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September 7, 2010 | In: Opinion

HP Sues Hurd For Joining Oracle

After two days of talks with Oracle, Hurd decided to join them as a board member, mainly overseeing acquisitions. It only took a few hours for HP to sue him, which is very logical, as Hurd must've signed an NDA with HP at one point or another, and in his...

I was just watching this video on the double dip stock, apparently the guy doesn't believe that there will be a double dip recession (and neither do I), but in any case, he started recommending stocks that he thinks will go up in case of a double dip...

It was expected, but not this week, I even talked about the Greek Factor yesterday, and said that it will probably affect the US markets next week, but apparently someone decided that it should be today that the US markets should remember the bad European...

I have written about PM before, and I labeled it as the "Ultimate Sin Stock" because of the ethical implications when trading this stock. Now I looked at PM again, purely from an investor's perspective, and I can see that it's almost at an all time high,...

I was having another pass at the top losing stocks of Friday, and I found these: CLDX (Celldex): A pharmaceutical company that reported a net loss of 30 cents per share on Friday morning. The stock dropped 26.15% on 20 times average volume. The stock...

September 6, 2010 | In: Opinion, Technology

Is It Wise to Buy MSFT?

Let's face it, Microsoft is the biggest dinosaur in the corporate world and this shows very clearly in their stock, their products, and on their website. Let's first start by their website, take a look at it, could you think of a more hideous website,...

September 6, 2010 | In: Opinion

Let’s Not Forget About Greece

I think we still have a week or so with this bullish momentum until everyone starts remembering Greece. I am reading more and more articles about Greece every day now. It seems that this will be another major issue in a week or two that will adversely...

September 6, 2010 | In: Opinion, Technology

A New Era For Oracle?

Mark Hurd, the former HP CEO who resigned (or got fired) after a scandal that wasn't really as scandal, is currently in talks with Oracle, where he may assume a top position. This man, no matter how you see it, is a genius. HP was a failing company...

In order to examine this topic, let us see the process of how a bank is created in the US: Uncle Joe: Them banks make a lot of money. Uncle Joe's friend: Yup. Uncle Joe: I want to make a bank and start making money myself. Uncle Joe's friend: Great...

Now that the 3PAR war is over after DELL walked away from the bid, one has to wonder, who is the next 3PAR? DELL really wanted 3PAR, that's why they went through this bidding war with HP to buy this company, but they lost it, as I predicted it. So DELL...