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Microsoft Corp (MSFT) unprecedented pay raises- talent war
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 7:54am | 894Microsoft Corp (MSFT) plans to an unprecedented pay raises and stock awards to attract and retain top talent. Every new dollar earned by each of the 40,000 employees who live in the region will generate another dollar in car sales, restaurant meals, sales of flat-screen televisions and maybe even...
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Microsoft to Raise Employee Compensation in Effort to Retain Talent (MSFT)
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 6:34am | 179Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) plans to broadly raise employee compensation to attract and retain top talent, CEO Steve Ballmer said in an internal memo obtained by Reuters on Thursday. Microsoft must improve the way it rewards and supports its most talented staff, Ballmer said. "Through...
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Chipotle Added To S&P 500; Falls After Earnings (CMG)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 3:29pm | 155Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) released its Q1 earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported 22.7% year over year EPS growth, to $1.46 versus $1.19 in the year ago quarter. This came in ahead of analysts' consensus of $1.44. Revenue was up 24.3% to $509.4 million compared to $409.7...
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Xata Corporation Names Scott G. Christian CFO
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 2:00pm | 51Xata Corporation (NASDAQ: XATA) today named Scott G. Christian as the company's chief financial officer. Christian was formerly president and chief executive officer of Spanlink Communications, Inc., a Minneapolis-based Cisco partner focused on designing, implementing and supporting contact center...
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Microsoft Competing For Top Talent, Will Institute Pay Raises (MSFT)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 1:14pm | 187As the company tries to compete for top tech talent with Facebook, Google, Twitter, Apple, and others, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced it would be instituting pay raises and stock awards to bring in the best and brightest. According to a memo to Microsoft employees from CEO Steve Ballmer,...
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Unlocking Value in Growth
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 12:44pm | 3571By Mark McMillan When investors are looking for growth, it usually refers to securities that will achieve better than average capital gains as opposed to dividend yields. When farmers are looking for growth, they are looking at ways to produce better than average crop yield using the same amount...
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Cloud Computing Stocks Close-Up
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 12:16pm | 878POINT ROBERTS, Wash., April 21 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a leader in sector stock including tech stocks, issues a cloud computing stock sector snapshot for morning trading following a recent run in several of the stocks in the sector. Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX), a s pecialist in hosting and...
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Apple Topples Analyst Estimates Once Again
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 11:19am | 809The market jacked higher yesterday. The indices were boosted by superb earnings results, mostly technology earnings from stalwarts like Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) IBM (NYSE: IBM) and VMware (Nasdaq: VMW) which each reported record first quarters. Great financial reports from those...
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Evolving Systems Resumes Trading (EVOL)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:55am | 14Evolving Systems (NASDAQ: EVOL) Resumes Trading
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REMINDER: EVOL To Resume Trading At 7:55am (EVOL)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:51am | 18REMINDER: Evolving Systems (NASDAQ: EVOL) to resume trading at 7:55am.
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UPDATE: Wunderlich Raises PT on VMware to $95 (VMW)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:43am | 126Wunderlich is out with its report today on VMware (NYSE: VMW), raising its PT from $80 to $95. In a note to clients, Wunderlich writes, "Our $95 price target reflects approximately a 1.45x PEG ratio on our upwardly revised estimated FTM earnings. While this target reflects a premium P/E relative...
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Evolving Systems to Sell Its Numbering Solutions Business to Neustar for $39M
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:29am | 69Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL)today announced a definitive agreement to sell its Numbering Solutions business to Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) for $39.0 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. Specific terms of the transaction, which is subject to stockholder approval and...
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Evolving Systems Trading Halted Pending News (EVOL)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 7:23am | 16Evolving Systems (NASDAQ: EVOL) Trading Halted Pending News.
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Top Trade Ideas for Thursday, April 21
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 6:27am | 2954( click to enlarge ) Good morning everyone. When I mentioned ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD) on Monday the stock had just breached the triangle's resistance around $1.90 and yesterday it closed at $2.19. This jump has also helped the stock breach its immediate resistance level of $...
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Wunderlich Raises PT on VMware To $95
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 6:10am | 26Wunderlich Securities has raised the price target on VMware (NYSE: VMW) from $80 to $95 and maintains its Hold rating.