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Benzinga's Top Pre-Market NASDAQ Losers
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 8:26am | 115Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CTXS) dipped 2.62% to $80 in the pre-market session. Analysts at JP Morgan downgraded Citrix Systems from “neutral” to “underweight.” CA Inc (NASDAQ: CA) dropped 1.91% to $22.04 in the pre-market trading. CA's trailing-twelve-month ROA is 6.50%. Research In Motion...
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Skype Down Again This Morning, Begging the Question: When Will This End?
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 7:49am | 180Will the day ever come when we can get up in the morning without fearing that Skype will be down? The newly acquired Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) entity has been imperiled since the day it was launched, fading in and out of service faster than America Online (NYSE: AOL). (Alright, NOTHING is as bad...
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E3 2011: Halo 4 Teaser Creates Huge Buzz, But is That All from Microsoft?
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 6:31pm | 79Millions of gamers all over the world are excited to hear that a fourth Halo is on its way (with Master Chief, no less). But other than this one massive announcement, was Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) E3 press conference a bust? Like or loathe the Xbox maker's presentation, let's kick back and drool...
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E3 2011: Halo 4 Teaser Creates Huge Buzz, But is That All from Microsoft?
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 6:22pm | 309Millions of gamers all over the world are excited to hear that a fourth Halo is on its way (with Master Chief, no less). But other than this one massive announcement, was Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) E3 press conference a bust? Like or loathe the Xbox maker's presentation, let's kick back and drool...
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Apple Overtakes Wintel
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 1:58pm | 113Apple (NASDAQ: APPL) is now worth more than the once feared, and now maligned combination of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). Apple is worth $317.6 billion as of Friday's close, while Microsoft was worth $201.59 billion, and Intel was worth $115.21 billion, making Apple worth...
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Lunch Update: Markets Hold Slightly Negative
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 1:13pm | 270The markets are hovering slightly negative on the day as the economic picture of Europe and the United States continues to look grim. The Dollar has been slowly inching higher throughout the day, keeping the markets from surging back towards the flat line. The PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish...
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Microsoft E3 Leak: Halo 4 Confirmed
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 12:41pm | 69Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has apparently mistakenly leaked details of new product launches today. According to the company's XBOX E3 Page, Halo 4 is confirmed to be on its way to market, along with Dance Central 2, and Kinect Star Wars. The company will also be unveiling new Kinect Fun Labs games...
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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Reinstates VMware at Buy
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 9:46am | 106Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on VMware (NYSE: VMW), reinstating VMW at Buy. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Server virtualization continues to be a top priority for CIO's driving the penetration of virtual workloads in the enterprise and VMware remains the market leader...
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Deutsche Bank Maintains Hold on Oracle
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 9:40am | 148Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), reiterating Hold. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "Oracle is the leader in database and middleware software and has recently entered the server market through the acquisition of Sun's hardware. We believe that organic...
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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Reinstates Microsoft at Buy
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 9:33am | 132Deutsche Bank is out with its report today on Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), reinstating MSFT at Buy. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "We reinstate our rating on MSFT at Buy and PT at $27. PC's in the consumer space continue to be cannibalized by iPad/tablet and smartphone adoption. However...
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EarlyBirdCapital Downgrades Dynamics Research Corporation To Hold, Removes PT
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 8:12am | 97EarlyBirdCapital has downgraded Dynamics Research Corporation (NASDAQ: DRCO) from Buy to Hold and has removed the company's price target. In the report, EarlyBird writes, "DRCO announced its intention to acquire High Performance Technologies (HPTI – privately owned) for $143 million in cash, or...
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Evercore Upgrades Red Hat To Overweight, $50 PT
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 6:34am | 27Evercore Partners has upgraded Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) from Neutral to Overweight and has raised the price target to $50.
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Stocks To Watch For June 6
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 12:48am | 276Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects G-III Apparel Group Ltd (NASDAQ: GIII) to post its Q1 EPS at $0.04 on revenue of $195.36 million. GIII shares declined 2.50% to close at $38.98 on Friday. Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ: ERTS) is scheduled to hold press...
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Curing Our Ills with Innovation
Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 11:19pm | 1502Fareed Zakaria thoughts have blanketed both traditional and internet media outlets, spanning everything from Newsweek to Time, and the New York Times to CNN. With an undergraduate diploma from Yale and his PhD from Harvard, Dr. Zakaria has built up quite a following, especially when it comes to...
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Why Clouds are Green: Cloud Computing Stocks
Friday, June 3, 2011 - 10:32pm | 1074Cloud computing can go a long way to reducing carbon footprints and businesses are catching on. But the biggest advantage to companies is the cost savings. Corporations that utilize cloud computing don't need to periodically upgrade computers as often, and they don't need to own a lot of servers....