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US stock futures are lower this morning. Shares of Nokia Corp (NYSE: NOK) dropped in pre-market trading as the company unveiled partnership with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT). Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 48 points to 12,146.00, while those for the S&P 500 index declined...

IN the latest sign that corporate America's sensitive documents are being targeted, a new study says Chinese hackers infiltrated the networks of five major energy companies to acquire proprietary and highly confidential information. Security software maker McAfee (NYSE: MFE) revealed the apparent...

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) today announced that the Qatar Exchange, the principal stock market of Qatar and one of the leading stock markets in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, has migrated from IBM AIX and Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide a high-performance trading...

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today promoted Senior Vice President Satya Nadella to president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business. As president of the Server and Tools Business, Nadella will oversee the overall strategy, engineering, marketing and product development for Microsoft's server,...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ). Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL). Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). These are the names that came up when Benzinga spoke to Trevor Vernon about his hedge fund. Full Interview: Trevor Vernon, Founder Of BookingAlpha.com - Bulls, Bears, & Iron Condors - Zing Talk “The markets we...

Shares of Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) are higher on the session by 1.16%, trading at $44.62. Overall call volume is now running at 4.28x the daily average, with 59% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 5,493 contracts have traded on the session so far. Red Hat, Inc. is engaged in...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to mix up its executive staff. Oppenheimer, citing Bloomberg, believes, “Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is working to rejigger the company's management team with a focus on placing engineers in top positions over those with a sales/marketing bent.” Look for the...

McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today reported record financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2010. Record fourth quarter revenue reached $550 million, an increase of five percent year-over-year Record deferred revenue reached $1.5 billion, an increase of nine percent...

The Senate is scheduled to continue work on this bill reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, a bill sponsored by John Rockefeller (D-WV). The bill is designed "to modernize the air traffic control system, improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation by air in the...

US stock futures are flat this morning after China's central bank raised interest rates. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 5 points to 12,113.00 and S&P 500 futures dropped 0.20 point to 1,315.60. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.50 point to 2,345.50. US stocks closed higher, with...

Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) reports its Q2 non-GAAP EPS at $0.07, versus the consensus of $0.06. ALLT reports its Q4 revenue at $16.2 million, versus the consensus of $15.07 million. ALLT shares gained 0.14% to $14.45 in after-hours trading. Read more from Benzinga's Company news.

Coventry Health Care Inc (NYSE: CVH) is expected to post its Q4 earnings at $0.88 per share on revenue of $3.01 billion. Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is projected to report its earnings at $0.56 per share on revenue of $10.52 billion in first quarter. McClatchy Co (NYSE: MNI) is expected to post its Q4...

Hod-Hasharon, Israel-based Allot Communications Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALLT) on Tuesday morning released financial results that beat Wall Street expectations. Allot Communications Ltd reported that it swung to a 4th quarter net profit of $1.3 million, or 5 cents per share, from a net loss of $1.5 million,...

Some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are: Wall Street expects McAfee Inc (NYSE: MFE) to report its Q4 EPS at $0.69 on revenue of $545.28 million. MFE shares fell 0.10% to close at $47.90 yesterday. Gartner Inc (NYSE: IT) reported its Q4 profit at $36.7 million, or $0.37 per share,...

comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends in the U.S. mobile phone industry during the three month average period ending December 2010. The report ranked the leading mobile original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and smartphone...