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		<title>(IBM) IBM Set to Acquire Software Developer Worklight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IBM Corp. (IBM) recently announced that it is set to acquire mobile application and infrastructure software developer Worklight. The financial terms of the deal remained undisclosed but it is expected that the deal will close by the first quarter of 2012. New York-based Worklight is a privately held firm with a research &#38; development hub in Israel. Worklight’s software caters to multiple verticals such as financial services, retail and healthcare. Other than IBM, the company has a strong clientele, including big names such as FIS Software, Best Western and AT&#38;T Inc. (T). Worklight’s software enables enterprises to create their own applications, which are compatible with different mobile platforms, including Apple’s (AAPL) iOS, Google’s (GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Microsoft’s (MSFT) Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Worklight also offers HTML ]]></description>
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		<title>(BMC) BMC Incorporated Third Quarter 2012 Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/31/bmc-bmc-incorporated-third-quarter-2012-earnings-preview/91091</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMC Inc. (BMC) is scheduled to announce its third quarter 2012 results on February 1, 2012 and we do not see much variation in the analysts’ estimates at this point. Second Quarter Overview The company reported second quarter 2012 earnings per share of 75 cents, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 71 cents. Total revenue of $556.7 million in the reported quarter increased 10.8% year over year. During the quarter, BMC witnessed a number of deal wins pertaining to cloud technology. Moreover, the company currently has a strong line up of new cloud deals. Another strategic imperative on the company’s part is to become the leader in Software-as-a-Service (S-a-a-S) management. The company added a number of new SaaS customers during the quarter and the related amount of subscription annual contract ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLE) Stock Market News for January 24, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/24/xle-stock-market-news-for-january-24-2012-market-news/90720</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets hovered around break-even levels on Monday as encouragement from the energy sector balanced apprehensions over Greece’s debt negotiations. With no major economic data or earnings results from any bellwether coming to forefront, benchmarks took a pause a day ahead of Apple’s results. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) dropped 0.1% to close the day at 12,708.82. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was up 0.05% and settled almost unchanged at 1,316. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged down 0.09% and finished trading for the day at 2,784.17. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index ended slightly higher at 18.67. On the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex and Nasdaq, consolidated volumes were roughly 6.6 billion shares, almost flat compared to the daily average of 6.68 billion shares. For every couple of ]]></description>
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		<title>(BAC) Stock Market News for January 23, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/23/bac-stock-market-news-for-january-23-2012-market-news/90644</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strong corporate results helped lift the Dow higher to a six month high, while the S&#38;P 500 registered frugal gains. Meanwhile, an earnings miss by Google weighed down the Nasdaq Composite Index. Nonetheless, the markets managed to end another week with gains and each benchmarks moved up by over 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) added 0.8% to finish the day at 12,720.48. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) was up 0.07% to end almost unchanged at 1,315.38. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index missed out on a seat in the green and dropped 0.06% to settle at 2,786.70.The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped down to 18.28. Total volume on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) was 3.96 billion shares. For 56% of the advancing stocks on the ]]></description>
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		<title>(GOOG) January 20: Markets to Remain Calm &#8211; Economic Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-january-20-markets-to-remain-calm-economic-highlights/90558</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economic calendar relatively on the thin side, stocks will remain focused on another busy day of earnings reports. Google’s (GOOG) earnings miss potentially raises doubts about the tech sector’s earnings outlook, but the issue appears to be mostly company specific. Reports from Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT) and IBM (IBM) show continued resilience on the corporate IT spending front. But with stocks at a six-month high already, it will likely be difficult today to sustain the upward drift of recent days. While earnings reports from the tech giants after the close on Thursday will likely remain in the spotlight today, a major earnings report from this morning is from General Electric (GE), a bellwether for the global economy. The conglomerate came out with a modest earnings beat on lower ]]></description>
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		<title>(GOOG) Sampling the Earnings Smorgasbord</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-sampling-the-earnings-smorgasbord/90560</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economic calendar relatively on the thin side, stocks will remain focused on another busy day of earnings reports. Google’s (GOOG) earnings miss potentially raises doubts about the tech sector’s earnings outlook, but the issue appears to be mostly company specific. Reports from Intel (INTC), Microsoft (MSFT) and IBM (IBM) show continued resilience on the corporate IT spending front. But with stocks at a six-month high already, it will likely be difficult today to sustain the upward drift of recent days. While earnings reports from the tech giants after the close on Thursday will likely remain in the spotlight today, a major earnings report from this morning is from General Electric (GE), a bellwether for the global economy. The conglomerate came out with a modest earnings beat on lower-than-expected ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines  2011 Fourth Quarter Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/18/ibm-international-business-machines-2011-fourth-quarter-earnings-preview/90421</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) is all set to report its fourth quarter and full year 2011 results on January 19, 2012, after the market closes. We expect IBM to report modest results due to sluggish IT spending partially offset by robust growth from its key growth initiatives. We note that IBM has posted an average earnings surprise of 1.86% in the trailing four quarters, implying that it has outdone the Zacks Consensus Estimate by the same magnitude for the last four quarters. We do not expect any major changes in the earnings trend pattern for the current quarter. Prior Quarter Recap IBM reported mixed third quarter 2011 results with earnings per share (EPS) surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6 cents (2.0%) but revenues falling shy of the estimate ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) IBM to Focus on Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/ibm-ibm-to-focus-on-analytics/89993</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Analytics has emerged as the new focal point for IBM Corp. (IBM) in 2012.The company looks set to drive significant growth in this fast-growing sector, according to CEO Virginia Rometty. The strong growth of analytics can be attributed to the increasing complexity enterprises are facing in the decision making process. According to market research firm Gartner, analytics is expected to be one of the topmost strategic technologies for 2012. The research firm believes that the scope of analytics will expand manifold over the next few years, and will be a must for enterprises. We believe that IBM remains well positioned to grab this opportunity going forward. Business analytics is one of the four key long-term growth initiatives of IBM, in addition to cloud computing, smarter planet and growth markets. IBM ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) IBM Further Spreads Wings in Cloud</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/ibm-ibm-further-spreads-wings-in-cloud/89770</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 into IBM’s Rational Software business, which enables software development teams to deliver efficiently and facilitate time management in a cost effective manner. Privately held Green Hat has headquarters in London, England and Wilmington, Delaware. The company boasts a strong global presence with 2000 customers who deploy Green Hat’s cloud-based software testing applications. The company’s clients include bellwethers from the telecommunications, financial services, transportation, healthcare and energy industries. Green Hat’s applications are primarily implemented for software testing in a cloud-based environment, thereby reducing the cost of setting up a testing lab with software and hardware capabilities. Recent industry reports ]]></description>
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		<title>(RNOW) Oracle&#8217;s RightNow Technologies Buy Approved</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/29/rnow-oracles-rightnow-technologiesbuy-approved/89383</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent special meeting conducted at RightNow Technologies, Inc. (RNOW), its shareholders finally gave their whole-hearted consent for the company’s merger with Oracle Corporation (ORCL). Almost 99.8% of the shares voted in favor of the acquisition agreement represented around 87% of shares outstanding for RNOW as of November 8, 2011. Previously agreed upon terms were retained as Oracle will pay around $1.5 billion net in cash and debt and $43.0/share, which was at a premium of close to 20% on RNOW’s closing price of $35.96 on October 21, 2011. Oracle is a computer technology firm which develops and markets database management systems and other enterprise software products and hardware systems catering to clients worldwide. In 2007, the company earned the third largest software revenue after Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLK) Stock Market News for December 22, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/22/xlk-stock-market-news-for-december-22-2011-market-news/89101</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, markets recouped some of their initial losses during an afternoon rally and benchmarks finished almost mixed. Nonetheless, with concerns gaining an upper hand gains were not strong enough to return a broad cheer to the markets. To sum up, Oracle disappointed heavily with its quarter results, existing home sales data was gloomy, and long-term refinancing operation by the ECB left some apprehensions over the debt scenario. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) edged up by a mere 0.03% to close the day at 12,107.74. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 0.2% to settle at 1,243.72. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index inched down a percent and finished yesterday’s trading session at 2,577.97. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) slumped to its lowest point in many months, declining ]]></description>
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		<title>(RHT) Red Hat Beats The Street by a Penny</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/20/rht-red-hat-beats-the-street-by-a-penny/88975</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 excluding amortization) increased 37.4% from 15 cents reported in the year-earlier quarter. Strong bottom-line growth was primarily driven by higher revenues and gross margin. Revenue Total revenue increased 23.1% year over year to $290.0 million. This was in line with the high end of management’s guided range of $288.0 to $290.0 million but was slightly above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $289.0 million. Subscription revenue increased 24.0% year over year to $246.5 million. Training and services revenue was up 18.4% year over year to $43.5 million. The strong year-over-year growth in revenue was driven by higher demand for ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACN) Accenture Health Care Virtually Through AT&amp;T</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/acn-accenture-health-care-virtually-through-att/87933</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accenture plc (ACN) is reportedly unveiling a new cloud-based solution targeting the health care industry. The comprehensive technical and management solutions provider also mentioned that the new offering will be made available virtually through AT&#38;T Inc.’s (T) data centers. AT&#38;T will host the solution leveraging its MIMM cloud service (custom made for imaging services), which was launched last June. The new solution–– Accenture Medical Imaging Solution –– will go a long way in solving the challenges of physically storing medical images such as X-Ray, CT and MRI Scan, faced by hospitals and medical service providers. The solution will enable hospitals and their staff to quick access and share medical images in the cloud, ultimately leading to storage cost reductions. The solution will be beneficial for long-term preservation of the patient ]]></description>
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		<title>(RIMM) Cyber Security Investments For 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/rimm-cyber-security-investments-for-2012/88518</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/14/rimm-cyber-security-investments-for-2012/88518#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:03:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Chris Matthai, Investment U Research Tuesday, December 13, 2011 Individuals, businesses and governments are under attack… cyber attack. Collectively, we’ve never faced as many online threats as we do today. Why is so much hacking happening now? The answer is simple: More valuable information is stored online now than ever before and – at the same time – many organizations’ cyber security measures are still not up to snuff. And, unfortunately, our international competitors are taking full advantage of these shortcomings. An Onslaught of Foreign Intrusions According to a recent U.S. government report from the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, government agencies and private companies are still failing to shield their networks from foreign hackers and illicit programmers. But the surprise revelation was that the report pointed the ]]></description>
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		<title>(EU) Stock Market News for December 13, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/13/eu-stock-market-news-for-december-13-2011-market-news/88498</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/13/eu-stock-market-news-for-december-13-2011-market-news/88498#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Markets reversed gears on Monday and receded into negative territory after the European accord concluded on last Friday faced criticism from Fitch Ratings and Moody&#8217;s Investors Service. Tech-giant Intel also contributed to weak investor confidence after the company projected revenues lower than its earlier projections. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plunged 1.3% to close the day at 12,021.39. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) slumped 1.5% to finish the day’s trading at 1,236.47. The Nasdaq Composite Index settled substantively lower at 2,612.26, declining by 1.3%. However, the fear-gauge Volatility Index (VIX) showed that investor concerns had receded somewhat, dropping 2.7% to settle at 25.67. Decliners outpaced advancing stocks on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). For 77% of the decliners, merely 20% stocks managed to climb higher with ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines to Acquire DemandTec</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/ibm-international-business-machines-to-acquire-demandtec/88330</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/ibm-international-business-machines-to-acquire-demandtec/88330#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire DemandTec Inc. (DMAN), a cloud-based analytics solutions provider, for an estimated $440 million. This would be IBM’s fourth acquisition in a span of 3 months. The proposed acquisition will enhance and strengthen IBM’s Smarter Commerce initiatives. In an all cash transaction, IBM will be paying $13.20 per share for the acquisition. DemandTec Inc., based in San Mateo, California, provides software that analyzes consumer buying patterns and helps retailers to ascertain the best price and product mix. In the process, DemandTec’s software helps companies to increase revenues and profits. The company boasts more than 450 retailers as its clients, which include grocery, drug, convenience, consumer electronics, office supplies, apparel, department stores, and quick-serve restaurants. Well known companies like Best Buy Co. Inc. ]]></description>
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		<title>(SAP) SAP AG is on the Cloud Bandwagon</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/sap-sap-ag-is-on-the-cloud-bandwagon/88284</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAP AG’s (SAP) American subsidiary, SAP America, Inc. acquired SuccessFactors (SFSF), a leading California-based provider of cloud-based human capital management solutions. SAP intends to acquire all outstanding shares of SuccessFactors, the enterprise value of which adds up to approximately $3.4 billion. The deal is an all-cash transaction valued at $44.00 a share. SAP is paying a 52% premium for the shares of SuccessFactors. The acquisition is expected to bring SuccessFactors&#8217; competitive technological team to SAP&#8217;s powerful cloud assets, thereby speeding up SAP&#8217;s drive as a provider of cloud applications, platforms and infrastructure. Therefore, the combination of SAP and SuccessFactors will ascertain highly developed offering of cloud and on-premise solutions for managing all important business functions. Through this acquisition, SAP is also expected to meet its existing goal of 1,000 cloud ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Launches New Software &#8211; Oracle Financial Services Liquidity Risk Management</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/08/orcl-oracle-launches-new-software-oracle-financial-services-liquidity-risk-management/88226</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) recently launched its new financial services software, namely Oracle Financial Services Liquidity Risk Management. The new software will help banks to efficiently and effectively assess their liquidity risk. Financial Services Liquidity Risk Management is fully compliant with Basel III guidelines for liquidity risk management issued by Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The software can calculate liquidity coverage ratio, net stable funding ratio and funding concentrations, which will help the banks to measure their liquidity strength as per the Basel III regulations. Basel III implementation has emerged as a challenge for regulatory, capital and liquidity risk managers owing to the current stringent regulations. The new regulation raises the amount and quality of capital banks are required to hold, increases the capital charge for counter-party credit risk, introduces new ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACN) Accenture Clinches Twin Business Process Outsourcing Deals</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/07/acn-accenture-clinches-twin-business-process-outsourcing-deals/88031</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ace technical and management solutions provider Accenture plc (ACN) recently clinched a business process outsourcing (BPO) deal with insurance carrier BNP Paribas Cardif. Financial terms of the deal were kept confidential. BNP Paribas Cardif, the life and property &#38; casualty insurance subsidiary of BNP Paribas is one of the top 15 European insurers. Its life and non-life insurance units have received an AA- (stable outlook) rating from Standard &#38; Poor’s. Under the 8-year deal, Accenture will manage the insurer’s group life insurance policies’ business in France. Apart from this, Cardif’s call centers and ancillary accounting operations will be under Accenture’s supervision. Leveraging Accenture’s rich experience in the insurance vertical and popularity of the related software services, BNP Paribus Cardif will be able to streamline its business operations. This would, in ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKA) Berkshire Hathaway&#8217;s Buffett Adds Hometown Newspaper</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/02/brka-berkshire-hathaways-buffett-adds-hometown-newspaper/87938</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, Warren Buffett, the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKA) (BRKB), announced an acquisition to buy The Omaha World-Herald Company, publisher of Nebraska’s principal daily newspaper. The deal would add the World-Herald, six other daily newspapers and several weekly newspapers to its current portfolio of media business, which includes Business Wire, Buffalo News and Washington Post Co. (WPO). Buffett is known for cherry-picking big businesses. This acumen has helped him to build a conglomerate of this behemoth size, which houses over 70 different businesses. Over decades, Berkshire has become a mature company, which generates substantial cash quarter after quarter, keeping Buffett on continuous hunt to seek attractive investments in order enhance stockholder value. In an effort to diversify its investment, Buffett focuses on a combination of both ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACN) Accenture Wins California Government Deal</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/01/acn-accenture-wins-california-government-deal/87834</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The outsourcing and consulting major, Accenture Inc. (ACN) recently won a nine-year contract from the California Department of Consumer Affairs to develop and implement a licensing and enforcement system, known as BreEZe. This is expected to help the government department maintain its day-to-day operation and functioning. This new system is expected to facilitate the licensing and enforcement system of the company. It will be used mainly for protecting and serving consumers. The system would be particularly beneficial for the agency, as it serves a large number of customers (100 business and professional categories, including doctors, dentists, contractors, cosmetologists and automotive repair specialists). The company is a leading provider of public service operations best practices to government agencies. The company will deliver an integrated enterprise licensing system to replace numerous disparate ]]></description>
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		<title>(IT) Gartner Releases Third Quarter Server Results</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/30/it-gartner-releases-third-quarter-server-results/87733</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology research firm Gartner (IT) recently released its third quarter 2011 server shipment results. Server shipments in the reported quarter grew 7.2% on a year-over-year basis, while revenues generated by server shipments increased 5.2% from the year-ago quarter. The industry witnessed worldwide growth, as most geographies,with the exception of Western Europeposted both shipment and revenue growth. Western Europewitnessed a revenue decline of 4.9% during the period. The Asia/Pacific saw the highest shipment growth, with revenues increasing 23.9%. Eastern Europe posted the highest revenue growth of 27.4% during the period. Within the server segment, the x86 servers expanded considerably and reported unit and revenue growth of 7.6% and 9.3%, respectively. However, x86 server growth was relatively soft in Western Europe and the United States due to comparatively strong third quarter 2010 ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) Is the Time Ripe to Buy Stocks?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/ibm-is-the-time-ripe-to-buy-stocks/87643</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/ibm-is-the-time-ripe-to-buy-stocks/87643#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that opportunities are never lost &#8212; someone else will catch the one you miss. And the saying remains true to the equity market. No one wants to miss a good opportunity to make exceptional profits from stock markets. So, is this the time to take the plunge? Or should we wait for the markets to fall further? Well, considering the increasing concerns related to the European economy, it&#8217;s hard to predict the direction of market movement. However, given the significant exposure of U.S. banks to weak European countries, it would be difficult for the country to escape unscathed. So, with the debt crisis picture in the Eurozone getting dirtier, the risk of another major worldwide stock market slump is sky high. Coupled with our own unrelenting problems ]]></description>
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		<title>(DELL) Dell to Overshadow Hewlett-Packard Servers</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/dell-dell-to-overshadow-hewlett-packard-servers/87484</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 longer term. Dell missed its chance of becoming the leading PC shipment vendor after H-P’s PC segment spin-off was called off by current CEO Meg Whitman. The two companies saw their fortunes reverse in the last quarter, as Dell’s server business did much better than H-P’s. H-P has seen a few hurdles in the last few quarters. Even the recently concluded fourth quarter was lackluster. And now, we see H-P encountering another threat from its nearest competitor Dell. Both companies have excelled in developing servers that bring the graphics processing unit (GPU) into the data center or high-performance computers (HPC). However, while H-P has mostly concentrated ]]></description>
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		<title>(IM) Ingram Micro Earnings Report In Line with Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/02/im-ingram-micro-earnings-report-in-line-with-estimates/86233</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/02/im-ingram-micro-earnings-report-in-line-with-estimates/86233#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computers Wholesale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gartner Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 of $8.90 billion increased 5.3% from $8.45 billion in the year-ago quarter. The improvement may be attributed to modest sales growth across all geographic regions and improved Information Technology (IT) spending. Foreign currency translation had a 4% positive impact on revenue. Revenue contribution from North America increased 3.3% year over year to $3.77 billion. Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) contributed $2.65 billion, up 7.0% from the year-ago quarter. European currency translation had a positive impact of 9.0% on regional revenue. The Asia-Pacific region generated $2.06 billion in sales, up 5.4% from $1.95 billion in the third quarter of 2010. Foreign currency translation had ]]></description>
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		<title>(AEP) Company News for October 27, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/28/aep-company-news-for-october-27-2011-corporate-summary/86013</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/28/aep-company-news-for-october-27-2011-corporate-summary/86013#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Utilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[American Electric Power Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ford Motor Company]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Dynamics Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    American Electric Power Co., Inc.’s (NYSE:AEP) third quarter 2011 adjusted EPS of $1.17 came in ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.14 •    General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE:GD) posted third-quarter 2011 operating earnings of $1.83 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.77 •    Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) reported earnings of $1.46 per share during the quarter, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.11 •    Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) posted third quarter earnings per share of $0.46, ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.44 cents. •    Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) reported third quarter 2011 operating earnings of $1.99, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.81 •    International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) is set to have its first female chief executive officer in the company’s 100-year history with Virginia ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Announces Aquisition of RightNow Technologies</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/orcl-oracle-announces-aquisition-of-rightnow-technologies/85885</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/orcl-oracle-announces-aquisition-of-rightnow-technologies/85885#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) recently announced its decision to acquire customer relationship management software provider, RightNow Technologies Inc (RNOW). This marks the company’s third acquisition in the past month and the largest after the acquisition of Sun Microsystems in January 2010. The acquisition is expected to close by early 2012. Oracle will have to pay $1.43 billion in cash, or $43 per share, which is approximately 20.0% of RightNow’s closing price of $35.96, as of October 21, 2011. According to Bloomberg, the acquisition values RightNow at 68 times EBITDA, the highest multiple for similar deals over the past five years. On a price/sales basis, the acquisition is valued at approximately 7.7 times of RightNow’s 2010 sales of $185.5 million. RightNow&#8217;s primary product helps companies manage customers&#8217; questions and complaints. RightNow’s suite ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) IBM Third Quarter 2011 Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/18/ibm-ibm-third-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/85170</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/18/ibm-ibm-third-quarter-2011-earnings-preview/85170#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 the past trends, we continue to believe another earnings beat is on the cards. Prior Quarter Recap IBM reported strong second quarter earnings and revenues that surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Results were positively impacted by IBM’s key initiatives, such as Business Analytics, Smarter Planet and Cloud offerings that reported strong growth in the first half of 2011. Moreover, the company has been selected by many government agencies from different countries in the Asia-Pacific to provide services and technical support for their operations, thus ensuring a steady flow of orders and market share gains across various regions. ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Bulls Own Next Week Too 17-21 October</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-bulls-own-next-week-too-17-21-october/85148</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-bulls-own-next-week-too-17-21-october/85148#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investors and traders who doubted the move higher, and sold into a sleepy market ahead of resistance near S&#38;P 1,220, are about to get a wake-up call next week. Mr. Market has pounded his hoofs long enough below the trading range highs and he&#8217;s ready to go higher. A move early next week above the August swing highs at 1,230 will generate momentum to push for the 200-day moving average up above 1,270. There is little resistance between here and there, just thin air and plenty of doubt &#8212; awesome fuel for a rally. When I wrote about the power of the reversal that started Tuesday October 4 in &#8220;Mr. Market Shows His Horns,&#8221; I said you could plan your trades around the strength of the follow-through. You got that ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) A Busy Week Ahead &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/aapl-a-busy-week-ahead-earnings-preview/85152</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[8x8 Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Acacia Research Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Air Products & Chemicals Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska Air Group Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alliance Data Systems Corporation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#38;P 500. Thus, by the end of the week we will have a very good idea of how the overall season will go. Not only will there be a lot of reports, but many of those we get will be very important ones. The table at the end of this report reads like a who’s who of American industry, including: Apple (AAPL), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), General Electric (GE), Goldman Sachs (GS), IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC) and McDonald’s (MCD). And that&#8217;s just the first half of the alphabet! ]]></description>
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		<title>(AA) Stock Market News for October 12, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/12/aa-stock-market-news-for-october-12-2011-market-news/84953</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, markets ended mixed after trading in a tight range throughout the day, as investors anxiously waited for Slovakia’s vote for or against bolstering Europe&#8217;s financial rescue plan. Investors also eagerly awaitedAlcoa’s quarterly results, which would kick-start the third quarter earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fluctuated between small gains and losses to finally end at 11,416.3, dropping roughly 0.2%. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) declined by less than 0.1% to finish the day at 1,195.54. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.7% to close at 2,583.03. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) hovered below 33. Advancers outnumbered the decliners on the NYSE by a ratio of 2,199 to 1,719. The 17-point movement for the Dow was in stark contrast to the blue-chip’s recent trend of ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines Partners with High Energy Accelerator Research Organization of Japan</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/06/ibm-international-business-machines-partners-with-high-energy-accelerator-research-organization-of-japan/84547</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;KEK Central Computer System.&#8221; The KEK Central Computer System will consist of more than 370 highly-scalable IBM iDataPlex systems that are capable of high-speed processing while consuming less power and space. The system will store and analyze data generated from experiments that will be used for better understanding and exploration of the universe. The project is expected to start on February 12, 2012. KEK expects its experimental data to increase exponentially in excess of 10 petabytes (1 petabyte=1000 terabytes / one million Gigabytes) and IBM will develop a storage system to counter, store and manage the data with its IBM General Parallel ]]></description>
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		<title>(CSCO) Stock Market News for October 5, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/06/csco-stock-market-news-for-october-5-2011-market-news/84643</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Networking & Communication Devices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A rush for buying technology and beaten-down stocks coupled with news that European finance ministers were backing up a plan to rescue banks led to a late-hour rally and sent benchmarks higher. The S&#38;P 500 added 2.3% in the final hours after slumping 2.2% during the day and losing 20% from its April peak level. Markets enjoyed an upward run in the final 45 minutes and the benchmarks managed to finish in the green. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shot up 345 points in the last hour, closing 1.4% higher at 10,808.71. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P500) jumped 2.3% and settled at 1,123.95. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained nearly 3.0% to close the day at 2,404.82. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) slumped to trade around 41. However, ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) CoreLogic Acquisition Rumors Flaring Up</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/28/ibm-corelogic-acquisition-rumors-flaring-up/84167</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Justin Dove, Investment U Research Tuesday, September 27, 2011 Back on August 30, data and analytics company CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX) announced that it hired investment bank Greenhill &#38; Co.to help advise a potential sale. Friday, rumors were picking up steam as analysts predicted the company’s stock could fetch a premium of between 30 and 50 percent. By Friday afternoon, CoreLogic options activity was up 382 percent more than normal, signaling optimism at a possible sale. Its stock was trading around $11.50 on Friday – 47 percent above its low in late August, but 43 percent less than its 52-week high. Reuters reported that TPG Capital paid “about 11 times EBITDA” in buying CoreLogic-competitor MDA DataQuick last year. That means someone could pay up to $18 per share for CoreLogic ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLF) Stock Market News for September 27, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/27/xlf-stock-market-news-for-september-27-2011-market-news/84141</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hopes of a likely resolution to the lingering European debt crunch steered the benchmarks into positive territory with the Dow logging its best percentage gain in almost a month. Reports of a plan to leverage money from the European Financial Stability Facility paved the way for the markets’ upswing bringing relief to investors after almost a week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) returned to its winning ways, registering a triple-digit movement and soaring 2.5% to settle at 11,043.86. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 2.3% to close the day at 1,162.95. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index moved up 1.4% and signed off at 2,516.69. Investor fears seemed to have reduced to a certain degree with the fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropping 5.4%. However, the VIX still ]]></description>
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		<title>(RHT) Red Hat Posts Strong Second Quarter Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/22/rht-red-hat-posts-strong-second-quarter-earnings/83874</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A leading provider of open source solutions, Red Hat Inc. (RHT) reported strong second quarter 2012 results, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by three cents. Earnings per share (EPS) of 22 cents (including stock-based compensation expenses but excluding amortization) increased 69.2% from 13 cents per share reported in the year-earlier quarter. Strong bottom-line growth was primarily driven by higher revenues and operating margin, which fully offset a slight decline in gross margin and higher tax rate in the quarter. Operating Performance Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis (including share-based compensation but excluding amortization of intangible assets) was $235.9 million, up 27.7% year over year from $184.8 million in the prior-year quarter. However, gross margin dipped 20 bps to 83.9% in the quarter. This was primarily attributable to a higher ]]></description>
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		<title>(IT) IBM Opens New Office in Angola</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/21/it-ibm-opens-new-office-in-angola/83695</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information Technology (IT) giant IBM Corp. (IBM) recently opened a new branch office at Luanda, Angola. This follows the branch openings at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Dakar, Senegal, in the first half of 2011. The Luanda office is a part of IBM&#8217;s central Africa operations and will complement IBM&#8217;s other branch offices in the region. The branch office will enable IBM to deliver solutions and services to its growing clientele in the region. IBM already serves a number of clients in key sectors spanning the telecommunications, oil &#38; gas, finance and government verticals in the region. IBM has been selected by one of the major banks of Angola to help transform the institution&#8217;s banking technology infrastructure and support business growth. The new branch office in Angola is a part ]]></description>
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		<title>(BMC) BMC Software Solves Insurance Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/20/bmc-bmc-software-solves-insurance-issues/83556</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMC Software Inc. (BMC) announced that China Pacific Insurance Co. (“CPIC”) recently deployed its Business Service Management (BSM) platform. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. The CPIC Group holds the second largest position in property insurance and the third largest position in life insurance in Mainland China. It provides integrated insurance services, including life insurance, property insurance and reinsurance, through its subsidiaries. The Group updated its existing information technology (IT) monitoring system with BMC Software’s ProactiveNet Performance Management solution. The system upgrade has enabled CPIC to quickly foresee problems and gauge business priority to reduce error resolution time and free the IT team of its constant fire-fighting activities through forewarnings. This is not the first time that the BSM platform has been deployed by CPIC Group. In 2008, ]]></description>
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		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Corporation 2012 First Quarter Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/19/orcl-oracle-corporation-2012-first-quarter-earnings-preview/83511</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is set to release its first quarter 2012 results on Sept 20, 2011, after the closing bell. In the run up to the earnings results, we do not notice any substantial movement in analysts’ estimates for the quarter. Looking Back at 4Q11 Oracle reported robust top-line growth in the fourth quarter of 2011 that helped the company earn 71 cents per share in the quarter, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by two cents. Total revenue in the fourth quarter increased 12.2% year over year to $10.81 billion, driven by better-than-expected new software license revenues (up 19.2% year over year), fully offsetting a decline in hardware sales (down 4.0% year over year). The decline in hardware sales were primarily attributed to Oracle’s policy of selling Sun products ]]></description>
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		<title>(EMC) EMC Opens New Durham, North Carolina Datacenter</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/19/emc-emc-opens-new-durham-north-carolina-datacenter/83517</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EMC Corp. (EMC) recently announced that it has opened a new datacenter in Durham, North Carolina. The 450,000 square foot Center of Excellence (COE) is EMC’s seventh datacenter and the first one in the US. The other six COE’s are located in India, China, Egypt, Israel, Ireland and Russia. The new COE will extend EMC’s private cloud and will support more than 50,000 users across 400 corporate offices in more than 80 countries. In addition to the data center, the COE includes 130,000 square feet of space for research and development labs. COEs perform essential services for EMC business units, including engineering and research and development, customer service, translation services, IT and technical support, and customer executive briefings. The new COE has been designed to operate as a tier 3 ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLK) Stock Market News for September 15, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/17/xlk-stock-market-news-for-september-15-2011-market-news-2/83342</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic news and a positive turn of events guided the markets’ throughout Wednesday’s session, finally boosting the benchmarks to their third-straight days of gains. Initially, negative news from Austria seemed to threaten the markets, while Moody’s downgraded French banks. However, investors ignored these developments as the conference call among German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou spurred hopes of a resolution to the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged 140 points or 1.3% to close at 11,246.73. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 1.4% to finish the day at 1,188.68. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.6% and settled at 2,572.55. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) provided some respite, dropping 6% to trade roughly over 34.5. On ]]></description>
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		<title>(XLK) Stock Market News for September 15, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/15/xlk-stock-market-news-for-september-15-2011-market-news/83261</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-Atlantic news and a positive turn of events guided the markets’ throughout Wednesday’s session, finally boosting the benchmarks to their third-straight days of gains. Initially, negative news from Austria seemed to threaten the markets, while Moody’s downgraded French banks. However, investors ignored these developments as the conference call among German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou spurred hopes of a resolution to the Greek debt crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) surged 140 points or 1.3% to close at 11,246.73. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 1.4% to finish the day at 1,188.68. The Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 1.6% and settled at 2,572.55. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) provided some respite, dropping 6% to trade roughly over 34.5. On ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Personal Computer Market Losing Luster</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/14/aapl-personal-computer-market-losing-luster/83006</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uncertainty continues to loom over the PC market. The rise of next generation ultra-portable gadgets (mainly tablets) has taken the market by storm, diverting consumer spending dollars from traditional desktops and notebooks. The success of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPad has convinced the world that a thin rectangle portable touch screen with long battery life is enough to take care of most of our daily computing needs. While there was initial opinion that tablets were market expansive and there could be some truth to this, researches are now forecasting that iPad unit sales will grow at an average annual rate of more than 50% from this year to 2015. The fact that tablets are much cheaper is obviously playing a role as well. During the second quarter of 2011, PC shipments ]]></description>
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		<title>(BK) Company News for September 2, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/02/bk-company-news-for-september-2-2011-corporate-summary/82531</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/02/bk-company-news-for-september-2-2011-corporate-summary/82531#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Netflix Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[•    International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) announced it was acquiring Algorithmics, a risk analytics firm based in Toronto, Canada, for $387 million in cash •    Negotiations between Netflix, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Starz Entertainment regarding the renewal of Starz’s licensing agreement collapsed. Subsequently, the pay cable network announced that it will stop providing its content to Netflix •    According to reports, Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) announced that a tropical disturbance has forced the company to remove its workers from the Gulf of Mexico •    CIENA Corp. (NASDAQ:CIEN) reported third quarter Non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.08 that surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $0.21 per share •    Conflicting management styles saw Robert P. Kelly resign as chairman, chief executive officer and director of The Bank of New York Mellon ]]></description>
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		<title>(GDP) Stock Market News for August 29, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/29/gdp-stock-market-news-for-august-29-2011-market-news/82202</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street registered its first weekly gains in more than a month as the Fed Chairman’s speech sparked hopes of economic stimulus and assured investors that the US is well on course for long-term economic growth. The tech sector helped push the markets higher on Friday, enabling the markets to post its best weekly gains in eight weeks. In another three-digit movement for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the index gained 1.2% to settle at 11,284.54. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) finished the day at 1,176.80 after climbing 1.5%. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 2.5% and wrapped up the day at 2,479.85. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index slipped 10.2% to end below 36. Earlier, the fear-gauge index had even dropped by 14% to a session low ]]></description>
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		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines Unveils New Cloud Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/26/ibm-international-business-machines-unveils-new-cloud-solution/82117</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corp.(IBM) has unveiled its new hybrid cloud solution that is capable of managing and connecting public and private clouds securely for its clients. Hybrid cloud is a composition of two or more clouds (private, community, or public) that are bound together but have distinctive characteristics, offering the benefits of multiple operation models to its users. Through this new offering from IBM, organizations will now be better equipped to handle the hybrid cloud technology as it will now be significantly easier for them to manage and control their business applications securely. Globally, almost all businesses are beginning to strategize their operating model in a manner that unforeseen events do not disrupt the steady work flow. Uninterrupted operation ensures no revenue loss for organizations. IBM has the experience and ]]></description>
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		<title>(AAPL) Apple Slips on Steve Jobs&#8217; Retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/25/aapl-apple-slips-on-steve-jobs-retirement/82031</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/25/aapl-apple-slips-on-steve-jobs-retirement/82031#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:47:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares slipped $19.08 (5.07%) to $357.10 in after hours trading, following the resignation of its maverick Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Steve Jobs. Subsequently, Apple announced that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mr. Tim Cook will serve as the full-time CEO. However, Steve Jobs will continue to hold his position as the Chairman of the company. He was on medical leave since January 17, 2011 after combating a rare form of cancer since 2003 and survived a liver transplant in 2009. Mr. Jobs, who is also the co-founder of Apple, served the company for the last 14 years. It was his second stint with Apple beginning in 1997 (the first ended in 1985, when he was unceremoniously forced to resign), which saw a tremendous turnaround in the company’s ]]></description>
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		<title>(GDP) Stock Market News for August 22, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/08/22/gdp-stock-market-news-for-august-22-2011-market-news/81776</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fears of a global downturn dragged the markets down on Friday and benchmarks registered their fourth consecutive week of losses. While recession worries in US unnerved investors, fears of financial destabilization on the European front strengthened the bearish mood. Posting its 10th move of over 100 points in the last 15 trading days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) shed 172 points or 1.6% to close at 10,817.65. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) slipped 1.5% to settle at 1,123.53. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 1.6% to finish the day at 2,341.84. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) settled over 43 and is far ahead of the technical level of 30. On the New York Stock Exchange, consolidated volumes were 5.16 billion shares. For every one stock that moved ]]></description>
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		<title>(HPQ) Hewlett-Packard Company Plans Major Restructuring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is planning an extensive restructuring, as announced by its chief executive officer (CEO) Leo Apotheker. In order to focus more on the high-growth and high-margin business, the CEO now wants to spin off or sell H-P’s lower-margin PC business, wash its hands of the webOS business (still looking for a take-off) and buy out business software maker Autonomy Corp. The focus shift would help H-P evolve as a software and services company, without any reliance on the hardware businesses. Goodbye to PSG Segment Although HP has maintained its leadership position in worldwide PC shipments for many years, margins in the Personal Systems Group have lagged other areas of its business. The segment generated single-digit margin growth in the last few quarters, less than any of the other ]]></description>
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		<title>(BR) Broadridge Financial Solutions Outperforms Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc.’s (BR) fourth-quarter fiscal 2011 adjusted earnings per share of 94 cents beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 91 cents and improved from 84 cents earned in the prior-year quarter. Higher recurring revenue prompted the outperformance, partially offset by higher operating expenses and tax rate. Revenues Total revenue in the fourth quarter was $776.1 million, up 3.4% from $750.5 million in the year-ago quarter and ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $773.0 million. The improvement was driven by an increase in recurring revenues from acquisitions, partially offset by lower contribution from event-driven mutual fund proxy fee revenues. Mutual fund event-driven revenues are highly cyclical in nature and unpredictable, according to Broadridge. Positive currency translation, net new businesses and an outsourcing services agreement with Penson Worldwide Inc. ]]></description>
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