Eric Savitz(Barron's) submits: Let?s conduct a thought experiment.Imagine we are headed for a recession. (Not a big stretch, butwhatever.) What happens to the wireless carriers?Complete Story »
Trader Marksubmits:Ihad written a series of posts back in late September through earlyOctober at the height of the US "Chinese small cap" bubble when stockswere going up 100s of percent points for no reason other than some looseaffiliation with China/Asia.Complete Story »
Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: AppleInsider has a nice summary of Piper Jaffray's addition of Apple Inc. to its Alpha list,indicating that it expects above-average appreciation over the next 90days. The nice bit: they published a historical chart that shows thatApple stock normally rallies about 43% in the fourth calendar quarterthrough MacWorld. Complete Story »
Shares of Nordstrom jumped more than 10% on strong quarterly results released after the bell Monday. Net income came in at $165.7 million ($0.68/share), up from $135.7 million ($0.52/share) last year.Complete Story »
PC maker and hardware giant Hewlett Packard (HPQ)posted FQ4 earnings and revenue that came in ahead of analyst estimates, as did its Q1 and full-year 2008 guidance.Complete Story »
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: While it seems like the major averages were just recently up more than 10% on the year, many less active investors will be surprised to see that the S&P 500 is now up less than 1% on the year.Complete Story »
Sramana Mitrasubmits: Openwave Systems Inc. (OPWV) describes itself as one of the world?s leading innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalized services, including merchandising and advertising, which converge the mobile and broadband experience across devices.Complete Story »
Hickey and Walters (Bespoke) submit: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) reports earnings after the close today, and investors are hoping the company can report strong earnings and guide higher to bring some positive news back into this market.Complete Story »
Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits: From the "If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em" department, Vodafone has obtained a restraining order in Germany against T-Mobile's exclusive deal to sell iPhones.Vodaphone (VOD)claims in their filing that they don't want to prohibit alliPhone sales, but simply wants the new sales practices includingexclusive T-Mobile network use examined.Complete Story »
