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Four Bargain-Priced Tech Names
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 10:35am | 564Read More...With an average P/E of 22.7, investors know that in order to own a piece of the most talked-about sector on Wall Street, they’re going to have to pay up. However, not all tech stocks are premium-priced. First, the ground rules. We looked at stocks that had a market cap of at least $300 million...
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SLIDESHOW: Top 5 NAND Flash Memory Producers
Sunday, August 18, 2013 - 11:03am | 214Read More...In 2011, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the world's largest buyer of NAND flash memory. Between the iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display, Apple produces several devices that use flash memory exclusively. Not even Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) -- which actually produces its own...
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Barron's Recap: Beware Falling Profit Estimates
Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 2:03pm | 959Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: how to dodge the earnings downdraft, who replaces China as the world's low-cost producer, the prospects for International Speedway, Live Nation Entertainment and Grupo Televisa. Cover Story "Beware Falling Profit Estimates" by Jack Hough. U.S. companies...
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Nordstrom Joins UBS List Of Top Dividend Payers
Saturday, August 17, 2013 - 12:01pm | 896Read More...The analysts at UBS have added Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) to their Dividend Rulers list. Two consumer goods companies already on the UBS list are Clorox (NYSE: CLX) and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ). UBS selects stocks for its Dividend Ruler list based...
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iPad 5's Secret Weapon Comes From Apple's iPad Mini
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 2:06pm | 433Read More...Investors and consumers alike are beginning to wonder how Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will improve upon the fourth-generation iPad. Without any groundbreaking features or an exclusive app (like Siri for the iPhone 4S) to persuade buyers, the iPad 4 was not as alluring as the first-generation iPad Mini...
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Bad News For Apple: Android Set To Become Most Shipped Tablet (AAPL)
Tuesday, August 6, 2013 - 10:23am | 469Read More...It was a sad day in Cupertino when total Android smartphone shipments surpassed iPhone shipments. New research by Digitimes reveals that something similar may soon happen again for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). According to research published Tuesday, Non-iPad tablet shipments are expected to be...
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Apple Teams With Samsung To Build iPad Mini Retina Display (AAPL, SSNLF)
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 11:12am | 576Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) may not be the best of friends, but they might continue to work together in 2013. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple has added Samsung to its list of suppliers to build a Retina Display for the second-generation iPad Mini. Apple had...
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White House Has Until Friday to Overturn the Apple ITC Ruling (AAPL)
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 7:48am | 517Read More...On Monday, the ITC ruling against Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will go into effect -- unless the White House overturns the ruling. If history is any guide, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim. The issue involves a ruling against Apple where Samsung (OTC: SSDIY) successfully argued that...
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Google Play Downloads Top Apple's App Store By 10% (AAPL, GOOG)
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 1:24pm | 489Read More...Is Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) the new king of mobile? Data continues to show that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) can hold its own against Android. In some cases, the Mac maker has even come out on top. But a new report by App Annie (an analytics company that specializes in app store data for all mobile OS makers...
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New Touch Screen Notebooks Could Suffer As Discounts Rise For Older PCs
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 10:52am | 460Read More...Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may be getting rave reviews for its Haswell-based notebooks, but consumers and retailers could be too distracted to notice. According to DigiTimes, most channel retailers had expected the penetration of touch screen notebooks (specifically those using Haswell) to fall within...
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Short Sellers Continue to Pile on KLA-Tencor (AMAT, KLAC, TXN)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 12:29pm | 893Read More...Among the semiconductor stocks, Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) saw the most significant rise in short interest between the June 28 and July 15 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Micron...
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Two Tech Stories Making Headlines Thursday (AAPL, HPQ)
Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 12:10pm | 471Read More...Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) are front-and-center in tech news Thursday after two Asia-Pacific media outlets report key product offering developments. Apple The days of Apple being able to hide its upcoming products until a media event are gone, despite the company’s...
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Google Preparing For Entry Into Online Television (GOOG)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 - 12:06pm | 775Read More...According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is getting ready to put its considerable financial weight behind an Over The Top (OTT) television programing service. OTT refers to broadcast on-demand television content delivered on “top” of existing broadband...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of July 15
Sunday, July 14, 2013 - 8:43pm | 1120Read More...The earnings season ramps up this week, providing plenty of perspective on how the financial and technology sectors fared in the second quarter. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Intel (NYSE: INTC), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and many...
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Short Sellers Jump on KLA-Tencor, Marvell Technology (ARMH, KLAC, MRVL)
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 2:21pm | 824Read More...Among the semiconductor stocks, ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), KLA-Tencor (NASDAQ: KLAC) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) saw the most significant rise in short interest between the June 14 and June 28 settlement dates. The number of shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD),...
















