Applied Materials Inc
NASDAQ: AMAT
$174.71
+$3.39 (+2.0%)
Closing Price on November 29, 2024
AMAT Articles
It is not often that you see industry predictions for a virtual doubling in spending, but that is what Gartner Research is forecasting for semiconductor capital equipment in 2010. If Gartner is...
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SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWRA, SPWRB) is following the trend of deals in the solar sector. This is a Joint Venture rather than real M&A, but it has announced a definitive agreement to form a...
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Earnings season is already winding down, but don’t think it is over yet. Next week we still have much in retail and we still have DJIA components and major tech companies reporting earnings. ...
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Earlier this week, we noted Morningstar research on how to bet on winners during a coming flash memory shortage. But the shortages and rising prices are expanding beyond flash memory now. New...
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Have you been reading about flash memory shortages coming during the current consumer electronics boom? Whether or not this comes true this time is something that will be seen, but Morningstar’s...
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Many analysts have been updating their price targets on various key stocks, and it is always interesting to see what the truly independent research analysts have for price targets on major stocks. ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) is the latest of the big companies to hike their dividend payouts this morning. We have not kept an exact tally, but this is getting close to 70 of the S&P 500...
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Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is off its highs but still higher on the day after the company raised its dividend and announced a share buyback plan. The company’s board of directors...
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These are this Tuesday’s analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: Alcoa, Inc. (NYSE: AA) Raised to Market Perform from Underperform at BMO Capital. American Express...
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Short sellers took huge positions in major banks and telecom companies in the two-week period ending December 15. The short interest in Citigroup (NYSE:C) rose 30% to 281 million ahead of the bank...
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Reuters: Thain regrets nothing he did at Merrill Lynch and during its merger with Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). Reuters: Trump put his support to the bondholders of his casino business. FT: ...
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Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE: AGO) over 32% to a yearly high of $28.14 after the company posted earnings of $0.44 per share, beating analysts estimates. Semitool Inc (NASDAQ: SMTL) rose over 30% to...
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These are this Tuesday’s top day trader and active trader alerts with more details and analysis linked through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Netlist Inc. (NLST) is seeing small profit...
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Semitool, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMTL) has become the perfect fit for Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT). Applied has decided to acquire the maker of multi-chamber single-wafer and batch wet chemical...
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Reuters: China is the key stop on Obama’s tour of Asia. Reuters: South Korea’s businesses may start to feel more pressure from China competitors.. Reuters: Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ)...
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