesting earlier this year that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) chose to acquire Skype in order to spy on us. Now TechCrunch is reporting that the Windows maker is being sued for...
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E-Commerce: An Elixir for Your Portfolio in an Uncertain Economy
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 12:24pm | 845At a time when continuing growth of the U. S. economy appears not so certain, investors often look to overweight industries that can continue to grow. E-commerce is an industry that fits the bill. According to Forrester Research, U. S. e-commerce industry grew by 12.6% to $176 billion in 2010 and...
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Benzinga's Political Round Up, August 31, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:53am | 73The FBI, Justice Department and SEC are reportedly investigating Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) for possible bribery. The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a petition to block AT&T's (NYSE: T) takeover of T-Mobile.
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Why Hewlett-Packard's TouchPad Tablet Strategy Has Value
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:29am | 467By Michael Comeau Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) just cracked the code on getting a tablet noticed in a crowded market -- you take it away! On August 18, HP announced a major restructuring initiative, including the elimination of its poorly selling TouchPad tablet (see Unable to Beat Apple, HP Takes on...
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UPDATE: Wells Fargo Initiaties Red Hat at Outperform
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 8:54am | 102Wells Fargo is out with its report today on Red Hat (NYSE: RHT), initiating RHT at Outperform. In its report, Wells Fargo writes, "We are initiating coverage of RedHat with an Outperform rating on the shares and a $45-50 valuation range. RedHat has evolved over the years from providing OS software...
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UPDATE: Wells Fargo Initiates BMC Software at Outperform
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 8:44am | 122Wells Fargo is out with its report today on BMC Software (NYSE: BMC), initiating BMC at Outperform. In its report, Wells Fargo writes, "In our view, BMC is well positioned to benefit from secular trends in cloud management and virtualization and is one of our top picks to play the cloud/...
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Wells Fargo Initiates BMC, CTXS, RHT At Outperform
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 8:26am | 57Wells Fargo has initiated coverage on the following companies: BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) Outperform, valuation range $45-$50 Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS) Outperform, valuation range $65-$70 Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) Outperform, valuation range $45-$50