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It's a good month for undoing bad mistakes. Earlier this week, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced that it had cancelled its ridiculous plans to split its streaming and DVD businesses into two separate companies. Now it seems that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) might follow suit. According to the Wall...

Earnings season is not over yet. Among the companies on deck to report quarterly results this coming week are Deere (NYSE: DE), Smucker (NYSE: SJM) and Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL). Analysts expect Deere's per-share earnings to be more than 13% higher than a year ago. Smucker's earnings are forecast to...

Jabil Circuit (NYSE: JBL) is set to report third-quarter fiscal 2011 results Tuesday, June 21, after the markets close. Analysts are looking for the tech company to report that earnings grew 29.8% from a year ago to $0.57 per share. Sixty days ago, that consensus earnings estimate was the same. The...

Goldman Sachs provided color on the technology sector. In a research report published today, Goldman named some of the crucial trends in the industry. In the report, Goldman states, "PC demand has stabilized in 2Q, with commercial still stronger than consumer... We are cutting our smartphone...

Fossil (NASDAQ: FOSL) and SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) reached new 52-week highs of $110.61 and $26.42 per share, respectively, in Tuesday morning trading. Fossil was recently upgraded to Buy at ISI Group, which has a $120 price target on the stock. Fossil has a market cap of $6.8 billion and is a...

I've never owned a Mac. Though I've seen them from afar – one has always been within reach at work or at school – I've never been tempted to buy one aside from the indelible lure of using Final Cut Pro. The reason isn't so much a dislike for Apple products as it is a preference for the Windows...

Deutsche Bank expects strong enterprise IT spending to drive strong results from Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and HP (NYSE: HPQ). Deutsche Bank believes that Dell “margins were supported by favorable product mix (healthy corporate demand / softer consumer) with solid results in Server/Storage due to...

BGR reports (via DigiTimes) that HTC is prepping a new Android 2.3-powered tablet (codenamed Flyer) for release in March. If this info proves to be true, HTC will beat Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) PlayBook – the most anticipated tablet since Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad – to market. The...

Where do you go after achieving your primary goal in life? Now that Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is bigger than Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), the company has found itself in a difficult position: the PC market is shrinking. One way to deal with this problem is to simply tackle another market. CNNMoney...

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, was on CNBC today speaking about the invention of RockMelt, the growth of tech companies, and whether they should stay private or go public. “Many of the best new tech companies are staying private longer,” he said, adding...

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is going through a lot of changes as it searches for its new CEO and digests Palm's Web OS, but don't expect it to follow Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) lead, CNET reports. "Emulating Apple is not part of our strategy," said HP's Todd Bradley, executive vice president in charge...

Xyratex Ltd. (NASDAQ: XRTX) is viewed continually as attractive by Brean Murrya Carret & Co., which states that it thinks pretty simple math will allow the stock to work through the fall, as long-term prospects are favorable for Xyratex. Xyratex is believed to be able to generate revenue and...

CNBC and Fast Money contributor Jon Najarian gave a few of his favorite options plays for the day. Jon was a fan of ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) on the take over big from HP this morning. HE felt that there could potentially be higher bids as in the 3Par bidding war with Dell. He also likes SunTrust...

Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has announced the acquiring of ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd upon the resignation of Charles Phillips, Goldman Sachs reports. Goldman views Mark Hurd as a positive due to his experience selling storage and hardware systems, his position as a good fit with Oracle's M&A...