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Today after the market close, we’ll see Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE-NASDAQ) report earnings for its Q2 2007.  First Call estimates were $0.35 EPS and $728.2 million revenues.  On the earnings per...
EMC (EMC) shares are trading lower by 1% pre-market after Bear Stearns downgraded its Outperform rating to a ‘Peer Perform’ rating based on valuation and performance.  Shares are up some 80%...
Novell Inc. (NOVL-NASDAQ) has turned in earnings of $0.03 non-GAAP EPS and revenues of $239 million, compared to First Call estimates of $0.01 and $235.1 million.  The company managed to lose...
CDW Corp (CDWC) shares are trading up marginally after the company agreed to be acquired by Madison Dearborn Partners for roughly $7.3 Billion in cash.  The buyout price amounts to $87.75 per share...
Stock Tickers: AQNT, MSFT, GOOG, TFSM, YHOO, VCLK aQuantive Inc. (AQNT-NASDAQ) just recived a huge premium buyout by Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ).  This is one that was a 50/50 chance of happening via...
Intuit (INTU-NASDAQ) is a true odd-bird in technology and software, particularly since its last quarter is the crux of its entire year EPS year in and year out.  The company fell 8% in march on weak...
Autodesk (ADSK-NASDAQ) posted revenues of $509 million versus $499.9 million estimates. GUIDANCE: Net revenues for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 are expected to be in the range of $520 million to...
Craig Mundie of Microsoft (MSFT-NASDAQ) gave an interview discussing the software and products giant’s future on a post-Gates basis this week at the Windows Hardware and Engineering Conference in...
Investors have to wonder about BEA Systems Inc. (BEAS) after yesterday’s earnings announcement.  The company slightly exceeded revenue targets with $345.8 million, but its ongoing options review...
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ-NYSE) posted $0.70 EPS versus $0.68 EPS estimates and posted Revenues of $25.5 billion.  Since the company had already raised guidance, alll that matters here is the forward...
Larry Ellison Inc., I mean Oracle Corp. (ORCL-NASDAQ), is paying $495 million to acquire a small niche software player Agile Software (AGIL-NASDAQ).  The buyout price is $8.10 per share and that...
Sun (SUNW) had had the Java programming language around for years. It has giving the code away to try to drive adoption but even on internet websites it is not used often because it requires a good...
BEA Systems (BEAS-NASDAQ) is a name that just came back under fire yesterday after lowering its quarterly revenue projections.  The drop in the stock was not massive as estimates were $348+ million...
Microsoft (MSFT) had spectacular earnings driven by sales of its new Vista OS and its server software. The world’s largest software company did recognize some revenue from coupons sold for Vista...
Microsoft (MSFT) earnings came out: $0.49 EPS (adjusted) & $14.4 Billion revenues vs. $0.46 and $13.89 Billion estimates.  Guidance next quarter: $0.37-0.39 EPS & R$13.1-13.4 Billion vs....