Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Technology stocks turn their backs on early losses as the sector seeks to reject initial negativity over the U.S. unemployment rate climbing above 10% for the first time in 26 years.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks fell along with the broad market Friday following the latest U.S. unemployment figures. The Labor Department delivered a worse-than-expected report on job losses, which showed the unemployment rate rising to 10.2%--and topping 10% for the first time in 26 years. Among tech stocks, losses came from Dell Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Cisco Systems Inc. and...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hickey and Walters ( Bespoke ) submit: Breaking up the 1,800+ US companies that have reported third quarter numbers into sectors, below we highlight the percentage of stocks in each sector that have raised guidance this earnings season. Overall, about 11% of companies have raised guidance this season. As shown below, Technology has blown all other sectors away, with 18.5% of tech stocks raising guidance....
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Broadband communications chip maker MaxLinear has filed to go public in another indicator that the good times are back for tech stocks and exits. Carlsbad, Calif.-based MaxLinear makes analog or mixed-signal radio chips that can be manufactured in standard chip factories. The chips enable devices to display broadband video. The chips are sed in a wide array of electronic gear: cable and terrestrial...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sun Microsystems Inc. said late Friday that sales fell across all of its main product lines as the company continues to be negatively impacted by its drawn-out acquisition by Oracle Corp.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Activision Blizzard sees its shares rise after reporting third-quarter results and maintaining its fourth-quarter forecast, encouraging investors who had grown worried about holiday game sales.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Amazon.com has seen its market value surge by more than 30% to a record high over the past two weeks, but some analysts believe the market is still not fully valuing the company's potential.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
EBay says it has settled with the founders of its Skype Internet-telephony business, facilitating the unit’s sale to an investor group.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
MEMS technologies have taken root and may be the next generation of high tech venture investments, writes John Dvorak.
SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Michael Johnston submits: The wild ride on Wall Street continued on Thursday, with stocks posting big gains as Starbucks and CBS ( CBS ) posted profits and retail sales moved slightly higher for the last month. Cisco ( CSCO ) led tech stocks higher , driving the Dow to a gain of more than 200 points for the first time in three months. The ETFdb 60 Index , a broad-based benchmark measuring the performance...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Activision Blizzard Inc. swings to a profit for the third quarter, thanks to a reduction in costs and strong sales of popular video-game titles such as "Guitar Hero 5."
iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The market is rallying this morning on the heels of several better than expected economic and earnings reports. Cisco (CSCO) reported strong results last night, and also raised guidance going forward. The upbeat news was met with enthusiasm by investors, and is helping tech stocks lead the action so far today (particularly semis). [More...]
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Tech stocks advance as gains from the likes of Cisco Systems Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. help power a rally across the sector.
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Google (GOOG) , Bank of America (BAC) , Morgan Stanley (MS) , Initial public offerings When it comes to the Internet, few consumers are willing to pay for services -- especially during the current economic hard times. Yet, there are still some websites that are able to get people to fork over their hard-earned money. One example is Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), which provides extensive...
Blogging Stocks - Goog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Law , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Dell (DELL) , Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) , Intel (INTC) , Technology The latest litigation has Intel Inside. The State of New York is going after Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) over antitrust allegations. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is accusing the largest chip manufacturer in the world that it is trying to secure a global monopoly for microprocessors....
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