<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Stock Blog Hub &#187; Microsoft Corporation</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.stockbloghub.com/tag/microsoft-corporation/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com</link>
	<description>Start Your Investing Research Here!</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 20:22:08 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>(MSFT) Semiconductor Stock Outlook &#8211; May 2012 &#8211; Zacks Analyst Interviews</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-may-2012-zacks-analyst-interviews/100512</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-may-2012-zacks-analyst-interviews/100512#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Applied Materials Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARM Holdings plc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARMH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASML Holding NV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRCM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcom Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intersil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KLA-Tencor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KLAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lam Research Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linear Technology Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LLTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LRCX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxim Integrated Products Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micron Technology Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MXIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novellus Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NVLS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QUALCOMM Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semtech Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STMicroelectronics NV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teradyne Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower Semiconductor Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TXN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Microelectronics Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=100512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Semiconductor Industry serves as a driver, enabler and indicator of technological progress. Developments in the industry determine the way we work, transport ourselves, communicate, entertain ourselves and respond to our environment. The PCs we work on, the cars we drive, the phones we communicate with, the electronic gadgets on which we watch movies, listen to music and play games on, and the planes and weapons used to transport or protect us use semiconductor devices. As environmental issues have become more of a concern today, semiconductor devices are being made to reduce power consumption, reduce heat dissipation, capture solar energy, create more efficient lighting solutions, and so forth. The past decade has seen big changes in the industry, with most players streamlining operations and transferring more routine production to low-cost ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-may-2012-zacks-analyst-interviews/100512/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AAPL) Guide to the 25 Cheapest ETFs &#8211; ETF News And Commentary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/aapl-guide-to-the-25-cheapest-etfs-etf-news-and-commentary/100548</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/aapl-guide-to-the-25-cheapest-etfs-etf-news-and-commentary/100548#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AJG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMLN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arthur J Gallagher & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BND]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iShares S&P 500 Index]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IVV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micros Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solutia Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPDRs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superior Energy Services Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taubman Centers Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard Europe Pacific ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard Large Cap ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard REIT Index ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VNQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VTI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XOM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=100548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several factors that influence the decision of selecting an ETF for investment. Such factors include the past performance, holdings, sector exposure and concentration. Beyond these examples, expenses can also play an important role in the decision making process as well. The expense ratio of an asset fund refers to the total percentage of fund assets that are taken on a yearly basis to pay for administrative, management, advertising and all other costs that go into running an ETF. While these ratios are much smaller for ETFs than they are for mutual funds on average, investors should note that expenses still play a crucial role in determining the best fund in a segment. Furthermore, while many products may appear similar on the surface—with similar industry, holdings, and market cap ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/aapl-guide-to-the-25-cheapest-etfs-etf-news-and-commentary/100548/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(GOOG) How to Profit From the Facebook IPO Without Buying Facebook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/goog-how-to-profit-from-the-facebook-ipo-without-buying-facebook/100273</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/goog-how-to-profit-from-the-facebook-ipo-without-buying-facebook/100273#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 15:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMC Software Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CA Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Compuware Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KEYN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Keynote Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linkedin Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNKD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NetScout Systems Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NTCT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPNET Technologies Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPNT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=100273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of weeks, investors have been hearing a lot about the Facebook IPO and the accompanying high-profile road show. For those who are confused, the road show is a planned set of meetings where the management team of the company going public, accompanied by its investment bankers, shares the investment merits of its about-to-be traded stock and why you, the investor, should buy in on the IPO. It is not about whether the CEO of said company is wearing a suit, or a “hoodie,” or will even show up at all. What’s challenging about the Facebook IPO isn’t whether this is a leading company in the new field of social media – oh, it certainly is. And it isn’t, in our opinion, about whether Facebook will continue ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/05/18/goog-how-to-profit-from-the-facebook-ipo-without-buying-facebook/100273/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(GOOG) Google Starts 2012 with a Bang</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/goog-google-starts-2012-with-a-bang/98528</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/goog-google-starts-2012-with-a-bang/98528#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Vectors Short Municipal ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=98528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Inc (GOOG) started the year in style, beating our earnings estimate of $8.24 by 51 cents, or 6.2%. Revenue was more or less in line with consensus estimates of $8.1 billion. Historically, Google has done much better than Yahoo Inc (YHOO), which has been struggling to hold its own, and Microsoft Corp (MSFT), which is yet to gain critical mass. Google’s superior algorithms have consistently attracted more users and generated better conversions. Revenue Google’s gross revenue touched a record $10.65 billion, representing sequential and year-over-year increases of 0.6% and 24.1%, respectively. Considering Google’s hedging program, the impact of currency was minimal on both sequential and year-over-year bases. Google is very strongly positioned in the mobile platform, where both smartphones and tablets have been making strong headway. The dominant position ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/goog-google-starts-2012-with-a-bang/98528/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(BAC) Big Day for Data and Earnings</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/bac-big-day-for-data-and-earnings/99159</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/bac-big-day-for-data-and-earnings/99159#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EI DuPont de Nemours & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=99159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A slew of economic and earnings news provides the backdrop to today’s trading action. We have reassuring news out of Spain this morning, with a decently successful auction for long-term government bonds. The earnings story is also unfolding favorably, with this morning’s basket of reports from Bank of America (BAC), DuPont (DD) and Morgan Stanley (MS) providing a positive backdrop. But the all-important domestic labor market picture emerging out of this morning’s Jobless Claims reading is less than inspiring. And that’s not all in terms of economic reports for today: we also have readings on Existing Home Sales, Leading Indicators and a regional manufacturing survey from the Philly Fed on deck for release a little later. Importantly, Spain held a reasonably good auction for longer-duration government bonds today, which should ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/20/bac-big-day-for-data-and-earnings/99159/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(BAC) Apr 19: Economic,Earnings News To Drive Indices &#8211; Economic Highlights</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/19/bac-apr-19-economicearnings-news-to-drive-indices-economic-highlights/99162</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/19/bac-apr-19-economicearnings-news-to-drive-indices-economic-highlights/99162#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EI DuPont de Nemours & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=99162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A slew of economic and earnings news provides the backdrop to today’s trading action. We have reassuring news out of Spain this morning, with a decently successful auction for long-term government bonds. The earnings story is also unfolding favorably, with this morning’s basket of reports from Bank of America (BAC), DuPont (DD) and Morgan Stanley (MS) providing a positive backdrop. But the all-important domestic labor market picture emerging out of this morning’s Jobless Claims reading is less than inspiring. And that’s not all in terms of economic reports for today: we also have readings on Existing Home Sales, Leading Indicators and a regional manufacturing survey from the Philly Fed on deck for release a little later. Importantly, Spain held a reasonably good auction for longer-duration government bonds today, which should ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/19/bac-apr-19-economicearnings-news-to-drive-indices-economic-highlights/99162/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(IBM) International Business Machines to Buy Varicent Software</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/ibm-international-business-machines-to-buy-varicent-software/98652</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/ibm-international-business-machines-to-buy-varicent-software/98652#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hertz Global Holdings Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HTZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MAN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manpower Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office Depot Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=98652</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a bid to strengthen its business analytics portfolio, International Business Machines Corp (IBM) has agreed to acquire analytics software provider Varicent Software Incorporated. However, the financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Toronto, Canada, Varicent Software is a privately-held company and has more than 180 clients. The company’s offering is used for measuring and analyzing data from various business departments – including finance and sales, human resources and IT departments – for providing compensation and improvement in sales performance. Varicent’s clients include Starwood Hotels &#38; Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT), Covidien, Dex One Corp , Manpower Group (MAN), Hertz Global Holdings Inc. (HTZ), Office Depot Inc. (ODP) and Farmers. IBM has made a number of strategic acquisitions to boost its Smarter Analytics portfolio that includes Algorithmics, Clarity ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/ibm-international-business-machines-to-buy-varicent-software/98652/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(C) The Thick of Q1 Earnings Season &#8211; Earnings Preview</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/c-the-thick-of-q1-earnings-season-earnings-preview/98620</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/c-the-thick-of-q1-earnings-season-earnings-preview/98620#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abbott Laboratories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Express Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AXP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EBAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EI DuPont de Nemours & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halliburton Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnson & Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MCD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McDonald's Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Coca-Cola Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=98620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are jumping right into the thick of the first quarter reporting cycle this week, with more than 250 companies coming out with results, including 89 companies from the S&#38;P 500. We will have representation from the who’s who of the corporate world, with a number of bellwether players on tap to come out with results. By the end of the week, we will have a good enough number to judge this earnings season. While earnings will remain the primary focus during the week, we have a number of market-moving economic releases on deck as well. We will get a sense of the consumer economy though the monthly Retail Sales numbers, while the Industrial Production report will give us a good read on the manufacturing sector. Regional manufacturing surveys from ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/16/c-the-thick-of-q1-earnings-season-earnings-preview/98620/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AAPL) What’s Next for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/02/aapl-whats-next-for-apple-nasdaq-aapl/97034</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/02/aapl-whats-next-for-apple-nasdaq-aapl/97034#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deere & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J. C. Penney Company Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JCP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIMM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=97034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our analysts were right about Apple (AAPL) declaring its dividend and surging past $600/share. But how do they feel about the future of Apple? All I can say is… Our analysts are the real deal. Last year, Investment U Associate Investment Director Marc Lichtenfeld and Senior Analyst Steve McDonald made bold predictions about the world’s largest tech company Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL). And already this year, both of their forecasts have come true… Prediction #1: Apple to $600 Steve McDonald’s prediction came first on December 19th. Here’s the condensed version of what he had to say: “A recent survey of buying trends of iProducts for Morgan Stanley by AlphaWise was full of upside surprises. “The street may be underestimating Apple’s 2012 ‘iProducts’ sales by as much as 40 percent. “If this ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/04/02/aapl-whats-next-for-apple-nasdaq-aapl/97034/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(XOM) Share Buybacks: A Buy Signal You Can’t Ignore</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/xom-share-buybacks-a-buy-signal-you-cant-ignore/94813</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/xom-share-buybacks-a-buy-signal-you-cant-ignore/94813#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basic Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Integrated Oil & Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boston Scientific Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BSX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[L-3 Communications Holdings Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LLL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XOM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=94813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Share buybacks increased by 46% in 2011. Has there ever been a more bullish indicator? There are a number of signals that bode well for price appreciation with individual stocks: growing market share, rising sales, strong earnings growth and improving margins… But you shouldn’t overlook another excellent indicator: share buybacks. According to Standard &#38; Poor’s, U.S. public companies spent at least $437 billion last year buying their own shares back. That was 46% more than in 2010. Is this a good thing? Absolutely… Regardless of whether you’re an individual or a corporation, sitting on cash isn’t terribly rewarding these days with the average money market fund paying five one-hundredths of 1%. And if the outlook is uncertain, a business owner doesn’t want to commit to building new facilities or taking ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/xom-share-buybacks-a-buy-signal-you-cant-ignore/94813/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(CRM) Salesforce.com Offers New Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/crm-salesforce-offers-new-applications/95678</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/crm-salesforce-offers-new-applications/95678#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Software & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salesforce.com]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=95678</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Enterprise cloud-solutions vendor Salesforce.com Inc. (CRM) announced the worldwide release of two new products in its annual customer event, Cloudforce. The two cloud-based products were Salesforce Rypple, a human resources management (HRM) solution, and Salesforce Site.com, which is a content management solution. The Salesforce Rypple solution represents Salesforce’s first step into the HRM space. The cloud company inherited the HRM capabilities through the acquisition of human resource software company Rypple, which specializes in performance management and goal-setting, in December 2011. Rypple’s cloud-based platform provides performance feedback to employees and helps management in evaluating employee performance. The platform also facilitates recruitment, management and employee empowerment in the social world. Now, with the new product featuring Rypple’s platform, firms will be able to improve the performance of their managers and employees by ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/crm-salesforce-offers-new-applications/95678/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(QCOM) Qualcomm Analyst Upgrades Shares to Outperform</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/23/qcom-qualcomm-analyst-upgrades-shares-to-outperform-2/91767</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/23/qcom-qualcomm-analyst-upgrades-shares-to-outperform-2/91767#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QUALCOMM Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STMicroelectronics NV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have upgraded our recommendation on Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) to Outperform. Recently, it reported a record high result for the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Net income was up 20% year over year and 33% sequentially, indicating Qualcomm’s operating efficiency. Management is quite confident that it will be able to maintain its current pace of top and bottom line growth for at least the next five years. There are primarily four reasons for this positive outlook: (1) gradual introduction of 4G LTE enabled mobile handsets in the U.S., Japan, and South Korea; (2) massive growth of 3G smartphones in the emerging markets, particularly in China, where the company has a strong foothold; (3) Qualcomm’s growing association with Apple Inc. (AAPL) for its iPhones and iPADs; and (4) a diversified product ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/23/qcom-qualcomm-analyst-upgrades-shares-to-outperform-2/91767/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(MSFT) Microsoft Earnings 2012 Second Quarter Scorecard</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/msft-microsoft-earnings-2012-second-quarter-scorecard/91486</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/msft-microsoft-earnings-2012-second-quarter-scorecard/91486#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91486</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Following the second quarter 2012 earnings announcement on January 19, more than half the analysts covering Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) have made downward revisions to their estimates. The reason for the downward movement can be traced to the negative affect on the PC supply chain due to hard-disk drive (HDD) shortages and macroeconomic uncertainties that are expected to continue well into 2012. Last Quarter Synopsis Microsoft’s second quarter results were a couple of cents higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. However, the client PC business was impacted by the Thai floods, although all the other areas of the business saw good growth. Microsoft’s revenue was up sequentially as well as from the year-ago quarter at $20.89 billion, led by a triple-digit growth in the Entertainment &#38; Devices segment and all other ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/msft-microsoft-earnings-2012-second-quarter-scorecard/91486/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ORCL) Oracle Agrees to $1.9bn Deal to Buy Taleo</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/orcl-oracle-agrees-to-1-9bn-deal-to-buy-taleo/91574</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/orcl-oracle-agrees-to-1-9bn-deal-to-buy-taleo/91574#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salesforce.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sap Ag]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SFSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Successfactors Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taleo Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TLEO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Oracle Inc. (ORCL) agreed to buy Taleo Corp. (TLEO), a SaaS human resource software provider, for $1.9 billion or $46 per share. Following this announcement, shares of Taleo were up nearly 17%, closing at $45.64, yesterday. Taleo has a clientele that spreads across 5000 organizations. Taleo’s Talent Management Cloud helps organizations to enhance human resource capabilities, improve performance and drive growth. We believe that this acquisition is further evidence of Oracle’s continued focus on its cloud computing infrastructure. The acquisition is expected to expand Oracle&#8217;s public cloud offering. The public cloud, which originally comprised existing products including fusion applications, expanded the company’s penetration into the SaaS application space. Earlier, Oracle had locked horns with SAP AG (SAP) for acquiring California-based cloud-computing software company SuccessFactors Inc. (SFSF), a developer of ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/orcl-oracle-agrees-to-1-9bn-deal-to-buy-taleo/91574/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(IBM) IBM Set to Acquire Software Developer Worklight</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/ibm-ibm-set-to-acquire-software-developer-worklight/91181</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/ibm-ibm-set-to-acquire-software-developer-worklight/91181#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91181</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/ibm-ibm-set-to-acquire-software-developer-worklight/91181/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(MSFT) Semiconductor Stock Outlook &#8211; February 2012 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-february-2012-industry-outlook/91170</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-february-2012-industry-outlook/91170#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advanced Micro Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advantest Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analog Devices Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Applied Materials Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARM Holdings plc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARMH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASM International NV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASML Holding NV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BRCM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Broadcom Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EXAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exar Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FORM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FormFactor Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intersil Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISIL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KLA-Tencor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KLAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lam Research Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linear Technology Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LLTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LRCX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxim Integrated Products Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micron Technology Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MXIM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Novellus Systems Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NVLS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ON Semiconductor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONNN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PAE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QUALCOMM Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Semtech Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STMicroelectronics NV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TER]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teradyne Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower Semiconductor Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TSM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TXN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Microelectronics Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=91170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Semiconductor Industry serves as a driver, enabler and indicator of technological progress. Developments in the industry determine the way we work, transport ourselves, communicate, entertain ourselves and respond to our environment. The PCs we work on, the cars we drive, the phones we communicate with, the electronic gadgets on which we watch movies, listen to music and play games on, and the planes and weapons used to transport or protect us use semiconductor devices. As environmental issues have become more of a concern today, semiconductor devices are being made to reduce power consumption, reduce heat dissipation, capture solar energy, create more efficient lighting solutions and so forth. The past decade has seen big changes in the industry, with most players streamlining operations and transferring more routine production to low-cost ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/02/msft-semiconductor-stock-outlook-february-2012-industry-outlook/91170/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/24/xle-stock-market-news-for-january-24-2012-market-news/90720#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Traded Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apache Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chesapeake Energy Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CONSOL Energy Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IMF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwestern Energy Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Asset Inflation Management Fund Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WisdomTree Dreyfus Euro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XLE]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90720</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/24/xle-stock-market-news-for-january-24-2012-market-news/90720/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/23/bac-stock-market-news-for-january-23-2012-market-news/90644#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money Center Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90644</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/23/bac-stock-market-news-for-january-23-2012-market-news/90644/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(MSFT) Microsoft Looks Bright in 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/21/msft-microsoft-looks-bright-in-2012/90556</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/21/msft-microsoft-looks-bright-in-2012/90556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EBAY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBay Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) second quarter results were a couple of cents higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The last month has seen 10 analysts lowering estimates for the quarter, which took the Zacks Consensus down a penny. Therefore, without the revisions, Microsoft would have exceeded expectations. While the client PC business was slightly impacted by the Thai flooding, all other areas of the business saw good growth. Investors reacted as may be expected, taking share prices up 2.42% in after-hours trading. Revenue Revenue of $20.89 billion was up 20.2% sequentially and 4.7% from last year, just short of consensus expectations of $20.93 billion. Growth in the last quarter was again led by the Entertainment &#38; Devices segment (up triple digits sequentially), with all segments other than Windows growing strong double-digits. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/21/msft-microsoft-looks-bright-in-2012/90556/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(GOOG) Google Reports Rare Earnings Miss</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-google-reports-rare-earnings-miss/90554</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-google-reports-rare-earnings-miss/90554#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baidu Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BIDU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Market Vectors Short Municipal ETF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SOHU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sohu.com Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90554</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Inc’s (GOOG) fourth-quarter earnings of $8.22 missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $9.06, with revenues missing estimates by 9.7%. Shares were down 9.02% in after-hours trading. Despite strong revenue growth across most geographies and stabilizing in Western Europe (except Germany), weak pricing and non-operating losses (the first time since the December 2009 quarter), resulted in the disappointing results. Historically, Google has done much better than Yahoo Inc (YHOO), which has been struggling to hold its own and Microsoft Corp (MSFT), which has yet to gain critical mass. Google’s superior algorithms have consistently attracted more users and generated better conversions. Revenue Google’s gross revenue touched a record $10.58 billion, representing sequential and year-over-year increases of 8.9% and 25.4%, respectively. Currency impact was neutral on a year-over-year basis and negative on ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-google-reports-rare-earnings-miss/90554/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(INTC) Intel Tops Expectations &#8211; Guides In Line</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/intc-intel-tops-expectations-guides-in-line/90553</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/intc-intel-tops-expectations-guides-in-line/90553#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Semiconductor - Broad Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARM Holdings plc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ARMH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seagate Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WDC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Digital Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90553</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Intel Corp (INTC) reported fourth quarter earnings of 67 cents per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 6 cents. The surprise was driven by strength in the server segment, a richer mix of business, lower-than-expected taxes and helped by the fact that estimates dropped 9 cents over the past two months. Revenue Intel’s reported revenue was $13.9 billion, within management’s guidance range of $$14.0 billion (+/-$500 million). Revenue for the quarter dropped 2.4% sequentially, while increasing 21.2% year over year. As indicated by the HDD suppliers Western Digital (WDC) and Seagate (STX), as well as PC companies Hewlett Packard Company (HPQ) and Dell Inc (DELL), the floods in Thailand had a significant impact on the PC market toward the end of the year. Distributors reduced inventories and Intel ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/intc-intel-tops-expectations-guides-in-line/90553/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-january-20-markets-to-remain-calm-economic-highlights/90558#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FITB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90558</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-january-20-markets-to-remain-calm-economic-highlights/90558/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(GOOG) Sampling the Earnings Smorgasbord</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-sampling-the-earnings-smorgasbord/90560</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-sampling-the-earnings-smorgasbord/90560#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fifth Third Bancorp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FITB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Electric Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SunTrust Banks Inc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90560</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/20/goog-sampling-the-earnings-smorgasbord/90560/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/18/ibm-international-business-machines-2011-fourth-quarter-earnings-preview/90421#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90421</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/18/ibm-international-business-machines-2011-fourth-quarter-earnings-preview/90421/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AAPL) Motorola Mobility Holdings Lawsuit Ruling Goes Against Apple</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/16/aapl-motorola-mobility-holdings-lawsuit-ruling-goes-against-apple/90268</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/16/aapl-motorola-mobility-holdings-lawsuit-ruling-goes-against-apple/90268#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ITC Holdings Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. (AAPL) recently received an adverse ruling in a patent suit against Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) from the International Trade Commission (ITC). An ITC judge set aside Apple’s allegation that Motorola Mobility had violated three of its patents. This is Apple’s second defeat against Motorola in successive months, after a German court issued an injunction favoring Motorola in December last year. Although the current ruling will be reviewed by a six-member ITC panel, the full commission doesn&#8217;t usually contradict with the judge&#8217;s determinations. ITC is expected to issue the final verdict in March this year. ITC has the power of blocking import of products that infringe U.S. patents. The lawsuit was filed by Apple in October 2010, targeting Motorola Mobility’s Droid, Cliq, BackFlip and other smartphones. Two of ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/16/aapl-motorola-mobility-holdings-lawsuit-ruling-goes-against-apple/90268/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(IBM) IBM to Focus on Analytics</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/ibm-ibm-to-focus-on-analytics/89993</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/ibm-ibm-to-focus-on-analytics/89993#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Paper Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89993</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/ibm-ibm-to-focus-on-analytics/89993/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(DELL) DELL to Enhance Consumer Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/dell-dell-to-enhance-consumer-experience/90202</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/dell-dell-to-enhance-consumer-experience/90202#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dell Inc. (DELL) has started the new year with a new offering &#8212; Ultrabook &#8212; the thinnest and most powerful iteration of laptops. Earlier this week, Dell introduced the XPS 13 laptop. The ultra portable gadget is expected to enhance user experience with Intel Inc.’s (INTC) latest technologies such as Rapid Start and Smart Connect, which will enable users to remain connected and responsive anywhere. The Ultrabook will support huge file storage with 128/256 GB (gigabyte) solid state drive options, as well as an additional 100 GB of cloud storage through Dell DataSafe online application, for free. DataSafe Online protects data by placing backup copies on a secure storage site using Internet connection. Dell’s XPS 13 is less than 3 pounds with 24-hour battery back-up and starts at $999. The ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/14/dell-dell-to-enhance-consumer-experience/90202/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(T) AT&amp;T Riding High on LTE Devices</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/t-att-riding-high-on-lte-devices/90077</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/t-att-riding-high-on-lte-devices/90077#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Services - Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second-largest U.S. mobile service provider AT&#38;T Inc. (T) plans to roll out seven new smartphones and a tablet based on the 4G LTE network early in the year. These devices will offer mobile broadband speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G. The LTE smartphone portfolio includes two handsets from HTC Corp and Nokia Corporation (NOK) that runs on Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) Windows Phone software. In this regard, AT&#38;T revealed Nokia “Lumia 900” smartphone, which is expected to hit the U.S. market in the coming months. The other five smartphones are based on Google Inc.’s (GOOG) massively popular Android software and include Pantech Burst, Sony Xperia ion, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and Samsung Exhilarate. AT&#38;T will be the first carrier to offer Sony’s first-ever 4G ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/t-att-riding-high-on-lte-devices/90077/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ATVI) Gloomy Year for Video Games</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/atvi-gloomy-year-for-video-games/90160</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/atvi-gloomy-year-for-video-games/90160#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multimedia & Graphics Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activision Blizzard Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sony Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=90160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robust holiday sales were always expected to lift domestic video game sales, but it could only improve performance on a sequential basis. U.S. video game sales were up 36% sequentially in the month of December, as new versions of some famous franchises and positive consumer spending joined hands to drive the sales higher. However, the yearly comparison was not so upbeat, hinting at the lingering macro-economic factors. According to the NPD Group, the video games industry logged revenues of $3.99 billion in December, significantly higher than the $2.93 billion in November 2011. However, sales plummeted 21% on a year-over-year basis. Software sales in December were $2.04 billion, up 22.2% from November, but down from $2.37 billion in the comparable prior-year period. For the second month in a row, Activision Blizzard ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/13/atvi-gloomy-year-for-video-games/90160/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(DUK) 2012 Predictions for Income Investors</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/duk-2012-predictions-for-income-investors/89336</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/duk-2012-predictions-for-income-investors/89336#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electric Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Utilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BMY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bristol-Myers Squibb Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DUK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Duke Energy Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Transfer Partners L.P.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise Products Partners Lp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Marc Lichtenfeld, Investment U Senior Analyst Wednesday, December 28, 2011: Issue #1674 Last week, I reviewed my brilliant (and a few, let’s call them sub-brilliant) market calls for 2011. As the year winds down, here are my thoughts for what lies ahead in 2012 for income investors. Prediction #1: The “Crowded Trade” Chatter Heats Up Many Wall Street pros are scoffing at buying stocks with solid dividends. I believe this is for two reasons: The first is that in order for the Wall Street machine to make money, and that includes the financial media, you need to be trading constantly, generating commissions and hanging onto every word as to which stocks will go higher and which are going to tank. If you’re investing in dividend paying stocks, chances are ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/duk-2012-predictions-for-income-investors/89336/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/ibm-ibm-further-spreads-wings-in-cloud/89770#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diversified Computer Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EMC Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Paper Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89770</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/09/ibm-ibm-further-spreads-wings-in-cloud/89770/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ADP) Stock Market News for January 6, 2012 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/adp-stock-market-news-for-january-6-2012-market-news/89809</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/adp-stock-market-news-for-january-6-2012-market-news/89809#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Software & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Automatic Data Processing Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boeing Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[C]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LSI Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oclaro Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seagate Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STX]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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&#38;P 500 index registered small gains to end in the green. The Dow showed its strength by recuperating its triple digit loss to close flat to negative. The Dow Jones Industrial average (DJIA) dropped 0.02% or 2.72 points to close at 12,415.70. The blue chip index’s biggest laggard was Boeing (NYSE:BA), which fell 1.1% to $73.53., while banking giant, Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) was the biggest gainer, increasing by 8.6%. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index increased 21.50 points, or 0.81% to end at 2,669.86. The Standard &#38; ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/06/adp-stock-market-news-for-january-6-2012-market-news/89809/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(CHKP) Check Point Software Technologies Initiated at Neutral</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/chkp-check-point-software-technologies-initiated-at-neutral/89513</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/chkp-check-point-software-technologies-initiated-at-neutral/89513#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Security Software & Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Check Point Software Technologies Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHKP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gartner Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juniper Networks Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Symantec Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SYMC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 the information technology (IT) security market with its breakthrough product, FireWall-1. The company also offers a comprehensive range of software and combined hardware and software products aimed at IT security. Check Point operates in different geographic regions including the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific. The company generates revenues from the sales of its network and data security products and related software updates, maintenance, support and other services. A broad portfolio of appliances has made Check Point the market leader in network security. Enterprises face continued threats to their financial well being, brands and reputation from ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/01/03/chkp-check-point-software-technologies-initiated-at-neutral/89513/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/29/rnow-oracles-rightnow-technologiesbuy-approved/89383#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rightnow Technologies Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNOW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salesforce.com]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89383</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/29/rnow-oracles-rightnow-technologiesbuy-approved/89383/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(YHOO) Yahoo Revisits Sale of Asian Assets</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/27/yhoo-yahoo-revisits-sale-of-asian-assets/89254</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/27/yhoo-yahoo-revisits-sale-of-asian-assets/89254#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) is revisiting a proposed deal to reduce its 40% stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and sell its 35% ownership position in Yahoo Japan. The proposal values Yahoo’s 40% stake in Alibaba at about $12 billion and its 35% stake in Yahoo Japan at about $5 billion. Hence, the total value of the sale for the Asian assets is valued at $17 billion to $18 billion. Despite being one of the biggest brand names, Yahoo has not done very well in the last few years. Investors are also wary of the competitive pressure that Yahoo is under. The company is up against the likes of Google Inc. (GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Facebook Inc., the world’s most popular social-networking site. It has seen its ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/27/yhoo-yahoo-revisits-sale-of-asian-assets/89254/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AKAM) Akamai Technologies Buys Competitor Cotendo</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/26/akam-akamai-technologies-buys-competitor-cotendo/89240</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/26/akam-akamai-technologies-buys-competitor-cotendo/89240#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AKAM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Akamai Technologies Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Level 3 Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limelight Networks Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LLNW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LVLT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Confirming earlier rumors, Akamai Technologies Inc. (AKAM) recently announced that it is buying competitor Cotendo for $268.0 million in cash. The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2012. Shares jumped 18.6% to close at $31.63 following the news. Cotendo specializes in software and services that improve the delivery of content across the Web and on mobile-device networks. In less than three years of its launch, Cotendo has been successful in acquiring a large clientele (approximately 300 customers) including some big tech companies, such as Facebook, Zynga Inc. (ZNGA), MyYearBook, HTC, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and Google Inc. (GOOG). Over the last 12 months, Cotendo emerged as the most notable competitor of Akamai in the higher margin value-added services (VAS) market, after it won some major deals. Cotendo ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/26/akam-akamai-technologies-buys-competitor-cotendo/89240/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(XLF) Stock Market News for December 23, 2011 &#8211; Market News</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/23/xlf-stock-market-news-for-december-23-2011-market-news/89195</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/23/xlf-stock-market-news-for-december-23-2011-market-news/89195#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Exchange Traded Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financial Select Sector SPDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Chase & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morgan Stanley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo & Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WFC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XLF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=89195</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Investors received a pre-Christmas gift in the form of encouraging economic data, which led the benchmarks higher on Thursday. The Dow and S&#38;P 500 registered their third-straight finish in the green, but trading volumes continued to be on the low side. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was up 0.5% and ended the day at 12,169.65. The Standard &#38; Poor 500 (S&#38;P 500) gained 0.8% and closed yesterday’s trading session at 1,254. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite Index finished trading at 2,599.45, after edging up 0.8%. The fear-gauge CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped 1.3% and settled at 21.16. Fortunately, the fear-gauge index has dropped to its lowest levels in many months, in an economic scenario that is highly uncertain and weighed down by lingering European debt woes. So far this week, ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/23/xlf-stock-market-news-for-december-23-2011-market-news/89195/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/20/rht-red-hat-beats-the-street-by-a-penny/88975#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Application Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Hat Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RHT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VMware Inc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88975</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/20/rht-red-hat-beats-the-street-by-a-penny/88975/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ATVI) Video Games Out of Summer Slump</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/15/atvi-video-games-out-of-summer-slump/88469</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/15/atvi-video-games-out-of-summer-slump/88469#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multimedia & Graphics Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activision Blizzard Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Arts Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sony Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Take-Two Interactive Software Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TTWO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 higher than the $1.05 billion in October 2011. However, the video game sales figure dropped slightly from $2.99 billion reported in November 2010. The software sales for November came in at $1.67 billion, up 11.3% from the previous year. The hugely popular game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, from Activision Blizzard Inc.‘s (ATVI) stable, positively impacted the software sales and topped the selling chart with 8.99 million units being sold. Bethesda Softwork’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Electronic Arts Inc.’s (ERTS) Battlefield 3 captured the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/15/atvi-video-games-out-of-summer-slump/88469/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AAPL) Who Is the Smartest of Them All?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-who-is-the-smartest-of-them-all/88335</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-who-is-the-smartest-of-them-all/88335#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corning Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NOK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nokia Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QCOM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QUALCOMM Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research In Motion Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RIMM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Instruments Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TXN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the whole world increasingly going mobile, top phone makers such as Samsung, LG, Motorola, Apple (AAPL) and Research In Motion (RIMM) are scrambling to bring smarter devices to the market. In fact, phone makers are touting screen size, resolution, virtual or real QWERTY keyboards, video conferencing, recording and streaming, social networking, office integration and what not to boost sales. While our parents may have considered a phone good if it offered noise-free, good-quality sound, we are more on the lookout for contacts management, social networking integration and media support, while our kids would rather be using the device to listen to music, capture and stream video and play games. Or that is what the phone companies would like us to do. And considering the level of competition in the ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-who-is-the-smartest-of-them-all/88335/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(AAPL) Get a Piece of the Next Nuclear Energy Boom</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-get-a-piece-of-the-next-nuclear-energy-boom/88249</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-get-a-piece-of-the-next-nuclear-energy-boom/88249#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Computers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LUV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southwest Airlines Company]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carl Delfeld, Investment U Senior Analyst Thursday, December 8, 2011: Issue #1660 “My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.” - Charles Franklin Kettering There’s a lot of pessimism out there amongst investors as they worry about growth… But the fears about a no-growth economy are overdone and the financial media is only covering the problems. It was much the same in the mid-1970s when stagflation was all people could talk about – except for the busy founders of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Genentech, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). The big picture is that the next boom is already underway. Why am I so optimistic about a return to robust growth? Two reasons: An ever-rising, more-affluent global ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/09/aapl-get-a-piece-of-the-next-nuclear-energy-boom/88249/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(GOOG) Google Takes on Amazon With Same-Day Shipping Service</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/goog-google-takes-on-amazon-with-same-day-shipping-service/88060</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/goog-google-takes-on-amazon-with-same-day-shipping-service/88060#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AMZN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gap Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macy's Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OfficeMax Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OMX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Jeannette Di Louie, Investment U Research Monday, December 5, 2011 I’ve said for a while now that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) wants to take over the world. First, it debuted the search engine, which changed how we use the internet so significantly that English dictionaries everywhere now include “Google” [goo-guh'l] as an official entry (incidentally both as a noun and a verb). But the company didn’t stop there, adding Google News in 2002, Google Maps in 2004, Google Finance in 2006, Gmail in 2007, and its web browser, Google Chrome, in 2009. These days, it also offers music, video, image and finance services, not to mention Blogger, a popular site where users can create their own blogs for little or nothing, and Google Docs, which serves as a free, online ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/goog-google-takes-on-amazon-with-same-day-shipping-service/88060/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(T) The Going May Get Tough in Wireless</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/t-the-going-may-get-tough-in-wireless/88075</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/t-the-going-may-get-tough-in-wireless/88075#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telecom Services - Domestic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CMCSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leap Wireless International Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MetroPCS Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time Warner Cable Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TWC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VZ]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=88075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We believe that the wireless majors, AT&#38;T (T) and Verizon Communications (VZ) may be lulled by the proverbial calm before the possible storm. While these giants remain eminently solid, yet their outlook is opaque. Also, issues such as huge capital costs, uncertain returns on investment, high penetration rates and churn (customer switch) rates provide continued room for concern. Furthermore, the proposed $39 billion merger between AT&#38;T and T-Mobile USA to create the largest mobile phone entity shows increased chances of failure rather than success. The deal is under regulatory attack even as AT&#38;T is seeking to divest substantial assets to salvage the takeover. Sprint Nextel Corp. (S), although much smaller than the majors, is capable of engaging in aggressive price warfare. Also, calling plans are being treated as commodities. One ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/05/t-the-going-may-get-tough-in-wireless/88075/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/dell-dell-to-overshadow-hewlett-packard-servers/87484#comments</comments>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[INTC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=87484</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/28/dell-dell-to-overshadow-hewlett-packard-servers/87484/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ATHN) Alexian Chooses Athenahealth</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/10/athn-alexian-chooses-athenahealth/86661</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/10/athn-alexian-chooses-athenahealth/86661#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Athenahealth Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATHN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CERN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cerner Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MDRX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[QSII]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Systems Inc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=86661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 region, has further grown its relationship with Athenahealth. It has chosen the cloud-based electronic health record (“EHR”) offering, athenaClinicals and patient cycle management product, athenaCommunicator, to improve overall coordination of care. By adopting athenaClinicals, Alexian has procured a flexible EHR service that will function in an integrated manner with athenaCollector, its legacy cloud-based billing and practice management offering. Alexian stated that Athenahealth’s strategy of providing support day by day lends credence to its belief that it is set to achieve better coordination and delivery of care. Alexian will also adopt athenaCommunicator to improve interaction with patients either initiated by its staff or triggered ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/10/athn-alexian-chooses-athenahealth/86661/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(ATVI) Activision Blizzard Unveils Two New Games</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/06/atvi-activision-blizzard-unveils-two-new-games/86514</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/06/atvi-activision-blizzard-unveils-two-new-games/86514#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Multimedia & Graphics Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Activision Blizzard Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATVI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic Arts Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ERTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MGM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MGM Mirage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sony Corporation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=86514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 Katmai in partnership with Cabela’s and James Bond classic thriller GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Cabela&#8217;s Survival: Shadows of Katmai is currently available for Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT) Xbox 360, Sony Corp’s (SNE) PlayStation 3 and Wii system from Nintendo. The game is based on the adventures of pilot Logan James after he survives a horrific plane crash in the Arctic wild. The new game features the Top Shot Elite wireless controller and is priced at $79.99 on Xbox 360 and $59.99 on Wii. On the other hand, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded is based on the classic James Bond thriller movie originally produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/06/atvi-activision-blizzard-unveils-two-new-games/86514/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ingram Micro Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JNPR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Juniper Networks Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=86233</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/02/im-ingram-micro-earnings-report-in-line-with-estimates/86233/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(PLCM) Polycom Disappoints &#8211; Shares Tumble (revised)</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/plcm-polycom-disappoints-shares-tumble-revised/85562</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/plcm-polycom-disappoints-shares-tumble-revised/85562#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Processing Systems & Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LOGI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Logitech International SA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PLCM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polycom Inc.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=85562</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 the primary reasons for this poor performance. We remain concerned regarding the continuation of tech spending by business enterprises under an extremely volatile macro-economic scenario. In synergy with these negative factors, the stock price of Polycom fell by $3.36 (15.39%) in the after market trade on NASDAQ to $18.47. GAAP net income in the third quarter was $23.7 million or 13 cents per share compared with a net income of $17.3 million or 10 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. However, adjusted (excluding special items) EPS in the reported quarter was 14 cents, miles below the Zacks Consensus Estimate ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/plcm-polycom-disappoints-shares-tumble-revised/85562/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>(YHOO) Google Bidding For Yahoo! – Is The Interest Real?</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/yhoo-google-bidding-for-yahoo-%e2%80%93-is-the-interest-real/85790</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/yhoo-google-bidding-for-yahoo-%e2%80%93-is-the-interest-real/85790#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>InvestmentU</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet Information Providers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AAPL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOOG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yahoo! Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[YHOO]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=85790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Justin Dove, Investment U Research Monday, October 24, 2011 Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) is a hot rumor in mergers and acquisition activity lately. First, there was news that the Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba (OTC: ALBIY.PK) was interested in a takeover. Then Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was announced as a potential suitor three years after an unsuccessful attempt to take over the company. Now the latest rumors tab search-engine giant Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) as a potential buyer. According to the reports, Google has talked to at least two private equity firms about potentially financing a deal. While there are certainly some valuable parts of Yahoo!’s franchise that may interest Google, it doesn’t seem probable that the interest is genuine. It sounds like Google is posing as a potential buyer in the hope ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/yhoo-google-bidding-for-yahoo-%e2%80%93-is-the-interest-real/85790/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cisco Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CRM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSCO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DELL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dell Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HPQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Business Machines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MSFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oracle Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ORCL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rightnow Technologies Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNOW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Salesforce.com]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sap Ag]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stockbloghub.com/?p=85885</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/26/orcl-oracle-announces-aquisition-of-rightnow-technologies/85885/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

