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(IBM) IBM Further Spreads Wings in Cloud
IBM Corp (IBM) recently announced that it has agreed to acquire Green Hat, a cloud-based software testing provider. This would mark IBM’s first acquisition in 2012. The to-be-acquired company will be integrated...
(ADP) Stock Market News for January 6, 2012 – Market News
A slew of better than expected economic reports helped the indices to close flat, after fresh eurozone worries weighed on the markets which opened lower. For the very first time this year, the Dow closed in the red, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 index registered small...
(CHKP) Check Point Software Technologies Initiated at Neutral
We are initiating coverage on Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) with a Neutral recommendation and a target price of $56.00.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Check Point was founded in 1993 and entered...
(RNOW) Oracle’s RightNow Technologies Buy Approved
At a recent special meeting conducted at RightNow Technologies, Inc. (RNOW),...
(YHOO) Yahoo Revisits Sale of Asian Assets
Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is revisiting a proposed deal to reduce its 40% stake in Chinese e-commerce company
27Dec2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(AKAM) Akamai Technologies Buys Competitor Cotendo
Confirming earlier rumors, Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) recently...
(XLF) Stock Market News for December 23, 2011 – Market News
Investors received a pre-Christmas gift in the form of encouraging economic data, which led the benchmarks higher on Thursday. The Dow and S&P 500 registered their third-straight finish in the green, but trading volumes continued to be on the low side.
The Dow Jones...
(RHT) Red Hat Beats The Street by a Penny
Red Hat Inc. (RHT) reported third quarter 2012 earnings of 20 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny. Earnings per share (EPS) (including stock-based compensation expenses but...
(ATVI) Video Games Out of Summer Slump
Buoyed by the pre-holiday season rush and strong sales performance of the newly released games, the video games industry recorded growth in the month of November 2011. According to the NPD Group, the video games industry logged revenues of $2.93 billion in November, significantly...
(AAPL) Who Is the Smartest of Them All?
With the whole world increasingly going mobile, top phone makers such as Samsung, LG, Motorola, Apple (AAPL) and Research In Motion (RIMM)...
(AAPL) Get a Piece of the Next Nuclear Energy Boom
by Carl Delfeld, Investment U Senior Analyst
(GOOG) Google Takes on Amazon With Same-Day Shipping Service
by Jeannette Di Louie, Investment...
(T) The Going May Get Tough in Wireless
We believe that the wireless majors, AT&T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ) may be lulled by the proverbial calm before the possible storm....
(DELL) Dell to Overshadow Hewlett-Packard Servers
Tech major Dell Inc. (DELL) is looking to grow its share of the server market, something that could hurt Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) in the...
(ATHN) Alexian Chooses Athenahealth
Leading vendor of cloud-based services for physician practices Athenahealth (ATHN) recently reported that Alexian Brothers Health System, a Catholic healthcare entity providing health care in the Chicago...
(ATVI) Activision Blizzard Unveils Two New Games
As competition heats up in the pre-holiday season sales, video game publisher, Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI) recently came out with two new adventure games back-to-back, namely Survival: Shadows of...
(IM) Ingram Micro Earnings Report In Line with Estimates
Ingram Micro Inc. (IM) has reported third-quarter 2011 earnings per share of 35 cents, just matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate.
Revenues
Ingram Micro’s third quarter revenue...
(PLCM) Polycom Disappoints – Shares Tumble (revised)
Yesterday, after market close, Polycom Inc. (PLCM) declared highly disappointing financial results for the third quarter of 2011. Soaring operating expenses and a fall in revenue from large enterprises are...
(YHOO) Google Bidding For Yahoo! – Is The Interest Real?
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
(ORCL) Oracle Announces Aquisition of RightNow Technologies
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) recently announced its decision to acquire customer relationship management software provider, RightNow Technologies Inc (
26Oct2011 | vitalstocks | 0 comments | Continued(GOOG) Google Remains Search King
In typical style, Google Inc’s (GOOG) third-quarter earnings of $8.33 breezed past the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.59. Solid revenue growth across most geographies (other than Western Europe) and impressive...
(IBM) IBM Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview
IBM Corp. (IBM) is scheduled to announce its third quarter 2011 results after the closing bell on October 17, 2011, Monday. We noticed the quarter’s estimates treading in a positive direction, and considering...
(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead – Earnings Preview
Earnings Preview 10/14/11
While the earnings season kicked off this past week, only 38 firms reported. The game really gets under way next week, when we will get reports from 336 firms, including 99 members of the S&P 500.
Thus, by the end of the week we...
(AAPL) Stock Market News for October 7, 2011 – Market News
Markets experienced a third consecutive day of gains on Thursday, backed by hope among investors that steps were being taken to contain the European crisis. The new confidence among investors is a result of speculation that the president of European Commission has asked member...
(ATHN) Athenahealth Analyst Coverage Initiated at Outperform
We initiate our coverage on Athenahealth (ATHN), a leading provider of electronic health record (“EHR”) for medical establishments, with an Outperform rating. Second-quarter fiscal 2011 earnings per share...
(CSCO) Stock Market News for October 6, 2011 – Market News
Investors pinned their hopes on a possible European coordinated action to contain the continent’s debt amid encouraging domestic economic reports that led the benchmarks higher to a green finish. Earlier this week the S&P 500 had briefly moved into the bear-market territory,...
(ACOR) Company News for October 6, 2011 – Corporate Summary
• Monsanto Co. (NYSE:MON) reported its fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $0.22 cents a share, better than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.27. Revenues rose 15.1% year-over-year to $2.25...
(CTXS) Citrix Systems Analyst Remains Neutral
Citrix Systems Inc. (CTXS) declared strong financial results for the second quarter of 2011, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimates. Global trends toward virtualization and cloud computing are facilitating...
(IBM) International Business Machines Partners with High Energy Accelerator Research Organization of Japan
International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and High Energy Accelerator Research Organization of Japan, also known as KEK, have joined hands to develop a server and storage solution named “KEK Central...
(AAPL) Apple Rejects Samsung Patent Infringement Offer
According to a recent report from news agency Reuters, Apple Inc. (AAPL) rejected an offer from Samsung Electronics Co that would have helped the U.S. company secure a quick court ruling over the patent infringement...