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FeedPosted Sep 7th 2010 1:00PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: Management, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Newsletters, Oracle Corp (ORCL), Stocks to Buy
"Since being unceremoniously tossed overboard by Hewlett Packard (
HPQ), the company he resurrected, Mark Hurd was tarred and feathered by the media; now Hurd has accepted a position at Oracle (
ORCL); we view this bullishly and recommend the stock," says
Paul McWilliams.
The tech sector expert and editor of
Next Inning explains, "The media was not only quick to condemn Hurd for his conduct with a female contract worker, for which no criminal charges have been filed, it also conjured reasons to suggest Hurd was an ineffective CEO for Hewlett-Packard. Of course, these media pile-ons were long on adjectives and short on nouns and verbs.
Continue reading Hurd Moves to Oracle (ORCL): A New Reason to Buy
Posted Aug 17th 2010 3:30PM by Tom Taulli (RSS feed)
Filed under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

With the departure of HP's (
HPQ) CEO, Mark Hurd, investors have certainly been leery. But the company continues to push forward. For example, this week HP agreed to
purchase Fortify Software (the terms were not disclosed). Interestingly enough, it's the kind of deal Hurd would like.
Fortify develops high-end solutions for security and corporate compliance, with a focus on software application. The company's suite -- called Fortify 360 -- not only automates the security process but tends to lower overall costs. No doubt, the company is in a growth sweet-spot, which is likely to continue for some time.
Continue reading HP Strikes a Deal for Fortify Software
Posted Nov 20th 2009 8:20AM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Major Movement, Forecasts, Bad News, Products and Services, Dell (DELL), Technology, Recession, Financial Crisis
After-hours traders punished Dell (DELL) stock Thursday, following a weak third quarter earnings report from the technology giant.
Going into the afternoon earnings release, analysts had been expecting to see the company show earnings of 28 cents per share. Actual earnings came in much lower at 23 cents per share.
Continue reading Dell sells off hard after hours, following weak third quarter earnings
Posted Oct 13th 2009 10:50AM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Industry, Microsoft (MSFT), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Best Buy (BBY), Costco Wholesale (COST)
Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) new operating system, Windows 7, is set to be released on October 22, 2009, but it's unlikely to have an impact on PC prices. So, if you're feeling the urge to rush out and buy a new box, try to hold out until the end of the month. You'll get a bit more life out of it.
Fortunately, PC prices aren't expected to get much lower, so the entire supply chain -- from chips to software -- has nowhere to go but up. The effect, though, has been to put some serious pressure on manufacturers and retailers to keep from screwing up the release.
Continue reading Inventories add pressure to Windows 7 release
Posted Jul 10th 2009 10:30AM by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed)
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), India, International Business Machines (IBM), Stocks to Buy
Infosys Technologies (NASDAQ: INFY) increased its first quarter profits by 17% by tapping new markets and wrangling in 27 new clients, according to the Financial Times. The second-largest software services exporter in India, Infosys even scored some major clients, such as Waitrose, a top-shelf food retailer in the United Kingdom. Tough economic conditions can tend to favor companies that provide outsourcing services -- as well as consulting services with high, easily justifiable returns on investments (ROIs).
Nonetheless, this is a competitive space, and Infosys did caution that IBM (NYSE: IBM), Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will be formidable global foes. With the announcement, Infosys increased the lower end of its forecast for the year, expecting revenues to fall in the $4.45 billion to $4.52 billion range.
Continue reading Infosys profits up 17%, long-term looks great
Posted Mar 6th 2009 3:20PM by Steven Halpern (RSS feed)
Filed under: General Motors (GM), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Newsletters, Citigroup Inc. (C), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Chevron Corp (CVX), DJIA, Stocks to Buy
"What can get this market going again?" asks Chuck Carlson. In The DRIP Investor he says, "It's helpful to understand what stocks within the Dow need to do well for the index to do well."
"Not surprisingly, IBM (NYSE: IBM), the highest-priced stock in the Dow, carries the greatest weighting at more than 9% of the index. Obviously, with such a heavy weighting in the index, IBM will need to be a decent performer for the Dow to do well going forward.
"And when you total up the exposure of IBM with the other tech stocks in the Dow - Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) - the total tech weighting in the Dow is 16%. Thus, tech stocks matter to the Dow, so it is diffcult to see the Dow sustaining a move upward without a nice rebound in the tech sector.
Continue reading What will move the Dow? A look inside the average
Posted Feb 4th 2009 7:15PM by Michael Fowlkes (RSS feed)
Filed under: Forecasts, Bad News, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Employees, Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Housing, Recession, Financial Crisis

We all know the impact that the current economic slowdown has had on Circuit City, but the question over what ultimate
impact Circuit City's collapse will have on the economy will take a little longer to figure out. One thing is for sure, the company's collapse could not have come at a worse time for the overall economy.
The first ripple that the market is going to feel is the vacancies that the company is going to leave in its wake after closing its doors. The company was operating 567 stores at the time it announced it was going under, and these stores represented a total square footage of 18.71 million square feet.
Continue reading Circuit City impact will be deeply felt
Posted Dec 29th 2008 10:30AM by Brian White (RSS feed)
Filed under: Industry, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)

We've all watched as laptop PCs sold like hotcakes over the last few years and gradually take market share from the desktop PC. Customers are finding out that the computing power they need is plentifully supplied by an all-in-one portable laptop and the cables, desk space and noise of a desktop PC simply isn't needed any longer.
For the first time, laptop PC sales outranked desktop PC sales during last quarter. Brands like
Hewlett-Packard Corp. (NYSE:
HPQ),
Dell, Inc. (NASDAQ:
DELL),
Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:
AAPL) and Taiwan's Acer sold an astounding 38.6 million portable PCs, compared with 38.5 million desktop units, according to research
firm iSuppli.HP continued dominating laptop PCs, with 18.8% of sales during the last quarter. Dell was quite a bit behind the leader with13.9% of sales. Acer took in 12.2% of sales. Although the desktop PC is far from dead, the consumer market is slowly abandoning them for cheap and powerful laptops as time goes by.
When is the last time you saw a perfectly-equipped laptop PC for under $600? Look in the ads from any Sunday newspaper -- they are there. And, customers are buying them like crazy.
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