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Earnings Expectations for the Week of August 20
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 12:33pm | 943Read More...Last week, big-box retailers Walmart (NYSE: WMT) and Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said their earnings and sales rose in the most recent quarter, and they both boosted their full-year earnings per share (EPS) guidance. More earnings reports are due from retailers this week, highlighted by second-quarter...
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Hewlett-Packard Outsourcing Decision is Bad News for Apple's Chief Manufacturer
Tuesday, August 14, 2012 - 3:03pm | 176Read More...Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has decided to shift its manufacturing efforts away from Foxconn, the legendary manufacturing corporation that produces Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) hottest gadgets. According to DigiTimes, "upstream supply chain" sources indicate that while Foxconn currently holds 20 percent...
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Barron's Recap (8/11/12): China's Top Brands
Monday, August 13, 2012 - 6:14am | 683Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: 10 top Chinese brands, a look at Sears, GameStop, and Reading International, and how to play American exceptionalism. Cover Story "10 Chinese Brands You Must Know" by Kopin Tan. The Chinese government would like nothing more than for its 1.4 billion citizens to "...
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Acer Thinks Microsoft Could Destroy Its PC Partners
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 1:23pm | 440Read More...Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) hopes to turn its first tablet, Surface, into a successful competitor to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. However, Windows PC and tablet manufacturer Acer fears that the Surface could also have a detrimental effect on their prized industry. "On one hand Microsoft is our...
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Barron's Recap (7/21/12): The Veggie Juice Craze
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 7:08am | 662Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: the booming vegetable and fruit juice market, as well as a return to the gold standard, the prospects for Calpine, Canon and John Bean Technologies, and more. Cover Story "Drink Up!" by Robin Goldwyn Blumenthal. The consumption of super-premium vegetable juices in...
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HP Tanks on Jim Chanos Critique, Instantly Rebounds
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 1:13pm | 228Read More...Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) declined sharply this afternoon after famed hedge fund manager Jim Chanos spoke at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York, referring to the stock as the ultimate value trap. Chanos added that it reminded him of Kodak (EKDKQ), and that the business is going from PCs...
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Hewlett-Packard is Doomed if This Happens
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 1:52pm | 229Read More...Hewlett-Packard (NASDAQ: HPQ) is on the cusp of losing its title as the world's largest manufacturer of PCs. According to Reuters, Lenovo could be the firm that steals that crown. The Beijing, China-based corporation, which acquired IBM's (NYSE: IBM) personal computer business in 2005, could...
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Is NVIDIA's Tablet-Fueled Rally Sustainable?
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 3:49pm | 505Read More...Shares of graphics chip manufacturer NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) have rallied over 10% in the last two sessions. On Monday, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced its upcoming Surface tablet. The Surface will contain an NVIDIA Tegra processor that will be used in the first Windows tablet computer. Analyst...
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Forget Apple: Microsoft's Surface Tablet Aimed at Dell, HP
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 2:22pm | 547Read More...During last night's unveiling of Surface, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer indicated that if the company wanted to produce a great Windows 8 device to compete against Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, it had to build its own tablet. But in doing so, what does this mean for the leading...
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Analyst: Microsoft Should Give Away Surface for Free
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - 12:48pm | 584Read More...Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on marketing, one analyst believes that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) should give away its new tablet. "One hundred million to two hundred million dollars [worth of these] devices should be given away for free," Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of...
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IBM Powers the World's Most Powerful Supercomputer
Monday, June 18, 2012 - 8:21am | 395Read More...After a two-year loss, the United States has regained the top spot in supercomputing, thanks to a machine built by IBM (NYSE: IBM). The supercomputer -- which can be found at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory -- can produce 16.32 sustained petaflops. According to...
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This is what a $200 MacBook Pro Looks Like
Thursday, May 24, 2012 - 9:27am | 336Read More...Some might say it's a work of art. Others might say that it's the work of thugs at a nightclub. In either case, there's no denying the originality of this MacBook Pro, which features a Core i5 2.4 GHz, 4GBs of RAM, and the unbelievable price tag of just $200: Image Source: Craigslist Ad Yes, it...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of May 21 (BBY, LOW, DELL, HPQ)
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 9:34am | 990Read More...This earnings season may be starting to wind down, but there are still plenty of quarterly reports on the schedule. This week we will hear from more retailers, including Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) and Tiffany (NYSE: TIF). Tech companies Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:...
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Instead of Innovating, HP is "Masking the Incompetency"
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 9:14am | 1042Read More...Hewlett-Packard is planning to combine its PC and printer businesses. Is this a smart move or a cheap way to delay the company's demise? “Instead of innovating, HP (NYSE: HPQ) is masking the incompetency of the PC business by merging it with the stronger printer business,” Trip Chowdhry, the...
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IBM, Mastercard, Nike and Four Other Stocks Worth a Look Now
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 8:05am | 914Read More...The following dividend-paying companies offer attractive returns on equity and are expected to have strong earnings per share growth over the next five years. Their stocks are also trading in the ballpark of their 52-week highs. Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL): The New York-based cosmetics company...
