Juniper Networks

New data released Thursday by the Commerce Department confirmed U.S. first-quarter gross domestic product at 1.9 percent year-over-year growth. This also confirmed economists' expectations of 1.9 percent GDP growth, and it was lower than the 3.0 percent rate seen in the fourth quarter of 2011....

The European situation was the focus at this past weekend's G20 meeting. Even as a bailout of Greece seems to be all but set, several eurozone members teeter on the brink of recession. On top of that comes the backlash from Iran over sanctions due to its nuclear development efforts. See also:...

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM) is reportedly in talks to buy Israeli startup Cotendo for more than $300 million. AT&T (NYSE: T), along with Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), is also said to be eyeing Contendo. Founded in 2008, Cotendo is a competitor of Akamai, as its products also improve...

Juniper Networks' (NYSE: JNPR) EVP of Services, Support and Operations, Mark Bauhaus, has released a brief statement on today's Internet outage. “This morning, Juniper learned of a Border Gateway Protocol edge router issue that affected a small percentage of customers,” he said. “A software fix is...

These stocks are downright scary. It's that time of the year again. A time when grown men and women dress up as their favorite film, TV and video game characters, all in the name of partying on a holiday that was once reserved for candy-seeking children. Of course, I've never felt that it was...

Goldman Sachs has published a report on Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) removing the company from Goldman's CL Buy list, but maintaining the BUY rating. In the report, Goldman Sachs wrote, "While we are disappointed by Juniper's results and guidance and were wrong on the near-term trajectory of the...

Cisco Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) is a giant in its core product domain, commanding a dominating market share in the high-end router market. Like Advanced Micro Device, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) to Intel, Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR) is the only...

Piper Jaffray is out with its report today on Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), reiterating Overweight. In a note to clients, Piper Jaffray writes, "We anticipate Juniper will reiterate its financial goal of growing sales 20% in 2011 with operating margins approaching 25% at year-end. Given the...

Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating on Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR). At the moment, Oppenheimer has a price target of $46 placed on the company's stock. On Tuesday, Juniper ended the day at $30.44. Its shares added 2.17% to their value in today's pre-market trading to stand around $31....

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is out with its report today on Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), lowering its PO from $48 to $42. In a note to clients, Bank of America Merrill Lynch writes, "We believe management will eliminate the 20% growth target for 2011, but also think this is already priced in...

Morgan Stanley reiterated its Overweight rating on Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR). In a research report published today, Morgan Stanley stressed a rebound in Japan as one of the reasons for its decision. In the report, Morgan Stanley states, "We expect a rebound in Japan orders to drive strong...

In morning trading, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Jones Group (NYSE: JNY) fell to new 52-week lows of $15.26 and $9.97 per share, respectively. Cisco has slumped on disappointing quarterly results from Ciena (NASDAQ: CIEN). Cisco has a market cap of $84.2 billion and is a leading producer and...

Goldman Sachs provided color on a number of Silicon Valley companies in a research report published today. Goldman was disappointed with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO), after the company's failure to create a router that can match its competitors. The report states, "Cisco announced a new edge...