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The most visible shift in short interest in the new Nasdaq figures as of October 31, is the sharp increase in shares sold short in Microsoft. From October 15 to the end of the month, the short...
VMWare (VMW) looked good out of the box. After its IPO, shares went from under $52 to over $125. But, as the stock hit $84.60 today, one-third of the peak value of the company was gone. And, it took...
Seeing insider activity during certain selling windows is always an interesting observation.  When Bill Gates sells shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) it is normally just a blip, even though some may...
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire EqualLogic, a provider of high-performance iSCSI storage area network (SAN) solutions uniquely optimized for virtualization. ...
Analysts have now raised the price of poker for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock.  We have our own thoughts on this, but we still tend to view this from a value perspective.  At the start of the year...
Carl Icahn has decided to try seizing the day at BEA Systems (NASDAQ:BEAS) by keeping management from killing the buyout and shooting shareholders in the feet.  While he did agree initially that the...
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) announced after today’s close that Mark B. Templeton, its President & CEO, is adopting a prearranged trading plan for the exercise of 763,017 expiring stock...
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has posted earnings of $0.45 EPS on $13.76 Billion in revenues.  First Call had estimates at $0.39 EPS on $12.57 Billion in revenues.  The company offered guidance of $0.44...
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to post earnings after the close, and if they live up to history they will offer some long-term guidance.  Today’s results for the last quarter (Q1 2008) are...
VMware Inc. (NYSE:VMW) posted earnings of $0.23 non-GAAP and $0.18 EPS GAAP on revenues of $358 million.  First Call on last look was showing $0.17 EPS non-GAAP on $332.5 Million revenues, but the...
On Wednesday, October 24, we’ll get our first look at the real VMware (NYSE:VMW) earnings.  "Consensus" estimates are still varied from source to source, but we have First Call on last look as...
These days it seems that Microsoft (MSFT) cannot get enough products out the door. This week it is a new software set that allows high end wireless devices do most of the things that the Blackberrry...
Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) has officially become a "virtualization stock" as it announced this morning that it has closed upon the $500 million purchase of XenSource, which was announced in...
Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) posted earnings of $0.41 non-GAAP EPS on revenues $350 million.  First Call had estimates at $0.38 EPS and revenues at $339.7 million.  GUIDANCE: next quarter...
Citrix Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is set to report earnings after the close today.  Because of past options reviews and its old listing issues this may only be a partial or preliminary report that...