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Jefferies Reiterates Buy Rating On Oracle
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 8:00am | 195In a report published by Jefferies, it is reiterating a Buy rating on Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). Jefferies said that it remains positive on ORCL and despite modest changes to its model to reflect Japan risk, it continue to believe EPS will surprise to the upside. “F3Q11 was an inflection Q for revenue...
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Deutsche Bank Comments On IPG Anticipated Loss
Monday, March 21, 2011 - 7:19am | 159The trade press (Ad Age & WSJ) reported on Friday that Universal McCann has lost the U.S. & Canadian media account for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) (up for review since January) to Publicis' Starcom MediaVest, although the agency retains the international duties in 35 countries outside of North...
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Avian Initiates Allot Communications with Positive
Friday, March 18, 2011 - 12:14pm | 24Avian Initiates Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) with a Positive rating and a $15 price target.
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comScore Releases February U.S. Online Video Rankings
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 11:59am | 288comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 170 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in February for an average of 13.6 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.0 billion viewing sessions...
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Bahrain: Oil Price Flashpoint?
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 11:31am | 734By Josh Lipton It's the still-unfolding crisis in Japan that understandably dominates the headlines but, for the oil market, there is another critically important event for market participants to consider: the dramatic escalation of violence in Bahrain. There, the government has now declared a...
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Stifel Nicolaus Downgrades BMC Software To Hold, Removes PT
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 8:28am | 28Stifel Nicolaus has downgraded BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC) from Buy to Hold and has removed its $51 price target.
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Benzinga's Top Downgrades (BMC, DVN, LPNT, AEO)
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 8:19am | 148BMC Software Inc (NASDAQ: BMC) was downgraded by Stifel Nicolaus from "buy" to "hold." BMC's shares closed at $47.04 yesterday. BMC Software's PEG ratio is 1.25. Argus downgraded Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) from “buy” to “hold.” DVN's stock closed at $85.65 yesterday. Devon Energy's...
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Citi Maintains Buy on Oracle (ORCL)
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 8:10am | 140Citi is out with its report today on Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), maintaining its Buy rating. In a note to clients, Citi writes, "Oracle shares are trading at a 4% premium to the S&P, closer to its historical 10-25% premium as concerns around the Sun acquisition have dissipated and investors look to...
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J.P. Morgan Expects Continued Success From ORCL
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 7:42am | 84J.P. Morgan said today that it expects Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) will continue to post strong sales as it further leverages its more strategic position within its customer base. “We also wonder if this will be the quarter that Exadata begins to show up on the income statement to further validate...
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Morgan Keegan Lowers Estimates On Sourcefire Due To Lack Of Visibility
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 7:21am | 177In Morgan Keegan's opinion, actions within the House of Representatives and the Senate suggest that 2011 may be a year of ongoing continuing resolution, given the six short term CRs that have already been approved this fiscal year, and the lack of any material movement forward on a final Budget...
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Piper Jaffray Overweight On Oracle (ORCL)
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 7:21am | 136Piper Jaffray has an Overweight rating and a $36 price target on shares of Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We surveyed 32 ORCL partners and found that they finished 3% above plan for Q3,and they foresee ORCL exceeding expectations. Additionally, the contacts we...
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Piper Jaffray Reports 50 Red Hat Partners Finished 1.5% Above Plan For Q4
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 7:11am | 137In a report published by Piper Jaffray, 50 Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) partners finished 1.5% above plan for Q4. Piper Jaffray said that it surveyed 50 Red Hat partners and found that it finished 1.5% above plan for Q4, a slight improvement versus 0.9% above plan in Q3. “Partners continue to detect a...
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Wedbush Reiterates Outperform on Radiant Systems (RADS)
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:23am | 93Wedbush is out with its report today on Radiant Systems (NASDAQ: RADS), reiterating Outperform. In a note to clients, Wedbush writes, "We believe Radiant will generate mid-teen revenue growth for the next 3-5 years as acceleration in restaurant chain activity and recurring service penetration has...
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Two Different Approaches To Donations (MSFT, AAPL)
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 10:23am | 138Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are taking two different approaches to donating money towards the Japanese earthquake. Microsoft originally put out a tweet that if users retweeted that specific tweet, Microsoft would donate up to $100,000 towards Japan. It was seen as a shady...
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Red Hat Partners with Rochester Institute of Technology
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 8:04am | 49Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) has partnered with Rochester Institute of Technology to introduce open source to collegiate-level students, arming the next generation of workers with skills necessary to compete in a challenging global work and social environment.