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At yesterday’s launch of its newest Xeon processor, an Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) executive claimed that there is no workload in the world that the Xeon cannot handle. That may be good news for...
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CEO years are like dog years. Most chief executives at large corporations are fortunate if they last a decade on the job. Cisco’s (NASDAQ: CSCO) CEO John Chambers, who has been on the job since...
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The NASDAQ 100 has figured out a way to change its dependence upon and its dominance by Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). A good old-fashioned reweighting is that plan. The NASDAQ confirmed this...
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Like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) before it, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become two or three companies. Its dominant business of search is no longer much of a growth engine. And, the...
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It is April Fools’ Day but we are not going to propagate any hoaxes. What we do want to revisit is some of the great frauds which have originated outside of public companies and managed to harm...
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David Sokol’s trading in Lubrizol before Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK) bought it may cause regulators to review the transaction. (Reuters) The Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance...
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A former Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE: GS) trader launched a $1 billion fund of his own (Reuters) Geithner said inflexible currencies are the world’s biggest monetary problem (Reuters) Brent rose to...
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Updated throughout the day. SK Telecom may make a bid for Blockbuster assets (FT) Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is at work on a mobile payment systems for Windows 7 (Bloomberg) Douglas A. McIntyre...
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Nintendo appears ready to prove that there are second lives for game console companies. The firm claims that first day sales of its new 3DS were the greatest for any handheld device in the...
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Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been one impressive growth stock and it has absorbed almost all the smaller major players which could have posed competitive threats down the road. It has...
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America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before the middle of...
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A monopoly is either what the government says it is or what a dominant company’s competitors claim. The government’s opinion is the only one that counts, however, as Sprint will find out as it...
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Japan may need to work with the G7 to keep the yen low. (Reuters) Sony (NYSE: SNE) factories and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RTP) expansion plans were hurt by the earthquake’s aftermath. (Reuters) AT&T...
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Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is the world’s most valuable brand with a $43.3 billion valuation. It is followed by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Vodafone (NYSE: VOD),...
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It is not unusual for companies with highly successful products to run out of inventory. Oftentimes, companies are forced to scramble at the last minute to meet an unexpected upsurge in demand. Some...
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